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We were invited to a dinner with the theme of Latin American Cuisine!  One of my favorite types of food.  I was going to make a Double Chocolate Cream Pie with a touch of cayenne and topped with a dollop of a slightly sweetened Lime-Sour Cream and sprinkled with fresh cut cilantro – sorry, is your mouth watering over this or are you skeptical?  Well, I didn’t make it this time but I have before and let me tell you, if you like those flavors at all, when you put them together it is unbelievable!   I’ll save that recipe for another post.

So what did I make, you ask?  As the title implies, I made a Mexican Flan and a batch of Sopaipillas.  Flan is like a sweet egg custard, and this one has a slight orange flavor to it. I found the recipe here: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/flan-mexicano-mexican-flan/detail.aspx

The recipe is easy to follow.  Don’t let the first step frighten you.  The “melting” of the sugar is easy and it came out perfect.  So, when it hardens in your mold, do not panic.  It is a wonderful surprise when you unfold the flan.

Here is Step 1 – after the sugar caramelizes and is poured into the “mold”

The recipe calls for a Flan Mold.  I do not own one and had no time to find one so I used my Corning-ware casserole dish.  It worked perfectly.

I used my stand mixer instead of a blender.  Again, worked perfectly. Here is the after-baked flan:

after baked

Fortunately, I remembered my Christmas platter.  The size was perfect to put the Flan on.

Platter

And then came the moment to un-mold this baby.  I was nervous.  When I set the platter over the dish and gently, yet quickly flipped it, set it on the counter and said a brief prayer…….. I lifted the dish and heard the most incredible, delightful sound in Flan making….. a sweet suction sound ….. and there she was!

Tada!

And oh my!  What a flavor.  You must try this.

Now, the Sopaipillas.  With my kitchen shears I cut flour tortillas into triangles.  Fried them in oil and drained on paper towels and sprinkled with cinnamon-sugar!  Simple as that.  They taste great with ice cream!  Or Mexican Flan!

Frying the tortillas

Sprinkle, sprinkle!

I hope you try this!  It is so good and easy.

Enjoy!

cate b

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