Cheese Flan Recipes

SUPER EASY CREAM CHEESE FLAN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat sugar and water together in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until sugar dissolves into a light brown caramel, 8 to 10 minutes. Pour into a round glass baking dish.
• Place condensed milk, evaporated milk, eggs, cream cheese, and vanilla extract in a blender; blend into a smooth custard. Pour over caramelized sugar in the baking dish.
• Place baking dish in a deep baking pan. Pour in enough water to reach halfway up the baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until custard is set and top is light brown, about 1 hour.
• Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate until cold, 3 to 4 hours.

A CLASSIC CHEESE AND ONION FLAN

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Place the flour, butter (or butter and lard mix), and salt into a large, roomy mixing bowl. Rub the butter into the flour until it resembles sand.
• Add the water a little at a time and bring the mixture together to create a soft dough.
• Form the pastry into a disc, wrap in plastic wrap, and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• While the pastry is resting, prepare the filling.
• Heat the butter and oil in a saucepan. Once melted, add the sliced onion and sauté over medium heat to soften (but not brown). Place the softened onion onto a dinner plate and leave to cool.
• Preheat the oven to 400 F / 204 C. Roll the pastry to 5 millimeters thickness and line a greased, 10-inch loose-bottomed tart tin. Chill in the refrigerator while you make the remaining filling.
• Put the eggs into a large measuring jug and whisk them. Add the cooled onion, grated cheese, and parsley. Stir in the milk. Season with a little salt and black pepper.
• Take the pastry case from the refrigerator, place it on the middle shelf of the preheated oven, and carefully pour in the egg-cheese mixture until it is two-thirds full. Do not overfill as the flan will rise while cooking.
• Bake for 25 to 40 minutes until the top is golden brown and set, but not completely solid when gently pressed in the center.
• Remove from the oven and rest for 5 minutes before serving.
• The flan is lovely warm but can also be eaten cold.

CREAM CHEESE FLAN RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Cook 1 cup sugar in small saucepan on medium heat until melted and deep golden brown, stirring constantly. Pour into 9-inch round pan; tilt pan to evenly cover bottom with syrup.
• Blend milk and cream cheese in blender until smooth. Add remaining sugar, eggs and vanilla; blend just until smooth. Pour over syrup in pan. Place filled pan in larger pan; add enough hot water to larger pan to come halfway up side of small pan.
• Bake 50 min. to 1 hour or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Cool slightly. Carefully remove flan from water; cool completely on wire rack. Refrigerate several hours or until chilled. Unmold onto plate just before serving.

CHEESE FLAN

Steps:

• Make caramel:
• Heat sugar and water in a small heavy saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Cook, without stirring, brushing down sugar crystals from side of pan using a pastry brush dipped in cold water and swirling pan occasionally so caramel browns evenly, until dark amber. Immediately pour into ramekins and swirl so caramel coats bottom of each and partway up side, then put in a roasting pan.
• Make flan:
• Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle.
• Bring milk with cinnamon stick just to a simmer in a small heavy saucepan, then remove from heat and let steep, covered, 5 minutes. Remove cinnamon.
• Meanwhile, blend condensed milk and cream cheese in a food processor until smooth. Add eggs, vanilla, and salt and blend until smooth. Transfer to a large bowl, then whisk in hot milk.
• Divide among ramekins, then add enough boiling water to pan to reach halfway up sides of ramekins. Cover pan loosely with a sheet of foil and bake until custards are just set (they will still wobble slightly in center when tapped), 45 to 55 minutes.
• Remove ramekins from water bath and let stand at least 15 minutes (flan will continue to set). Just before serving (warm or at room temperature), run a thin knife around flans to loosen, then invert onto plates.

FLAN DE QUESO (CREAM CHEESE FLAN)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Fill a large oven-safe pot with water to 1 inch; bring to a boil.
• Place sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, eggs, cream cheese, milk, and vanilla extract in a blender; blend until smooth.
• Place sugar in an even layer in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook until edges start to brown, about 1 minute; drag sugar into the center with a spatula once the edges start to brown. Continue cooking, stirring from time to time, until caramel is an even golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Pour caramel into a 9-inch flan mold or baking pan; swirl so that caramel reaches 1 inch up the sides. Pour condensed milk mixture on top. Place mold in the pot of boiling water.
• Bake flan in the preheated oven until a damp table knife inserted into the center comes out clean, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Remove from oven and let stand for 5 minutes.
• Chill flan in the refrigerator until firm, 2 to 3 hours. Invert onto a serving plate so that caramel is on top.

