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Pumpkins, Spice and Flan

11/12/2013

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Pumpkin and Spice flan
Our Sunday tables are invariably a journey back home. Both my husband and I are Portuguese, and can't help but set our table with a little from what we grew up with. We have this weakness for flan. Perhaps because its such a quick an easy thing to make, or perhaps its the satisfaction of making delicate desserts on top of stoves with bubbling pots. 

I'd never thought of making Pumpkin Flan before, but as they sat patiently on my counter tops, and rather than turn them into pie or soup or cake. Flan seemed the natural thing to make. 


Pumpkin and Spice flan detail
Pumpkin & Spice Flan

400ml Milk
6 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1 tbs Plain Flour
1/2 cup cooked pumpkin
1/4 tspn cinnamon powder
Orange zest
pinch of nutmeg

To make caramel lining. Place 1/2 cup of sugar in a sauce pan on medium heat. Stir occasionally to prevent from burning. When caramel turns a honey tone, remove from heat and line the flan tin, ensuring sides are well coated. Set aside to cool.

For the Flan mix. In a medium sized bowl, blend cooked pumpkin until smooth, add eggs and milk and whisk gently to prevent froth from forming. Dissolve flour and spice, in a small quantity of milk, to prevent lumps. Add mixture and zest to bowl and whisk gently, but thoroughly. Add flan mix to caramel coated flan tin. Cover tin, seal and tie with a string to prevent leakage.

For the "Banho Maria"
Place two fingers depth of water in a large pot and bring to a gentle simmer. Place sealed flan tin in water bath and cover pot with lid to retain steam. Cook on medium heat for 30 minute. Once flan has cooked, remove from heat and set aside to cool fully. 

Turn flan into a deep dish. Serve chilled! 
Pumpkin and Spice flan plate
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