Comments on: flan flop http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/10/flan-flop/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:42:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Dalia http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/10/flan-flop/#comment-295368 Dalia Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:16:21 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/10/flan-flop/#comment-295368 Hi, I don not have a pic right now. So I went to Wikipedia and found: Evaporated milk is fresh, homogenized milk from which 60 percent of the water has been removed. After the water have been removed, the product is chilled, fortified with vitamins, stabilized, packaged and sterilized. A slightly caramelized flavor results from the high heat process, and it is slightly darker in color than fresh milk. The evaporation process also concentrates the nutrients and the food energy. Thus, for the same weight, undiluted evaporated milk contains more food energy than fresh milk. Just Google for images for evaporated milk. I use the Carnation brand (from Nestle), but you know, brands change with the market. As soon as I got an image, I'll post it. [edit] Hi,

I don not have a pic right now. So I went to Wikipedia and found: Evaporated milk is fresh, homogenized milk from which 60 percent of the water has been removed. After the water have been removed, the product is chilled, fortified with vitamins, stabilized, packaged and sterilized. A slightly caramelized flavor results from the high heat process, and it is slightly darker in color than fresh milk. The evaporation process also concentrates the nutrients and the food energy. Thus, for the same weight, undiluted evaporated milk contains more food energy than fresh milk.

Just Google for images for evaporated milk. I use the Carnation brand (from Nestle), but you know, brands change with the market. As soon as I got an image, I’ll post it.

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]]> By: Aparna Somani http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/10/flan-flop/#comment-295275 Aparna Somani Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:52:39 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/10/flan-flop/#comment-295275 hi. can u show me a pic of "evaporated milk" we dont get it here , i think i know what it is and can substitute but need to be sure thanks hi. can u show me a pic of “evaporated milk”
we dont get it here , i think i know what it is and can substitute but need to be sure
thanks

]]> By: Rachel http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/10/flan-flop/#comment-172105 Rachel Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:16:43 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/10/flan-flop/#comment-172105 Ok, so I know this post is a year old but I absolutely adore flan and surprising nailed it on my first try. I went to Spain several years ago and had flan at a little restaurant near our hotel. I was smitten! Since then, I have tried flan at every restaurant possible from the hole-in-the-wall Mexican joint to the finest Spanish restaurants in Kansas City...not one came close to Spain. Finally, I decided to try making it myself. I used the recipe from The Joy of Cooking. I know that it may seem a bit amateur, but Joy is the first place I look when making something for the first time. I don't always follow the recipe, but I do read about the dish and get a general idea. With the flan though, I followed the recipe to a tee. It turned out beautifully; as close to Spain as it can get, I think. Ok, so I know this post is a year old but I absolutely adore flan and surprising nailed it on my first try. I went to Spain several years ago and had flan at a little restaurant near our hotel. I was smitten! Since then, I have tried flan at every restaurant possible from the hole-in-the-wall Mexican joint to the finest Spanish restaurants in Kansas City…not one came close to Spain. Finally, I decided to try making it myself.

I used the recipe from The Joy of Cooking. I know that it may seem a bit amateur, but Joy is the first place I look when making something for the first time. I don’t always follow the recipe, but I do read about the dish and get a general idea. With the flan though, I followed the recipe to a tee. It turned out beautifully; as close to Spain as it can get, I think.

]]> By: sulaih http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/10/flan-flop/#comment-111707 sulaih Fri, 16 May 2008 19:11:15 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/10/flan-flop/#comment-111707 hello all! Paul thank you so much for Daisy's recipe. I saw that episode and tried to later get the recipe on her website, but it wasn't available. I can't believe I found it here!! I am thrilled and can't wait to get in the kitchen and see how it turns out. I'm mostly interested in seeing how the "media crema" alters the flan's flavor. Thanks again! hello all!

Paul thank you so much for Daisy’s recipe. I saw that episode and tried to later get the recipe on her website, but it wasn’t available. I can’t believe I found it here!! I am thrilled and can’t wait to get in the kitchen and see how it turns out. I’m mostly interested in seeing how the “media crema” alters the flan’s flavor. Thanks again!

