How to Add Condensed Milk to Cheesecake Flan

Flan, a popular custard dessert in Spain and in Mexico, is made with eggs, milk, vanilla and a caramel coating. Basic flan recipes vary as do the variety of specialized flans including lemon, cream cheese and even vegetables. Condensed milk or cream is a constant in flan recipes. It gives the dessert a creamy texture.

Difficulty: Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Cheesecake flan recipe
• Eggs
• Mixing bowl or blender
• Whisk
• Evaporated milk
• Sweetened condensed milk
• Plastic spatula
• Whole milk
• Measuring cup

1. Crack the eggs and place them in a large mixing bowl or blender. Separate egg yolks if the recipe calls for separated yolks. Place the yolks in the blender or large mixing bowl. Beat eggs with a metal whisk if using a mixing bowl.

2. Add evaporated milk to your mixing bowl or blender according to your cheesecake recipe. Evaporated milk is a canned milk product with 60 percent of the water removed. Whisk the milk into your eggs. Wait to mix all ingredients if using a blender.

3. Open a can of sweetened condensed milk. Add it to the evaporated milk and eggs. Scrape the can with a plastic spatula to remove all of the milk from the can. Whisk sweetened condensed milk into the other cheesecake flan ingredients.

4. Choose whole milk if your flan recipe calls for milk instead of water. Measure the correct amount of whole milk in a measuring cup. Add milk to the bowl or blender and mix all ingredients until well blended.

Tips & Warnings

• Evaporated milk in the United States is not sweetened.