Ingredients
- 300 g milk
- 160 g egg
- 70 g sugar
- 3 g vanilla pod
- 60 g sugar for the caramel
Preparation
1. Make the caramel with the 60 g of sugar and divide it between the jars.
2. Place the milk, vanilla and 70 g of sugar in a vacuum bag.
3. Vacuum-pack the bag at 99% in one of our vacuum packing machines.
4. Cook the bag in one of our SmartVide sous-vide cookers at 85 °C for 30 minutes to infuse the milk with the vanilla.
5. Strain the infused milk. Mix it with the eggs until smooth and homogeneous. Divide the classic flan mixture between the jars containing the caramel.
6. Carefully place the jars in our SmartVide sous-vide cooker. Cook at 85 °C for 1 hour.
7. Chill the jars before serving.
In this recipe, the sous-vide technique allows you to cook classic flan at a precisely controlled temperature. Low-temperature cooking in our SmartVide sous-vide cooker helps achieve consistent and repeatable results.
Chef’s notes
