CHOCOLATE KAHLUA FLAN

Ingredients:

• 2 cups sugar
• 3 cups water
• 3 cups milk
• 3 cups heavy cream
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 oz. Ibarra chocolate
• 2 oz. Kahlua
• 8 eggs

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. Combine sugar and water and bring to simmer. Simmer on low until golden brown and caramelized. Approximately 30 – 40 minutes. When you start seeing bubbles stay close because it’s almost ready. Line flan molds with caramelized sugar.

3. Bring milk and heavy cream to a boil in medium saucepan. Add sugar and cinnamon stick.

4. Reduce heat to simmer. Break chocolate into small pieces and add to milk mixture with Kahlua and vanilla extract.

5. In a large stainless bowl, slowly add milk mixture, a little at a time, with eggs – be careful not to cook the eggs! Combine all milk –chocolate mixture into eggs and whisk until well blended.

6. Fill sugared flan molds almost to rim. Bake in a hot water bath until flans are set. Approximately 30 min. Flans are done when you can insert a knife and it will come out clean.

7. Cover flans with aluminum foil and continue to bake 5 minutes more. This will prevent them from over browning. When flans are done, remove from water bath immediately to stop them from cooking.