I've been planning to make this Puto Flan Recipe of Mamanee's Nest for a long time. I'm so glad to have the luxury of time making this today. It's so easy to prepare and tastes really good!
It will surely satisfy your craving for Leche Flan. I encourage you to try this recipe. Super sarap, promise!
Here's Mamanee's Recipe as seen on this link:
Flan Recipe
4 egg yolks
1 can of sweetened condensed milk (370g)
2 tsps. of lemon or calamansi juice
Puto Recipe
2 cups of All-purpose flour
4 tsps. Baking powder
2/3 cup of white granulated sugar
1/2 tsp. Salt
4 egg whites
1 1/4 cup of water
a few drops of yellow food coloring (optional)
Procedure
1. Create your flan first by mixing the egg yolks and condensed milk, then add the lemon/Kalamansi juice. If you are using an extract, reduce the measurement to 1 teaspoon.
2. Heat water in you steamer, and bring to a boil. Grease your puto moulds lightly, and fill them with your flan mixture about 1/3 full. You can use sauce dispensers made of plastic to make it easier to distribute your mixture.
3. Steam your flan. Make sure to wrap your steamer cover with a towel. I kept mine on medium heat and steamed the flan for a good 20 minutes. Make sure to check your flan once in a while and see if the flan is almost cooked and no longer in its liquid form. That means it's ready. Set aside.
4. Create your puto mixture. Sift your dry ingredients together. Add your wet ingredients and mix, but do not OVERMIX. If you have another plastic dispenser, transfer your mixture.
5. Add your puto mixture over your flan mixture and steam again for around 15 minutes or until it has risen and shows a shiny dome.
6. Allow them to cool down before your remove them from the moulds to make sure that the flan and the puto stick together. Use a knife to loosen the puto from the mould and tap slightly to release.
My Version
For the Flan Recipe, I used 3 egg yolks, 250 ml Alaska Condensed Milk, and 1 teaspoon of Kalamansi Juice. 1 medium-sized Kalamansi makes 1 teaspoon of juice.
Since I had no stock of baking powder, I experimented using Maya Toaster Cake Mix (Butter Cake) as substitute to Mamanee's Puto Recipe because I had it on hand. I used the 3 egg whites, 1/2 cup of water, and 2 tablespoons of cooking oil instead of following the cooking procedure found behind its packaging. I opted not to use yellow food coloring.
Then I followed Mamanee's cooking instructions.
Here they are while cooling at room temperature. Make sure to chill them at least one hour before serving for best results.
Tada!!!! Here's the finished product. Mom ate three pieces in one sitting! Super sarap kasi!
