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| Alternative names | Flan, caramel custard, pudim |
|---|---|
| Course | Dessert |
| Place of origin | Spain, France |
| Serving temperature | Cold or warm |
| Main ingredients | Eggs |
| Variations | Crème brûlée, crema catalana |
Crème caramel (French: [kʁɛm kaʁaˈmɛl]), flan, caramel dessert, or pudim (in Portuguese speaking countries) is a custard dessert with a layer of clear caramel sauce, as opposed to crème brûlée which is custard with an added hard clear caramel layer on top.
History
Crème caramel used to be ubiquitous in European restaurants; food historian Alan Davidson remarks:
In the later part of the 20th century crème caramel occupied an excessively large amount of territory in European restaurant dessert menus. This was probably due to the convenience, for restaurateurs, of being able to prepare a lot in advance and keep them until needed.[1]
Etymology of names
Both crème caramel (French 'caramel cream') and flan are French names, but flan has come to have different meanings in different regions.
In Spanish-speaking countries and in The United States of America, flan refers to crème caramel. This was originally a Spanish usage, but the dish is now best known in the United States in a Latin American context. Elsewhere, including in Britain, a flan is a type of tart somewhat like a quiche.
The Modern English word flan comes from French flan, from Old French flaon, in turn from Medieval Latin fladonem, derived from the Old High German flado, a sort of flat cake, probably from an Indo-European root for 'flat' or 'broad'.[2] The North American sense of flan as crème caramel was borrowed from Latin American Spanish.
Preparation, cooking and presentation
Preparation
Crème caramel is a variant of plain custard (crème) where sugar syrup cooked to caramel stage is poured into the mold before adding the custard base. It is usually cooked in a bain-marie on a stove top or in the oven in a water bath. It is turned and served with the caramel sauce on top, hence the alternate French name crème caramel renversée.
Turning out larger dishes requires care, as the custard easily splits. Larger dishes also require more care to avoid undercooking the interior or overcooking the exterior. Thus, crème caramel is often cooked and served in ramekins. The objective being to obtain a homogeneous and smooth cream on the surface of the crème caramel, and that the base, being the caramel, remains liquid after being cooked in a bain-marie. Therefore, the importance of cooking it in a bain-marie to avoid that the caramel gets burned which would bring a taste of carbonization to the dessert.
Imitations
An imitation of crème caramel may be prepared from "instant flan powder", which is thickened with agar or carrageenan rather than eggs. In some Latin American countries, the true custard version is known as "milk flan" (flan de leche) or even "milk cheese", and the substitute version is known as just "flan".
Regional varieties
India
Caramel custard is popular, especially in the larger coastal cities, and in former Portuguese colonies such as Goa, Daman and Diu. Sometimes, masala chai is added on the side. It is a staple on restaurant menus in the beach resorts along India's coasts and also prepared regularly in the home kitchens of the Anglo-Indian Goan, Malayali, Mangalorean and Parsi communities.
Japan
Packaged crème caramel is ubiquitous in Japanese convenience stores under the name purin (プリン) (i.e., "pudding"), or custard pudding. The same kind of dessert are sold in convenience stores in Taiwan.
Malaysia
Caramel custard is a very popular dessert in Malaysia. First introduced by the Portuguese in the 1500s and sold year-round today, this dessert is popular served in restaurants, cafes, hotels and even Ramadan bazaars for breaking the fast.
