Best Southern Living Cheesecake Flan Recipes

CHEESECAKE FLAN

Steps:

• Special equipment: 10 (3 1/2-inch) ramekins.
• Set a large bowl of ice water next to your stovetop. Place the sugar and 1/4 cup of water in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Using a pastry brush, stir the sugar occasionally, being careful not to get any grains stuck against the sides of the saucepan, until it has all dissolved. Swirl the saucepan every minute until the sugar becomes a golden reddish-brown, about 10 to 15 minutes. Shock the bottom of the saucepan by placing the bottom in the ice water to stop the cooking, and then equally divide the caramel into 10 to 12 (3 1/2-inch) ramekins and set aside.
• Preheat your oven to 325 degrees F.
• Using an electric mixer, beat the softened cream cheese with the eggs on low speed to combine. Increase the speed to medium-high and beat until completely incorporated. Add the condensed milk, evaporated milk, whole milk and vanilla extract and continue to beat together until everything is well incorporated, scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary, about 2 to 3 minutes.
• Ladle the custard over the caramel into the ramekins filling them up to 1/2-inch from the rim. Place a kitchen towel in a deep baking dish or roasting pan and place the ramekins in 2 rows on top of the towel. Place the baking dish in the oven and using a pitcher, pour enough hot water into the baking dish to reach halfway up the sides of the ramekins, taking care not to get water in the ramekins. Cover the baking dish tightly with aluminum foil and bake until the flan is just set, about 30 minutes. When you tap the edge of the ramekin the flan should still wobble in the center.
• Carefully remove the baking dish from the oven, remove the foil and let the ramekins cool slightly. Using tongs remove the ramekins from the water and set on a towel to cool for at least 2 hours before serving. Once cooled completely, the flan can be refrigerated for up to 3 days before un-molding and serving. To serve, run a thin knife around the inside edge of the ramekin to loosen the flan, and then invert onto a plate.

SOUTHERN LIVING CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325.
• Combine graham cracker crumbs, butter, and brown sugar.
• Press into the bottom and up the sides of a 9 inch spring form pan.
• Bake crust for 10 minutes, let cool on wire rack.
• For filling, beat cream cheese at a medium speed of an electric mixer until creamy.
• Gradually add sugar, beating well.
• Add eggs, on at a time, beating after each addition and scraping bottom and sides of bowl as needed.
• Stir in sour cream and vanilla.
• Pour batter into prepared crust.
• Bake for 65 minutes, center will not be completely set.
• Turn oven off; partially open oven door, leaving cheesecake in oven for 1 hour.
• Remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Cover and chill at least 8 hours.

CHEESECAKE FLAN

Steps:

• Special equipment: 10 (3 1/2-inch) ramekins
• Set a large bowl of ice water next to your stovetop. Place the sugar and 1/4 cup of water in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Using a pastry brush, stir the sugar occasionally, being careful not to get any grains stuck against the sides of the saucepan, until it has all dissolved. Swirl the saucepan every minute until the sugar becomes a golden reddish-brown, about 10 to 15 minutes. Shock the bottom of the saucepan by placing the bottom in the ice water to stop the cooking, and then equally divide the caramel into 10 to 12 (3 1/2-inch) ramekins and set aside.
• Preheat your oven to 325 degrees F.
• Using an electric mixer, beat the softened cream cheese with the eggs on low speed to combine. Increase the speed to medium-high and beat until completely incorporated. Add the condensed milk, evaporated milk, whole milk and vanilla extract and continue to beat together until everything is well incorporated, scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary, about 2 to 3 minutes.
• Ladle the custard over the caramel into the ramekins filling them up to 1/2-inch from the rim. Place a kitchen towel in a deep baking dish or roasting pan and place the ramekins in 2 rows on top of the towel. Place the baking dish in the oven and using a pitcher, pour enough hot water into the baking dish to reach halfway up the sides of the ramekins, taking care not to get water in the ramekins. Cover the baking dish tightly with aluminum foil and bake until the flan is just set, about 30 minutes. When you tap the edge of the ramekin the flan should still wobble in the center.
• Carefully remove the baking dish from the oven, remove the foil and let the ramekins cool slightly. Using tongs remove the ramekins from the water and set on a towel to cool for at least 2 hours before serving. Once cooled completely, the flan can be refrigerated for up to 3 days before un-molding and serving. To serve, run a thin knife around the inside edge of the ramekin to loosen the flan, and then invert onto a plate.

CHEF JOHN'S CHEESECAKE FLAN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (160 degrees C). Rub the insides of four 5 1/2-ounce ramekins with oil.
• Melt 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar, without stirring, in a skillet over medium heat. Swirl the skillet occasionally until sugar caramelizes to an amber color. Quickly pour caramel into each ramekin to cover the bottoms. Place ramekins in a baking dish.
• Combine cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, vanilla extract, salt, and eggs in a bowl. Whisk until smooth.
• Heat 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons milk until almost simmering. Stir in sugar and pour into the cream cheese mixture.
• Ladle mixture into the ramekins. Fill the baking dish with enough hot water to come halfway up the sides of the ramekins.
• Bake in the preheated oven until custard is just barely set, 45 to 60 minutes. When shaken, custard should jiggle as one mass. Remove ramekins from baking dish and let cool to room temperature.
• Mix graham cracker crumbs with melted butter and spread some of the mixture over each flan. Refrigerate until fully chilled, at least 2 hours.
• Run a knife along the edge of each chilled flan and invert onto a plate. Drizzle any remaining caramel on top.

CREAM CHEESE FLAN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F and heat sugar in a small, heavy-duty saucepan over medium-low heat.
• Stirring constantly, for 3 to 4 minutes or until sugar is dissolved and caramel colored.
• QUICKLY pour into bottom of a 2-quart casserole dish.
• Place evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, cream cheese, eggs and vanilla in a blender; cover.
• Blend until smooth.
• Pour mixture into the prepared casserole dish (over the dissolved sugar).
• Place casserole in a 13x9-inch baking dish; fill baking dish with warm water to 1-inch depth.
• Bake 1 hour and 20 to 30 minutes or until knife inserted comes out clean.
• Remove flan from hot water.
• Cool at room temperature in casserole on wire rack.
• Refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
• Run knife around rim; gently shake to loosen.
• Invert into serving dish.
• Enjoy.