Sweet Potato Flan
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Credit: Andy Chlebana
The National Culinary Review, November 2008
Ingredients
5 oz. water
23.5 oz. granulated sugar, divided
1 sweet potato (to yield 8 oz. when baked, peeled)
1 14-oz. can sweetened condensed milk
1 12-oz. can evaporated milk
10 oz. eggs
1 pinch nutmeg
Instructions
1) For caramel topping, put water in heavy-bottomed saucepan; pour 20 oz.
sugar directly into center. (This way, there is no need to brush the sides of the pan.) Cook over high heat until deep amber. Shook pan briefly in ice water to stop cooking. Dry bottom of pan. Pour caramel into ramekins; cool.
2) For flan. wrap sweet potato in toil; bake at 350°F until soft. Cool. Peel; weigh (need 8 oz.).
3) Combine condensed milk, evaporated milk, remaining sugar, eggs and nutmeg with sweet potato in immersion blender. Strain through chinois.
4) Spoon sweet—potato custard onto caramel in ramekins; bake in water bath at 275"F until firm. Refrigerate overnight.
5) lnvert to remove from ramekins. Serve.
Yield
10 Servings
Tags
Dessert, The National Culinary Review
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