Garlic And Corn Flan – Country Living

Servings: 6 Difficulty: Advanced
Mediterranean-style sweet and satisfying dessert that brings home-style flavor to your table
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Garlic And Corn Flan – Country Living

Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 6 Calories: 308.9

Description

This Mediterranean dessert features Head garlic 1/2 teaspoon Salt, Olive oil 1/2 teaspoon Ground black pepper, Eggs Hot red-pepper sauce (opt., Egg yolks 1 1/2 c Fresh whole-kernel corn, Half-and-half Boiling water. It delivers aromatic, well-seasoned taste, a pleasant kick of heat. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 375'F.
  2. Remove papery outer layer of garlic skin.
  3. Slice off and discard about 1/2 inch of top stem end of garlic head to expose cloves.
  4. Place garlic head, cut side up, on baking sheet and drizzle with the oil.
  5. Turn garlic head over,
  6. cut side down, on baking sheet and roast 30 to 40 minutes or until cloves are soft and golden brown.
  7. Leave oven on.
  8. Cool garlic until easy to handle.
  9. Extract garlic cloves by squeezing the bottom of the head and using a fork to pull them out.
  10. Place cloves in food processor fitted with chopping blade.
  11. Add eggs, egg yolks, half-and-half, salt, pepper, and, if desired, a few dashes of hot sauce to garlic cloves.
  12. Process until blended.
  13. Add corn and process briefly.
  14. Generously butter six 8-oz custard cups or ramekins and place in large roasting pan.
  15. Ladle corn mixture into cups and place pan of cups in oven.
  16. Fill roasting pan with 1 inch of boiling water.
  17. Bake flans 30 to 40 minutes or until set.
  18. Remove custard cups from water bath and let flans cool completely.
  19. To serve, slide a small knife around edge of each flan to loosen; invert onto serving plate.
  20. Country Living/November/1994 Scanned & edited by Di Pahl &

Nutrition Facts

Servings 6


Amount Per Serving
Calories 308.9kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 22.7g35%
Saturated Fat 5.9g30%
Cholesterol 726.5mg243%
Sodium 94.8mg4%
Total Carbohydrate 10.6g4%
Dietary Fiber 0.5g2%
Sugars 2.6g
Protein 16.1g33%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Keywords: baking, black, blending, boiling, corn, country, dessert, egg, eggs, flan, fresh, garlic, ground, halfandhalf, head, hot, living, mediterranean, oil, olive
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