How to make it

  • Preheat oven to 350 and remove all but the bottom oven rack.
  • Line square baking dish with a doubled kitchen towel.
  • Combine sweetened condensed milk, half and half, eggs, cream cheese, marmalade, orange liqueur and orange flower water in the blender and blend until smooth.
  • Set aside.
  • Combine sugar, water, orange zest and cinnamon in a medium heavy saucepan.
  • Bring to simmer and remove from heat.
  • Stir until sugar is dissolved and syrup is clear.
  • Return to heat and boil swirling pan every now and then for 5 minutes.
  • Immediately pour caramel into a 2 1/2-quart metal mold and tip to coat with caramel.
  • Let mold cool a few minutes then pour custard mixture into it.
  • Put mold in the baking dish then put the dish into the preheated oven.
  • Use a measuring cup to add hot tap water to almost fill the baking dish.
  • Bake until custard is just set but still jiggles when shaken about 1 hour 25 minutes.
  • Carefully lift mold out of the pan.
  • Turn off oven and let water in the baking dish cool a little before moving it.
  • Refrigerate flan to chill completely.
  • To serve set mold over medium heat until bottom gets hot about 1 minute.
  • Run a knife around edge to loosen the flan.
  • Overturn serving plate on top of mold and turn mold upside down on top of the plate.
  • Remove mold then cut flan into wedges and serve.

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  • mellian 17 years ago
    I love flan. And it loves my hips. LOL! Terrific recipe!
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  • rosemaryblue 17 years ago
    This is a good recipe, and the metal mold makes alot of sense! Thanks for sharing.
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