A delicious variation of our traditional flan: Lucuma Leche Asada.
Like many other times, I wanted to make a dessert with Lucuma for dinner with friends. I love introducing Lucuma to friends from different countries and asking them how they would describe it. For many, it's a combination of dulce de leche, caramel, and, this time; they said avocado. Our guests were an American woman Dutch descendant, and a man from Nigeria. Our older kids went to school together.
My friend enjoys eating out, and now we have a routine of visiting new restaurants in Houston. The only self-imposed condition is that we only go to places none have been before. During the Summer, we included our kids.
The flan was delicious. It did take a little longer in the oven than the traditional flan recipe. Do not remove it from the oven until it feels firm in the center.
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Lucuma Leche Asada
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Total Time: 2 hours
- Yield: 8
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: Chilean
Description
A quick, easy and delicious dessert.
Ingredients
- 1 cup of sweetened lucuma puree or ¼ cup of powder lucuma with ½ cup of granulated
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups of milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup of sugar
- ½ cup of water
Instructions
- For the caramel: In a small pan, combine sugar and water. Place over medium heat and allow to boil. It’s a good idea to ensure the walls of the container are wet so that sugar does not crystallize on them later. Allow to simmer until a pale to medium caramel. Keep an eye on the pan because it tends to burn quickly. When it’s the same color as tea, it’s ready.
- Preheat the oven to 350F or 180C.
- Using the blender, combine lucuma puree, milk, and eggs.
- Once the caramel is ready, add it to the pan. Turn carefully to cover the walls.
- Blend the mix of eggs again if this has separated. Pour this mix of milk, Lucuma, and eggs over the caramel.
- Bake until set and firm, 1 hour and 15 minutes.
- Allow to cool, unmold, and serve. Keep refrigerated.
Francisca says
Hello Pilar!!
I just found your blog and I'm so happy. I'm also a Chilean living in Dallas since 2014 and I'm always looking for ways to cook nostalgic recipes. Thank you so much for publishing this blog!
Where do you find Lucuma? I've had a rotten luck searching for it and I miss it so much.
Thanks!
Pilar Hernandez says
The easiest way to get lucuma is by buying lucuma powder at Whole Foods or Amazon. Sometimes there is frozen lucuma pulp, Goya brand, at Latino markets like Fiesta. Good luck!