Quesillo (Flan)

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 6 eggs
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk (14 oz)
• 14 oz milk

Directions

• Stir sugar in a heavy saucepan over medium heat until melted and caramel-colored (it is easy to burn, so stir constantly)
• Pour the sugar mixture into a double boiler pan
• Whisk together eggs, sweetened condensed milk, & regular milk

Double Boiler Option:

1. Pour milk mixture over sugar mixture in double boiler pan after blended well
2. Add water to the double boiler & cook at medium heat for 1 hour (it is done when a knife comes out clean) 
3. Remove from the double boiler and cool for 15 min before turning out onto a plate

Oven Option: 

1. Pour sugar mixture into a round pan (glass) or loaf pan (glass)
2. Pour milk mixture into the pan over sugar mixture
3. Place pan (glass) into a larger pan (glass) & put into a 350 degree pre-heated oven
4. Pour boiling water into outer pan to a height of about 1 inch
5. Bake for about an hour or until knife comes out clean
6. Turn the quesillo out onto a plate or serve from pan

This recipe is from the Dominican Republic, but is common throughout Latin America.