Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Instant Pot Pandan Flan


Have a lot of yolks left from buttercream and pandan extract so I used some to make flan in my instant pot. Have not eat flan for a while and it is so smooth and addictive!!!๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ˜‹


  • Ingredients:

  • 3 large whole eggs & 3 egg yolks

  • 3 cups whole milk

  • 1/2 cup sugar

  • 1/4 tsp salt

  • 3 tbsp pandan extract (blended from pandan leaves and water) Can omit and use more paste instead

  • 1/2 to 1 tsp pandan paste

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  • Caramel syrup:

  • 1/3 cup sugar

  • 1-1/2 tbsp water

  • 1 tsp lemon juice

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  • Mix and boil until desire color. Darker will give a bitter taste.  So turn off heat once golden. Swirl around until bubble subside before pouring into glass bowl. Swirl fast to coat bottom of bowl. Bowl used is 7 cup glass oven safe. 

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  • Custard:

  • In a pot, mix together milk, sugar and salt on medium heat to melt sugar. Add in pandan favor and paste. Don't boil the milk.

  • If boiling hot then cool 3-5 mins.

  • In a bowl, gently stir eggs. Do not over beat.

  • Pour warm milk into egg while stirring to mix.

  • Strain the mixture with fine mesh strainer. Pour into bowl.  Cover bowl with aluminum foil.

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  • Oven method:

  • Place bowl on a towel in a water bath. Bake it at 325 F for 1&1/2 hr.  After done, cool and chill it in the fridge.

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  • Instant Pot method:

  • 2 cup water in the 8qt IP

  • Place bowl towel on the steam rack into IP

  • 10 mins manual High Pressure.

  • 10 mins NR then QR to get the rest of the pressure out.

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  • Remove, cool and then chill in refrigerator before serving.