]]> By: Lisa http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/10/flan-flop/#comment-90775 Lisa Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:36:58 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/10/flan-flop/#comment-90775 I have a whole other take on your flan disappointment....I live in Manhattan, am avid and much-requested cook, have few failures....BUT I am telling you, it was the cab ride that did you in. Every time I have made a great dessert at my place and get in cab....it is a failure by the time I get there. The few exceptions might be when the dessert is a hearty cake or maybe cobbler. ESPECIALLY if you have finished it relatively close to when you have to arrive. You cover a dish (so as not to get city grit in), which adds even a small amount of heat, the shaking....everytime it is a problem. I now either entertain at home, bring something other than dessert, or partly make the dish and finish it there. I have a whole other take on your flan disappointment….I live in Manhattan, am avid and much-requested cook, have few failures….BUT I am telling you, it was the cab ride that did you in. Every time I have made a great dessert at my place and get in cab….it is a failure by the time I get there. The few exceptions might be when the dessert is a hearty cake or maybe cobbler. ESPECIALLY if you have finished it relatively close to when you have to arrive. You cover a dish (so as not to get city grit in), which adds even a small amount of heat, the shaking….everytime it is a problem. I now either entertain at home, bring something other than dessert, or partly make the dish and finish it there.

]]> By: Mike http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/10/flan-flop/#comment-85143 Mike Mon, 22 Oct 2007 02:49:11 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/10/flan-flop/#comment-85143 As promised earlier, I made a flan this weekend and thought I'd follow-up here in case its of any help: http://agent0068.dyndns.org/~mike/food/2007/10/21/saffron-flan/ As promised earlier, I made a flan this weekend and thought I’d follow-up here in case its of any help:
http://agent0068.dyndns.org/~mike/food/2007/10/21/saffron-flan/

]]> By: Erin http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/10/flan-flop/#comment-84801 Erin Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:54:07 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/10/flan-flop/#comment-84801 Sounds like some of my bombs. The worst is the pumpkin bread I was so excited about. We ended up giving it to the dog. Then the dog wouldn't touch it. Then the second dog -a puppy who eats everything, including the crotch of my clothes - wouldn't touch it! My boyfriend threw it outside. A week later he was laughing hysterically because the puppy chose it as a play toy and kept tossing it around the yard like a football. It never collapsed or tore apart (Scary, right?) The older dog got tired of seeing him having so much fun with it after awhile, and then went and buried it! He guarded the burial hole and growled when the puppy came to dig it back up. My poor pumpkin bread =( Sounds like some of my bombs. The worst is the pumpkin bread I was so excited about. We ended up giving it to the dog. Then the dog wouldn’t touch it.

Then the second dog -a puppy who eats everything, including the crotch of my clothes – wouldn’t touch it! My boyfriend threw it outside. A week later he was laughing hysterically because the puppy chose it as a play toy and kept tossing it around the yard like a football. It never collapsed or tore apart (Scary, right?) The older dog got tired of seeing him having so much fun with it after awhile, and then went and buried it! He guarded the burial hole and growled when the puppy came to dig it back up.

My poor pumpkin bread =(

]]> By: shuna fish lydon http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/10/flan-flop/#comment-84658 shuna fish lydon Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:05:05 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/10/flan-flop/#comment-84658 I am sorry that I do not have time to read all the comments but I will say this: custards that will only emulsify (bake) in the oven -- their batters (appareil in French) should be made 18-24 hours before they go in the oven. This goes for pot de creme, flan, creme caramel, creme brulee etc. Flan might never look completely set in the oven. it is supposed to be somewaht jiggly. Flans do better if they have sat in the fridge for 24 hours before eating. this gives the custard time to marry and settle. you will get more caramel, for example, the longer it sits in the fridge. if you need better explanations-- give me a call! xo I am sorry that I do not have time to read all the comments but I will say this:

custards that will only emulsify (bake) in the oven — their batters (appareil in French) should be made 18-24 hours before they go in the oven. This goes for pot de creme, flan, creme caramel, creme brulee etc.

Flan might never look completely set in the oven. it is supposed to be somewaht jiggly.

Flans do better if they have sat in the fridge for 24 hours before eating. this gives the custard time to marry and settle. you will get more caramel, for example, the longer it sits in the fridge.

if you need better explanations– give me a call!
xo

]]> By: Nabeela http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/10/flan-flop/#comment-84645 Nabeela Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:20:03 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/10/flan-flop/#comment-84645 you're scaring me into never trying flan ever!! you’re scaring me into never trying flan ever!!

]]> By: sassy http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/10/flan-flop/#comment-84635 sassy Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:37:48 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/10/flan-flop/#comment-84635 Deb with this many responses, how can you respond to everyone? i may have to go back to dedicated lurking... Deb with this many responses, how can you respond to everyone?

i may have to go back to dedicated lurking…

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