Yummy@Home Cream Cheese Flan

Last week I wrote about my wonderful dinner in Los Angeles and mentioned a recipe for a caramel cream cheese flan.  At the time I only had one I got from the Food Network, but now I have the real recipe from my friend Luis - one of the most awesome home chefs I know!

Follow this recipe if you want to taste the most delicious flan - rich and creamy with a texture similar to cheesecake, but the sweetness of caramel...

Caramel:

• Melt two cups of sugar in a sauce pan over medium heat.  
• Stir regularly until the sugar turns into a brown liquid.  
• Pour immediately into a small baking dish.  
• Coat the entire bottom of the dish before the caramel hardens.
  

Flan Mixture

• 1 can evap milk (I use fat free)
• 1/2 can of Sweetened Condensed milk (depending on your palate, you can use more)
• 5 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 block of cream cheese
  

Blend everything together until you have a consistent liquid.  Pour into the baking dish.  Cover the dish with tin foil and bake for 1 hour in a water bath @ 350 degrees.

Let the flan come to room temperature and then refrigerate for at least 4-5 hours before serving.  Flip the flan onto a serving dish and... tada!  Enjoy!

Recipe courtesy of Luis Lou