CREAM CHEESE FLAN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F and heat sugar in a small, heavy-duty saucepan over medium-low heat.
• Stirring constantly, for 3 to 4 minutes or until sugar is dissolved and caramel colored.
• QUICKLY pour into bottom of a 2-quart casserole dish.
• Place evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, cream cheese, eggs and vanilla in a blender; cover.
• Blend until smooth.
• Pour mixture into the prepared casserole dish (over the dissolved sugar).
• Place casserole in a 13x9-inch baking dish; fill baking dish with warm water to 1-inch depth.
• Bake 1 hour and 20 to 30 minutes or until knife inserted comes out clean.
• Remove flan from hot water.
• Cool at room temperature in casserole on wire rack.
• Refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
• Run knife around rim; gently shake to loosen.
• Invert into serving dish.
• Enjoy.

CREAM CHEESE FLAN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cook 1 cup sugar in a medium-size saucepan over medium heat, and cook, stirring constantly, 5 minutes or until sugar melts and turns a light golden brown. Quickly pour hot caramelized sugar into a 2-quart flan dish. Using oven mitts, tilt dish to evenly coat bottom and sides. Let stand 5 minutes. Sugar will harden.
• Whisk together egg yolks and next 5 ingredients in a large bowl.
• Process egg whites, cream cheese, and remaining 1/2 cup sugar in blender until smooth. Stir egg white mixture into egg yolk mixture. Pour mixture through a wire-mesh strainer into a large bowl; pour custard over caramelized sugar.
• Place dish in a large shallow pan. Add hot water to pan to a depth of 1/3 up sides of dish.
• Bake for 1 hour and 45 minutes. Remove dish from water bath; cool completely on a wire rack. Cover and chill at least 3 hours.
• Run a knife around edge of flan to loosen; invert onto a serving plate.

CHEESE AND BACON FLAN

Steps:

• To make the pastry, combine the flour, salt and margarine. Rub until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the water a spoonful at a time until it comes together in a dough. I use a stand mixer on speed 2 with a K beater. Place in the fridge for 30 minutes wrapped in cling film.
• Pre heat the oven to 200 degrees (not fan). Roll out the pastry to fit a 7-8" flan dish and bake blind for 10 minutes.
• Fry the bacon until crisp. Beat the eggs with some seasoning then add the hot milk, bacon, cheese and onion. Spoon the mixture into the part baked pastry case, lower the oven to 180 degrees and cook for about 30 minutes until set.
• This can be served hot or cold with salad. You can always swap the bacon for a vegetarian option if you prefer.

ONION AND GOAT'S CHEESE FLAN

Steps:

• Sift the flower and 1/2 tsp of salt into a bowl.
• Add the butter and with you fingers rub the butter into the flower until absorbed.
• Add water to form a thick but workable dough.
• Cover the pastry in cling film and chill in the fridge for about 30 minutes.
• On a lightly flowered surface roll out the pastry finely and cover a 28 cm flan dish.
• Prick the base a couple of times with the fork and bake blind in a preheated oven (200 C, 400 F or Gas Mark 6) for about 15-20 minutes.
• While the pastry is baking heat oil in a frying pan.
• Fry the onions and shallots on a gentle heat until soft and starting to colour, around 15-20 minutes.
• Add the sugar and salt to taste and mix well.
• At this stage you can also mix in herbs if required.
• Pace the onions into the part-paked pastry case and top with goat's cheese (if you have a hard variety you'll need to cut it into chunks otherwise you can just spoon it on) and black pepper.
• Beat the egg, yolks, cream and milk together and pour the mixture over the onions and goat's cheese.
• Bake in a preheated oven (200 C, 400 F or Gas Mark 6) until the filling has set, approximately 25-40 minutes.

CHEESE FLAN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 250 degrees.
• Melt the sugar in a saucepan over medium-high heat and cook until it turns into a smooth dark amber caramel.
• Pour into the bottom of an 8-inch souffle dish or other round mold.
• Using the back of a knife, scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean and add to a blender.
• Add the three milks, eggs, cream cheese and almond extract.
• Blend until smooth, then pour through a strainer into the caramel-lined mold.
• Set the mold into a larger baking pan and pour enough very hot water into the pan to come halfway up the sides of the mold.
• Bake until the flan has set, 2 1/2-3 hours-- a toothpick inserted in the center should come out clean.
• Let cool, then cover the mold and refrigerate overnight.
• When you are ready to serve, run a knife along the inside of the mold to loosen the flan.
• Pour about 1/2 inch of hot water in a pan large enough to hold the mold and set the mold in it for 10 minutes, so it will unmold more easily.
• Remove it from the water, wipe dry and place a shallow bowl or a small platter over the top.
• Invert the flan into the bowl, and serve.