Dessert
Peaty Gelatin Flan
PrepPr15 minCookCk30 minTotalTot45 minServesSrv4–6Ca:PCa:P1:1.3
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup brown sugar (Optional)
- 5 eggs
- 1/4 cup brown sugar (for custard)
- 2 cups milk
- 10 g gelatin (bloomed in water, then dissolved into milk)
- Zest of 1 lemon (or citrus peel of choice)
- Pinch of baking soda
Directions
- Make a caramel by melting brown sugar in a pan and pour into ramekins or molds.
- Whisk eggs with brown sugar until mostly combined.
- Add gelatin-milk mixture, lemon zest, and baking soda; whisk until homogenous.
- Pour mixture into caramelized ramekins.
- Place ramekins in a hot water bath and cook for about 30 minutes.
- Remove from heat, let cool for 30 minutes, then refrigerate until set.
- Loosen sides with a butter knife and invert onto dessert bowls to serve.
Why it works
Gelatin is added here alongside the eggs to balance out the amino acid profile of the custard. More on why Peat emphasized that balance is on WikiPeatia.
Nutrition Facts
Per serving (1 of 5). Does not change when you scale ingredients.
- Calories 172.74
- Total Fat 40.5g
- Saturated Fat 17.1g
- Trans Fat 0.5g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 5.1g
- Monounsaturated Fat 12.4g
- Cholesterol 1086 mg
- Sodium 527.7 mg
- Carbohydrate 69g
- Fiber 0.6g
- Sugar 67.4g
- Protein 55.6g
- Calcium 735.1 mg
- Phosphorus 956.2 mg
- Ca:P ratio 1:1.3
- Vitamin A 606 mcg
- Vitamin C 8.2 mg
- B1 (Thiamin) 0.5 mg
- B2 (Riboflavin) 1.7 mg
- B3 (Niacin) 0.5 mg
- B5 (Pantothenic) 1.8 mg
- B6 0.5 mg
- Folate 180.5 mcg
- B12 5.2 mcg
- Copper 0.2 mg
- Zinc 5.2 mg
- Selenium 91 mcg
