Coconut Chai Flan

Difficulty Intermediate
Portions: 12
Total 292 min

Ingredients

  • 1 Cup Granulated Sugar
  • 5 Tablespoons Water
  • 3 1/2 cups CARNATION® Full Cream Evaporated Milk
  • 5 bags Chai Black Tea Bags
  • 2 Packages MAGGI® Coconut Milk Powder (25g) (or one 50g pack)
  • 1 can NESTLÉ® Sweetened Condensed Milk (395g)
  • 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract (or vanilla essence)
  • 5 Large Eggs

Instructions

  • 1.  Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Place 8” cake pan into larger baking dish or rimmed baking tray
  • 2.  In small sauce pan over medium heat, simmer sugar and water until golden brown in colour 8-10 minutes. Immediately pour caramel syrup into 8-inch cake pan and ensure the base of dish is fully coated
  • 3.  In a medium sauce pan, heat Carnation Full Cream Evaporated Milk until almost boiling, remove from the fire and steep tea bags in the hot milk 2 minutes.
  • 4.  In large mixing bowl, whisk Nestle Sweetened Condensed Milk, Evaporated Milk mixture, eggs, Maggi Coconut Milk Powder, vanilla extract/essence together. Pour milk mixture over the hardened caramel.
  • 5.  Fill the larger tray or dish with hot water and carefully place into preheated oven. Bake at 350°F (180°C) for one hour.
  • 6.  Carefully remove from oven, allow to cool 30 minutes then chill in fridge for 4 hours (for best results chill overnight). To serve, run knife around the edges of flan cover with a plate and quickly invert it. Serve chilled.