Gangsta! Red Velvet Walnut Flan

Gangsta! Red Velvet Walnut Flan

Happy Holidays from the Gangsta Family! I wanted to make something special for the holidays. Recently my wife had a birthday and her family gave her a Red Velvet Cake. That gave me the idea to combine a Flan with a Red Velvet Twist! It is a chocolate flan - colored red of course - with a delightful orange surprise.

To watch me make this beautiful flan on Youtube:
http://youtu.be/T7bcauTs0nc

Ingredients:
7 large eggs - separate 2 of the eggs, retaining both the white and the yolk
1 can of sweetened condensed milk
1 Can of Evaporated Milk
Milk (whole or 2%) use the empty condensed milk to measure so you have equal parts
Zest and juice of a whole orange
2 Tsp of Cocoa Powder
1 Package of Cream Cheese (room temperature)
3/4 Cup of Chocolate Syrup
1 TBSP of Vanilla Extract

1 Cup of Sugar
15 drops of Red Food coloring

Cream Cheese Frosting or Chocolate Frosting

9.3 x 15" pan

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

In a medium sauce pan add the sugar only. Over a medium high heat, begin cooking the sugar, stirring constantly and slowly until it becomes liquid and starts to bubble. It should look brown but not burnt.

Pour the caramel into your pan. Swirl the caramel in the pan to coat the bottom and about an inch to two inches up the sides. Let the pan cool for 45 minutes

In the mean time, Mix the cream cheese and 2 egg whites until incorporated.
Add one egg yolk, then add the second, continue to mix for three minutes
Add remaining eggs slowly as the mixer is running

Add each of the milks one at a time while the mixer is running, then

Add Vanilla, chocolate powder, then

Add chocolate syrup

Once all ingredients are incorporated, add the zest of your orange plus the juice - mix well

Add 15 drops of Red Food coloring. If your mixture doesn't seem red enough, you can add 5 more drops

Once the mixture is well colored, pour it into the pan with the caramel

Water bath - Place the pan in a larger pan and pour water into the larger pan about halfway up the side of the smaller pan

Place in the oven and bake an hour and 15 minutes. If the center doesn't feel firm when you touch it bake it a little longer

Lightly toast the walnuts then pulse in the food processor until coarsely chopped

Take flan out of oven for an hour to cool off.


Use a warm knife to un-mold the flan from the sides. Place a larger dish over the top of the flan pan to flip.

Sprinkle Walnuts across the top of the flan.

Use frosting of your choice and pipe fancy or not so fancy designs across the top.

You can also decorate the center like I did with a small sprig of mint.

Enjoy!