Pumpkin Flan With Chile Spiced Brittle Recipe

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Pumpkin Flan With Chile Spiced Brittle
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Ingredients
27
Count
Nutrition
615
Calories
Total time
410
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Prepare the pumpkin flan
  2. Preheat the oven to 325° F.
  3. Butter ramekins and line them up on a flat baking sheet.
  4. Combine 1 cup sugar and 1/3 cup water in a small saucepan and stir with your hand to make a wet, sandy sugar.
  5. Bring the sugar to a boil over medium heat and continue boiling until it turns deep amber, without stirring, but swirling the pan occasionally to evenly distribute the color, about 10 minutes.
  6. Immediately remove from heat and carefully pour the caramel into the bottom of the ramekins, evenly distributing between all eight. Watch the caramel it can go from yummy to burnt in seconds and you have to start again. And caramel is melted sugar and burns you!
  7. Combine the milk, heavy cream, ginger, cinnamon, vanilla bean and spices in a medium saucepan; bring to a simmer and steep for 15 minutes.
  8. In a large bowl, beat the eggs lightly.
  9. Add the sugar, salt and pumpkin purée and whisk to blend.
  10. Slowly temper the hot milk mixture into the egg mixture. Tempering is where you take small amounts of the hot milk and add to the eggs and whisk to bring the eggs up in temperature without cooking them. Do this in small steps until the eggs are really warm
  11. Whisk to fully combine, and strain the entire mixture through a fine meshed sieve twice, discarding solids.
  12. Evenly pour this mixture into the ramekins over the hardened caramel.
  13. Carefully move the baking sheet (with filled ramekins) into the preheated oven.
  14. Pour warm water into the baking sheet to come halfway up the sides of the ramekins, to bake in a water bath.
  15. Cover with another baking sheet or loosely with foil and bake for about 45 minutes, until the custard is set and a knife inserted near center comes out clean.
  16. Remove from the oven and let cool completely in water bath.
  17. Remove from water bath and refrigerate until very cold, at least 4-6 hours.
  18. The longer you allow the custard to remain chilled in the refrigerator, the better chance that you will have a nice liquid caramel sauce once you unmold the flans. Sugar will absorb liquid, but needs time; if served before the flans have time to set, the finished product may have a solid disc at the top of the flan. If you can leave them to rest overnight, you will not have to worry about this
  19. Prepare the spiced brittle
  20. Prepare a flat baking sheet with parchment, wax paper or a non-stick silpat. About $25 in any restaurant supply store.
  21. Mix together the sugar and the cream of tartar and place in a saucepan.
  22. Bring to a boil over medium heat, and continue, occasionally swirling the pan, until it turns a deep amber.
  23. Once it has reached a dark caramel color, add the butter, vanilla, salt and Ancho chile powder, whisking continuously to completely emulsified.
  24. Mix in the toasted pumpkin seeds and spread out evenly onto the prepared baking sheet (try to get the brittle to be an even 1/4 - 1/2 inch layer).
  25. Allow to cool and harden for at least 1 hour. Break into pieces and set aside.
  26. If the caramel hardens too quickly and becomes difficult to spread, just place the baking sheet in a 400 F heated oven for 30 seconds to 1 minute and it will become pliable again. Again caramel is melted sugar and will burn you very easily
  27. To serve
  28. To unmold the flans, run a knife around the edge of the custard to loosen.
  29. Dip the outer edge of the ramekins in hot water for a few seconds for easier release.
  30. Place a dish on top of the custard, invert the custard onto the dish and shake gently to release the flan.
  31. Carefully remove the ramekin, allowing the caramel to run over the flan and onto the plate.
  32. Repeat with each flan to unmold.
  33. Garnish with pieces of the spiced brittle.
  34. That's it! Wasn't that easy??!! You're taste buds will love you for it.
  35. And as an end note, have your sweetie clean up the kitchen since you put so much time in this.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 614.66 Kcal (2573 kJ)
Calories from fat 299.93 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 33.33g 51%
Cholesterol 174.65mg 58%
Sodium 1053.07mg 44%
Potassium 245.4mg 5%
Total Carbs 64.76g 22%
Sugars 58.38g 234%
Dietary Fiber 4.04g 16%
Protein 14.48g 29%
Vitamin C 0.7mg 1%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 8%
Iron 0.9mg 5%
Calcium 137.7mg 14%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 134.03 Kcal (561 kJ)
Calories from fat 65.4 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 7.27g 51%
Cholesterol 38.08mg 58%
Sodium 229.62mg 44%
Potassium 53.51mg 5%
Total Carbs 14.12g 22%
Sugars 12.73g 234%
Dietary Fiber 0.88g 16%
Protein 3.16g 29%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 1%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 8%
Iron 0.2mg 5%
Calcium 30mg 14%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 14.3
    Points
  • 17
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar

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