Pumpkin Caramel Flan

Pumpkin Caramel Flan – a silky smooth, creamy custard loaded amongst pumpkin, as well as pumpkin pie spice, with a layer of soft caramel on top.

I’m feeling rattling blessed tonight.  As I write this postal service I mean value dorsum to my 24-hour interval and how excited I was, because I knew our children, as well as their spouses, as well as all the grand-babies would hold out coming over.  On the starting fourth dimension Lord's Day of each calendar month nosotros host a solid unit of measurement dinner.  It’s a special 24-hour interval for us because getting together equally a family was genuinely their idea.  How cracking is that?  They’re adults straight off so we all sit down as well as talk, express joy as well as part stories.  We speak nearly how much their children remind us of when they were little.  Oh the memories.

We looked ahead to the holidays, planning our solid unit of measurement Thanksgiving dinner, a photograph projection involving the granddaughters for Christmas, as well as nosotros scheduled our family vacation picture.  Baby Jayden tried pears this evening for the rattling starting fourth dimension time.  It was the starting fourth dimension time she has eaten any sort of fruit inwards her whole life (7 months) as well as nosotros all got to run into her wonderful reaction!

My pump is full.  These are the best of times.

 

 

First, tin can you guess what I served for dessert at our Sunday family dinner?

Our daughter-in-law Callie likes Pumpkin Pie but in that place are solely a few of us that swallow it.  Everybody else wants Chocolate Pecan Pie for the holidays.  So, I thought I’d sneak inwards i to a greater extent than pumpkin recipe (for Callie), amongst my rattling final tin can of pumpkin, earlier the vacation extravaganza got away from me.  Caramel Flans, as well as this pumpkin version, are super tardily to ready as well as are peculiarly cracking because they must hold out made ahead of time.  That makes this Pumpkin Caramel Flan a cracking dessert for a crowd or fifty-fifty a pumpkin loving daughter-in-law.

 

 

Several years agone i of my one-time coworkers gave me her authentic Mexican Caramel Flan recipe.

I decided to essay as well as accommodate it yesteryear substituting pumpkin for the cream cheese, added pumpkin pie spice as well as exchanged the vanilla for vanilla edible bean paste.  In addition, I switched one of the whole eggs for an egg yolk, as well as added i to a greater extent than only for expert measure.

 

 

The texture of the Pumpkin Caramel Flan was spot on amongst a subtle, non also sweet, pumpkin flavor.

I garnished the private flans amongst roasted, salted pepitas which is a cracking contrast to the soft caramel.  The recipe may hold out baked in a 1 1/2 quart baking dish, an 8 or 9-inch cake pan, or inwards an assortment of ramekins.

 

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Pumpkin Caramel Flan

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

1 hr

Total Time

1 hr 30 mins

 

Pumpkin Caramel Flan - a silky smooth, creamy custard that's loaded amongst pumpkin, as well as pumpkin pie spice, amongst a layer of soft caramel on hand as well as a garnish of roasted, salted pepitas

Course:

Dessert

Servings: 8 servings

Author: Tricia

Ingredients

• 
  1
  cup
  granulated sugar
  


• 
  1
  (14-ounce) tin can sweetened condensed milk
  


• 
  1
  (12-ounce) tin can evaporated milk
  


• 
  1
  cup
  canned pumpkin puree
  (not pumpkin pie filling)
  


• 
  3
  large eggs,
  plus 2 egg yolks
  


• 
  1
  teaspoon
  vanilla edible bean glue or extract
  


• 
  1
  teaspoon
  pumpkin pie spice
  


• 
  Pinch
  of salt
  


• 
  Optional: 2 tablespoons roasted
  salted pepitas for garnish
  

Instructions

1. 
   

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

   
   


2. 
   
   Flan must hold out baked inwards a bain-marie, or hot H2O bath. Prepare a larger pan large plenty to represent 6-8 ramekins, a 1 1/2 quart casserole dish or an 8-9" cake pan. Place the pan amongst the empty ramekins or casserole inwards the oven to preheat piece preparing the caramel.
   
   


3. 
   
   In a modest nonstick saucepan, warm the granulated carbohydrate over medium heat. Shake as well as swirl the pan occasionally to distribute the carbohydrate until it dissolves as well as starts to color.
   
   


4. 
   
   Once almost all the carbohydrate is melted, plow the rut downwards to medium-low as well as move on swirling the pan until the caramel turns black golden brown. You tin can irksome the cooking procedure yesteryear lifting the pan over the heating chemical component division (4-6 inches) if yous are worried it's browning also quickly. You don't wishing it to dismiss because it volition bring a rattling bitter taste.
   
   


5. 
   
   Once browned, carve upward the caramel betwixt the preheated ramekins or pan. Set aside to cool piece preparing the custard.
   
   


6. 
   
   Heat a kettle of H2O to boiling as well as laid aside.
   
   


7. 
   
   Place all remaining ingredients (except pepitas) into a blender as well as procedure on high for at to the lowest degree i minute. Divide the custard betwixt the ramekins. Place the pan belongings all the ramekins inwards the preheated oven. Carefully pour hot H2O into the pan to nearly 1 inch inwards depth. Close the oven as well as bake for lx minutes or until the custard is set.
   
   


8. 
   
   Cool completely, thence embrace as well as refrigerate until ready to serve. The flan should hold out fully chilled earlier serving.
   
   


9. 
   
   To serve, slide a modest abrupt knife around the border of the dish. Shake the ramekin dorsum as well as forth until yous listen the custard pulling away from the sides of the dish. Invert the flan onto a plate to serve. Garnish amongst pepitas if desired.
   
   

Recipe Notes

• You may need 6-8 ramekins depending on the sizes. I bring ii large, 6-inch ramekins, several 4-inch as well as some 3-inch. I used an assortment of unlike sizes but all baked the same.


• For a traditional Caramel Flan - utilization the next ingredients:
  1 loving cup granulated sugar
  1 (14-ounce) tin can sweetened condensed milk
  1 (12-ounce) tin can evaporated milk
  4 large eggs
  4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
  1 teaspoon vanilla edible bean glue or vanilla extract

Here are a few to a greater extent than pumpkin recipes yous mightiness enjoy:

• Pumpkin Crème Brûlée from Saving Room for Dessert


• Spiced Pumpkin Cheesecake amongst Gingersnap Crust from Saving Room for Dessert


• No Churn Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream from The View from Great Island


• Pumpkin Slab Pie from Sally’s Baking Addiction

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Happy Mon my friends.  I promise yous bring a wonderful calendar week as well as cheers thence much for stopping by!

Tricia

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