Pineapple flan, also known as flan de piña or queso de piña, is a custard like dessert made with fresh pineapple juice, sugar, milk, eggs, vanilla and rum.
Course Dessert, Sweets
Cuisine Caribbean, Ecuadorian, Latin American, Mexican, South American
Keyword Flan, Latin style custard, Pineapple, Pineapple flan, Queso de piña
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 hourhour
Refrigeration time 2 hourshours
Total Time 1 hourhour30 minutesminutes
Servings 10
Ingredients
2cupssugar1 cup for caramel and 1 cup for the flan
½cupof water
2 ½cupspure fresh pineapple juicestrained and foam removed, from 1 pineapple
1tbstapioca starch – can also use corn starch
1cupwhole milk
10eggs
1tspvanilla extract
2tbsrum
10buttered oven proof ramekins or flan molds
Large oven proof dish filled with water
Caramelized pineapple slices
Brown sugar
Fresh pineapple slices
Instructions
To make the caramel, bring 1 cup of sugar and ½ cup of water to a boil over medium heat and boil until it gets a deep amber color, about 8-10 minutes.
Pour the hot caramel into the previously buttered flan molds or ramekins and try to distribute it evenly on the bottom of the molds.
Combine the pineapple juice with the sugar and tapioca starch in a small saucepan over low heat and bring to a boil, keep an eye on it as it is prone to boil over, let simmer until it begins to thicken, about 5-8 minutes, remove and cool completely.
Pre-heat oven to 350 F
Beat the eggs on low speed; slowly mix in the pineapple mixture, the milk, the vanilla, and the rum until well combined
Strain the flan mixture and pour into the caramel coated molds.
Place the flan molds in the oven dish with water – the water should cover at least ½ of the height of the ramekins - and bake until the flans solidify, about 45-50 minutes.
Let the flans cool completely, then refrigerate for a couple of hour.
To help release the flans place the ramekins in a bowl with warm water before serving to melt the caramel and loosen the flan.
Serve alone or accompanied by fresh berries or with caramelized pineapple slices
Caramelized pineapple slices
Pour a spoonful of brown sugar over a pineapple slice and place under the broiler until the sugar begins to bubble and caramelize.