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Easy Dulce de Leche Flan

April 15, 2015 by Pilar Hernandez

Versión en español

Easy Dulce de Leche FlanToday is “National Chilean Cuisine Day”, and I think this Easy Dulce de Leche Flan is a classic Chilean dessert perfect for celebrating. I always loved it and it is delicious. It brings so many happy memories from my aunt’s place, where fruits was never an acceptable dessert… (old times).
What I love about this dessert is that I usually have all the ingredients at home, so if I have guests for dinner I can do it in the morning and it’ll be perfectly cold at night.

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A fantastic dessert.

  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 8

Ingredients

  • 1 can of Dulce de Leche (380 grams), I used La Lechera
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 cups of milk

For the caramel sauce,

  • 1 cup of sugar
  • 1/2 cup water

Instructions

  1. Choose a glass or metal pan that can go in the oven. Preheat the oven to 350F or 180C.
  2. Prepare the caramel sauce, in a small saucepan put in sugar and water. Cook over medium-high heat until it begins to boil, lower the heat slightly and boil without stirring until it changes color and looks the color of tea.
  3. Meanwhile, place all remaining ingredients: Dulce de Leche, eggs and milk in the blender. Blend until it is all mixed.
  4. When the caramel sauce is ready, carefully cover the walls of the pan.
  5. Blend again the mixture of eggs, milk and Dulce de Leche and pour over the caramel.
  6. Bake for 40-45 minutes until is set. Let cool completely, then refrigerate.
  7. To take out of the pan, place the pan on hot water for 5 minutes.
  8. Refrigerate until serving.
  • Author: Pilar Hernandez
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 40 minutes
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Baked
  • Cuisine: Chilean

Keywords: dulce de leche, dulce de leche flan

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  1. Margarita

    April 15, 2015 at 3:03 pm

    Hi! Thank you for all the great recipes!!!! My mom is from chile and I used to go there as a child every summer. You bring back many memories!
    I wonder how you like texas? Strange question, sorry! But I am thinking of moving there with my mom, husband and kids.
    Mil gracias!
    Margarita

    Reply
    • Pilar Hernandez

      April 15, 2015 at 3:52 pm

      Hola Margarita,
      I’m happy to tell you I love Texas. I live in Houston and it’s so diverse, great restaurants and the people is very friendly.

      Reply
  2. Margarita

    April 15, 2015 at 5:05 pm

    Friendly people, just like in Chile!
    Thank you!

    Reply
  3. Sharon @ Savormania

    April 19, 2015 at 3:34 pm

    Fruit is definitely not an acceptable dessert in my house haha! I always plan dessert for dinner parties before even thinking about the main course. This flan reminds me so much of my family in Panama, they love this! I can’t wait to try it at home 🙂

    Reply
    • Pilar Hernandez

      April 19, 2015 at 4:20 pm

      Awesome! And yes in my house we eat fruit everyday 🙂

      Reply
  4. Tammy

    June 11, 2015 at 8:46 pm

    Happy to found your blog!☺️ I’m just planning a dinner party with my Australian friend here down under and I think this is the perfect dessert for the night. What says more than Chile that a Manjar dessert. My hubby says if it doesn’t have Manjar is not Chilean. Greetings from Australia.

    Reply
    • Pilar Hernandez

      June 12, 2015 at 7:13 am

      Hi, Tammy
      Hope you enjoy the dessert with your family and friends.

      Reply
  5. Sandy

    June 17, 2020 at 4:19 pm

    Hello, I made this yesterday for a Chilean friend of mine who loves flan and is recovering from surgery. My flan tasted quite good, but I could not get the caramel coating to solidify. It was liquid in the end. Also, without using brown sugar it never turned the color of tea. Was I cooking it at too low a temperature?

    Reply
    • Pilar Hernandez

      June 18, 2020 at 1:43 pm

      Yes, to make the caramel, you need to cook it longer or over more heat. The sugar needs to change color.
      So nice of you to make this for a friend.

      Reply
  6. Travis

    August 14, 2020 at 3:34 am

    Will a silicone version of that cake pan work?

    Reply
    • Pilar Hernandez

      August 14, 2020 at 2:01 pm

      Yes, it should work.

      Reply
  7. Yessie

    November 25, 2020 at 2:13 am

    Hi Pilar,
    Yessie here from Oregon, I was wondering if I could make this with Almond milk?

    Reply
    • Pilar Hernandez

      November 25, 2020 at 2:54 pm

      I don’t know, I’m sorry I have never cooked with almond milk. In general, if you can use it for other flans, it should work here.

      Reply
  8. Ananda

    July 3, 2021 at 9:47 pm

    I couldn’t get the sugar and water to turn the color of tea either, even after 45 minutes. I did higher temp on second attempt. So I didn’t trust the rest of the recipe. So I scrapped it.

    Reply

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