CREAM CHEESE LECHE FLAN

 

Prep time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour 45 minutes steaming
Yields: 1 llanera

1 cup sugar
5 whole eggs
1 can evaporated milk (14.5 0z)
1 can condensed milk (14.5 oz)
4 oz cream cheese, softened
2 tbsp vanilla extract

Combine 2 tbsp water with 1 cup of white sugar in a llanera- place on a stove top. Melt sugar until golden brown. This will take about 6 minutes. Submerge bottom of the llanera on ice water when sugar has turned brown to stop cooking process.

Meanwhile, in a blender, combine and process whole eggs -YES MAGKASAMA ANG WHITE AND EGGYOLK- cream cheese, (I HAVE RECEIVED MESSAGES ASKING WHAT KIND OF CREAM CHEESE - I USE PHILADELPHIA CREAM CHEESE, that you normally find in US groceries - please google if you are not familiar with cream cheese) evaporated and condensed milk, vanilla until smooth.

Pour mixture into the pan with caramelized sugar.

Cover llanera with aluminum foil and steam for an hour and 45 minutes. Remove from the steamer and chill in the refrigerator to set. Run a clean knife around the edge before inverting into a flat plate. Serve.

You can steam bake it if you prefer. Bake it for about 1 hour and 10 minutes at 350 F