Sweet N Spicey Pumpkin Flan With Spiced Pumpkin Seeds
From mystic_river1 15 years ago
- 90 minutes to make
- Serves 8
The traditional pumpkin pie spices and a topping of cayenne toasted pumpkin seeds make this flan a 'sweet and heat' combination. Just a bit different to make your fall and holidays more memorable. Adapted from a 2005 Gourmet recipe.
Ingredients
- Gourmet | November 2005 shopping list
- recipe photo reviews (24) video my notes A bite of this flan, fragrant with traditional pumpkin-pie spices, is very comforting despite the dessert's modern looks; a topping of pumpkin seeds, seasoned with cayenne, creates a play of sweet and heat. shopping list
- Active time: 40 min Start to finish: 8 hr (includes chilling) shopping list
- Servings: Makes 8 servings. shopping list
- CHILL TIME 6 HOURS shopping list
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- 2 cups sugar shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream shopping list
- 1 cup whole milk shopping list
- 5 whole large eggs plus 1 large egg yolk shopping list
- 1 (15-oz) can solid-pack pumpkin (1 3/4 cups; not pie filling) shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla shopping list
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon shopping list
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon salt shopping list
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- 1 cup green (hulled) pumpkin seeds (1/4 lb; not toasted) shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne shopping list
- Special equipment: a 2-qt soufflé dish or round ceramic casserole dish shopping list
How to make it
- Make caramel:
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- Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.
- Heat soufflé dish in oven while making caramel.
- Cook 1 cup sugar in a dry 2-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, undisturbed, until it begins to melt.
- Continue to cook, stirring occasionally with a fork, until sugar melts into a deep golden caramel.
- Wearing oven mitts, remove hot dish from oven and immediately pour caramel into dish, tilting it to cover bottom and side. (Leave oven on.)
- Keep tilting as caramel cools and thickens enough to coat, then let harden.
- Make flan:
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- Bring cream and milk to a bare simmer in a 2-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, then remove from heat.
- Whisk together whole eggs, yolk, and remaining cup sugar in a large bowl until combined well, then whisk in pumpkin, vanilla, spices, and salt until combined well.
- Add hot cream mixture in a slow stream, whisking.
- Pour custard through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, scraping with a rubber spatula to force through, and stir to combine well.
- Pour custard over caramel in dish, then bake in a water bath until flan is golden brown on top and a knife inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 1/4 hours.
- Remove dish from water bath and transfer to a rack to cool.
- Chill flan, covered, until cold, at least 6 hours.
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- Make spiced pumpkin seeds while flan chills:
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- Toast pumpkin seeds in oil in a 10- to 12-inch heavy skillet (preferably cast-iron) over moderately low heat, stirring constantly, until puffed and golden, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Toss with salt and cayenne until coated.
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- To serve:
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- Run a thin knife between flan and side of dish to loosen.
- Shake dish gently from side to side and, when flan moves freely in dish, invert a large platter with a lip over dish.
- Holding dish and platter securely together, quickly invert and turn out flan onto platter. (Caramel will pour out over and around flan.)
- Sprinkle flan with spiced pumpkin seeds just before serving.
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- • Flan can be chilled 1 day.
- • Spiced pumpkin seeds keep in an airtight container at room temperature, 3 days.
The Rating
Reviewed by 10 people-
I have made this lovely pumpkin flan before - twice....and it is just as delicious as it looks and sounds. Everyone always falls in love with it...it's a real crowd pleaser. Thanks for posting a over-the-top winner, JM hon. A high 5 from me.... :)
lunasea
in Orlando loved it
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love pumpkin flan .. nice touch with the pumpkin seeds..^5
peetabear
in mid-hudson valley loved it
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LOVELY recipe and detail JM..55555^^^^^:)
Love yah..
Lan
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in Macon loved it
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