CORN FLAN

Corn Flan image

Provided by Mark Bittman

Categories weekday, appetizer, side dish

Time 1h

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

4 ears corn
2 cups milk
2 teaspoons butter, more or less
Salt
2 eggs
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon chili powder, preferably ancho
Pinch cayenne

Steps:

Strip kernels from corn. Combine them with milk in a blender, and blend. (Mixture will not be perfectly smooth.) Pour into a saucepan, and heat gently until steam rises, about 5 minutes. Cover, and steep 10 to 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat oven to 300 degrees, and set a kettle of water to boil. Grease bottoms and sides of four 6-ounce ramekins with butter.
Strain corn-milk mixture into a large bowl, and discard contents of strainer. Add salt to taste to the milk in the bowl. (Oversalt just a bit.) In a small bowl, beat eggs and yolk together, and add a little of the strained milk to warm. Pour the egg-milk mixture into the milk. Add spices, and pour into ramekins.
Put ramekins in a deep roasting pan or an ovenproof skillet, and add boiling water about halfway up their sides. Bake about 20 minutes, until barely set (still quite jiggly in the middle). Leave flans in ramekins or remove them by inverting each over a plate about 15 minutes after they come out of the oven. Serve hot, warm or at room temperature.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 221, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams, Carbohydrate 25 grams, Fat 10 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 10 grams, SaturatedFat 5 grams, Sodium 586 milligrams, Sugar 13 grams, TransFat 0 grams