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Puerto Rican Flan de Queso - Cream Cheese Flan

Puerto Rican Flan de Queso is a delicious hybrid of the Classic Caramel Flan with the texture of a Creamy Cheesecake. This recipe is the best of both worlds!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Anything Sweet, Dessert, Recipes
Cuisine Puerto Rican Cuisine
Servings 12 servings
Calories 300 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 (14 oz) can of condensed milk
  • 1 (12 oz) can of evaporated milk
  • 1 (8 oz) package of softened cream cheese
  • 1 cup of white sugar
  • 5 large eggs
  • 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees (F) and make sure all of your ingredients are room temperature. This is very important
  • Heat a small sauce pan to medium-low heat, and add sugar (this will make your caramel sauce.)
  • Allow sugar to slowly melt without stirring. Instead, swirl the melted sugar to ensure there are no clumps. This also allows the sugar to regulate its heat and not burn.
  • While the sugar is melting, quickly prepare the flan custard by mixing the eggs, cans of milks, cream cheese and vanilla extract. You can mix by hand using a whisk or by using a blender.
  • Mix until cream cheese is fully incorporated and smooth. If there are small clumps leftover, don't worry.
  • After 6-10 minutes, sugar should be fully melted and resemble a dark amber color. If so, turn off heat and pour the sugar into a round baking dish. Swirl to ensure even coverage.
  • Still working quickly, to avoid the sugar from hardening, pour the flan custard through a mesh strainer to remove any access clumps.
  • Add the strained custard on top of the warm sugar and place round baking dish into a water bath. Hot water should reach 1 inch up the side.
  • Bake for 40 minutes to 1 hour or until flan is set and center is slightly jiggly.
  • Once done, remove from oven and rest flan in water bath for 2 hours. Then remove round dish from water bath and cool overnight in fridge.
  • To serve, place large plate on top of round dish, flip and enjoy!

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