Recipe: Perfect Shira's Puerto Rican cheese flan

Shira's Puerto Rican cheese flan. This is the first Puerto Rican dessert on Kitchen Gidget. I've shared my family's favorite Puerto Rican food recipes, like Puerto Rican Beans, but no This ensures the flan cooks evenly with a soft, silky texture. For the best texture, use room temperature ingredients and cream cheese that is well softened.

Flan is a traditional Puerto Rican dessert. We've all eaten it and love it. Puerto Rican Flan de Queso (Cheese Flan). You can cook Shira's Puerto Rican cheese flan using 6 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Shira's Puerto Rican cheese flan

1. You need 1 can of Evaporated Milk.
2. You need 1 can of Sweet Condensed Milk (regular size).
3. You need 3 of Eggs.
4. Prepare 1/8 tsp of Vanilla Extract.
5. It's 1 box of 8oz cream cheese.
6. It's 1 1/2 cup of Sugar.

Puerto Rican Flan de Queso: a cheesecake baked custard dessert with caramel sauce that's not too sweet thanks to cream cheese! #desssert #video. Flan is a traditional Puerto Rican food dessert and is a delicious light alternative to a cheesecake. First, you must prepare a bain-marie. Make these amazing Puerto Rican desserts your gateway into Latin American culture and cuisine!

Shira's Puerto Rican cheese flan instructions

1. Preheat oven to 300°.
2. In a blender, mix evaporated & condensed milk, eggs, vanilla extract and cream cheese. Mix well all the ingredients..
3. In a sause pan, place the sugar and leave it set on low fire. Stir ocassionaly with a fork until sugar melts and makes a caramel. (WARNING: Do not touch the caramel with your hands. It will burn you.) Also, do not let the caramel boil. It will get burn and you might have to start over..
4. Once you have the caramel done, remove from fire and pour it over a baking pan (not sure the size sorry), or cup cakes pans, and make sure caramel covers the bottom of the pan..
5. Pour the milks mixture over the caramel, and place it in the oven for about 45 mins-1 hour or until you stick a tooth pick and comes out dry. Place it in the refrigerator for about 3 hours or overnight which is better..
6. Enjoy !! :).

Puerto Rican cooking is a unique blend of different cultures—Spanish, African, Taino, and American. This Puerto Rican dessert is one of my favorites. It consists of a layer of cake topped with flan and covered in caramel. Bockshiner has a big sweet tooth and tries to soothe it by making scrumptious desserts. This Puerto Rican dessert is one of my favorite recipes.