Philippines
In the Philippines, flan is known as leche flan (the local term for the originally Spanish flan de leche, literally "milk flan"), which is a heavier version of the Spanish dish, made with condensed milk and more egg yolks. Leche flan is usually steamed over an open flame or stove top in an oval-shaped tin mold known as llanera (also spelled lyanera), although rarely it can also be baked. Leche flan is a staple dessert in celebratory feasts.[3][4]
An even heavier version, called tocino de cielo or tocino del cielo (Spanish for "heaven's bacon"), is similar, but has significantly more egg yolks and sugar.[5]
Leche flan is also commonly baked into pastries. The most common is the Filipino dessert flan cake or leche flan cake, a Filipino chiffon or sponge cake with a layer of leche flan on top.[6][7][8] It can similarly be baked into steamed cupcakes known as puto mamón, a combination known as puto flan.[9]
Vietnam
Crème caramel was introduced by the French and is common in Vietnam. It is known as bánh caramel, caramen or kem caramel in northern Vietnam or bánh flan or kem flan in southern Vietnam. Variations include serving with black coffee poured on top, or browning the caramel past typical caramelization point to make a darker, more bitter "burnt caramel".[citation needed]
Latin America
Most notably in Argentina, Chile, Peru and Uruguay, crème caramel is usually eaten with dulce de leche, whipped cream, or both (flan mixto). In Chile, it is often eaten with dulce de membrillo (quince jelly) or condensed milk. Also at most equatorial and Caribbean countries the inclusion of coconut, condensed milk and evaporated milk is widespread.
Brazil and Venezuela and Cuba
In Venezuela, Brazil and Cuba, it is often made with condensed milk, milk, eggs and sugar caramelized on top. The Venezuelan version is known as quesillo ("small cheese") and in Brazil, it is known as pudim ("pudding"). It can have variations of flavor, such as chocolate, coconut, paçoca (peanut candy), cheese and others, being the condensed milk pudding a base recipe.
Costa Rica
Flan in Costa Rica often features coconut or coffee (flan de café).
Cuba
Cuban flan "Flan de Cuba" is made with the addition of the whites of two eggs and a cinnamon stick. A similar Cuban dish is "Copa Lolita", a small caramel flan served with one or two scoops of vanilla ice-cream. Other variations include coconut or rum raisin topping.
Dominican Republic
In the Dominican Republic, only egg yolks are used and mixed with vanilla, evaporated milk and condensed milk. Coconut flan is known as quesillo.
Mexico
In Mexico,the dish is extremely popular and thus ubiquitous from being made in the home, found pre-made at the grocery store, served in a restaurant, and even vended on the street. A different variation of the dish called Flan Napolitano is made in some parts of Mexico where cream cheese is added to create a creamier consistency, though it is not as popular or wide spread. The popularity among Mexican-Americans helped to increase the popularity of the dish to the United States.
Puerto Rico
Most Puerto Rican flans are milk based. Some are coconut-based and called flan de coco, made with both condensed milk and coconut milk or with cream of coconut, condensed milk and evaporated milk. Beaten egg white foam is used to lighten the mixture. Coconut flan is usually seasoned with cinnamon, rum and vanilla.
Around the Thanksgiving holiday it is popular to add pumpkin, batata (similar to sweet potato) or ñame purée along with spices like ginger, vanilla, cinnamon to the flan. A combination of pumpkin, coconut, sweet potato, carrot and almond extract flan is unique and only served on Thanksgiving.
Another popular flan is flancocho, flavored with a layer of cream cheese and Puerto Rican style sponge cake underneath. The flancocho can also be made with cream cheese and cake batter worked into the flan mix.
Other flavors popular are mango, pineapple, lemon, lime, guava, passion fruit, tamarin, and banana. Spanish lime, sweet plantains, sesame seed milk, breadfruit and cassava are also uniquely Puerto Rican.
See also
Notes
- ^ Davidson, s.v. crème caramel
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1989); Petit Robert 1973.
- ^ "Leche Flan". Kawaling Pinoy. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Leche Flan Molder". Tagalog Lang. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Tocino Del Cielo Recipe". Yummy.ph. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Filipino Custard Cake plus Video". The Skinny Pot. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Leche Flan Cake / Creme Caramel Cake". The Culinary Corner. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Leche Flan Caramel Custard Chiffon Cake". SugaryWinzy. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Leche Puto". Kawaling Pinoy. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
References
- Alan Davidson, The Oxford Companion to Food, 1999. ISBN 0-19-211579-0.
