Butternut Squash Flan
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
-
8 small flans
- Serves:
- 8
ingredients
- 2 cups milk
- 1⁄4 cup milk, cold
- 1 vegetable bouillon cube
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese
- 1 cup ham, finely chopped
- 3 cups butternut squash, cooked and pureed
- 4 large eggs
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
directions
- Melt butter and cooked onion on medium heat until golden brown and caramelized.
- Warm up the milk and dissolve the bouillon cube in it.
- Boil the milk and add the cornstarch previously dissolved in a ¼ cup of cold milk.
- Stir and cook for 3 minutes.
- Remove from heat and add the onion, Parmesan cheese, chopped ham and squash puree.
- Mix well and let it come to room temperature.
- Meanwhile beat eggs, with pepper and nutmeg.
- Add eggs to previous mixture.
- Spray 8 small flan moulds (or Ramequins) with vegetable oil and fill with the mix, leaving ½ inch from the border.
- Cook in a 350 oven in a water bath for 30 to 40 minutes.
- Remove from oven, let sit for a few minutes and remove flans by inverting them.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
MsPia
Louisville
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