31 May 2013

Apple and Quinoa Flan







I love when a recipe is exactly what you wait!
And this happens with this quinoa dessert  I made from Peru Delights a lovely blog with peruvian recipes.
Chile and Peru have a lot of similar things in some foods and we love especially peruvian desserts, like Suspiro Limeño and others.
The mix mix of quinoa, apple and condensed milk make a delicious flan!
Im sharing with Blogs chilenos and you  can see other great recipes in the link HERE





Apple and quinoa flan

Ingredients
1/3 cup white quinoa
1 granny Smith apple or other apple peeled and chopped
1 cinnamon stick
 1 1/2 cups water
1 cup of sugar
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 can unsweetened evaporated milk
1/2 can of the cooking liquid of the quinoa
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla essence

    Method
    Cook quinoa with apple,cinnamon stick and 1 1/2 cup water, over medium heat for 15 minutes or until soft. Reserve and let cool. Strain, reserving the cooking liquid, and measure 1 cup of quinoa with apple.
    Preheat oven to 180°c.
    For caramel, in a saucepan put sugar with tablespoons water, and cook over high heat until lightly golden.Do not let it take too much color because it turns bitter.
    Pour a small amount of caramel in six ramekins.Be careful with caramel is extremely hot and may burns in the skin.
    Now, In the blender process quinoa mix(with the chopped apple), eggs, sweetened condensed milk, unsweetened evaporated milk, vanilla and 1/2 can of the cooking liquid you cooked the quinoa.
    When is ready, pour in the ramekins and accommodate all in a large baking pan, with at least two inches rim, because we are adding one inch hot water, so the flans can bake in a water bath.
    Bake for 40 minutes. Turn off the oven, take out the flans and let them cool at room temperature. Then put them in the fridge and let them rest overnight.
    Unmold, garnish with some berries and mint leaves and a drop of whiped cream is perfect too. 
    Note:
    Some of you asked  if tasted to apples, really not,  really taste like  Dulce de Leche maybe by the condensed milk and when you cook it you have dulce de leche, anyway is absolutely delicious.


      Im sharing with

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    StoneGable





      Está adaptado de una receta de Peru Delights un blog peruano con deliciosas recetas.   Con Peru tenemos en comun muchas recetas y repostería , desde el tiempo de la Colonia , la lúcuma, la chirimoya, el manjar o dulce de leche en fin montones de recetas deliciosas.
      Este es mi aporte a Blog de recetas chilenos donde tambien pueden encontrar otras ricas recetas.

      Ingredientes (6 porciones)

      1/3 taza de quinoa blanca (la más comun)
      1 manzana verde pelada y cortada en trozos
      (u otra manzana)
      1 palito de canela
      1 1/2 taza de agua
      1 taza de azúcar
      1 tarro de leche condensada
      1 tarro de leche evaporada
      1/2 tarro de agua de cocción de la quinoa
      4 huevos
      1 cucharadita extracto de vainilla

      Preparación

      En una olla mediana cocinar la quinoa con la manzana picada y 1 taza y 1/2 de agua ( si se ve seco agregar un poco más porque siempre se evapora) cocinar a fuego medioalrededor de 15 minutos o hasta que la quinoa se vea cocida.
      Dejar enfriar. Luego colar y guardar el liquido de la cocción. Medir una taza de la mezcla de quinoa con manzana.
      Precalentar el horno a 180° .

      Aparte preparar caramelo en una olla poner 1 taza de azucar y unas 2 o 3 cucharadas de agua.
      Cocinar hasta que esté ligeramente dorado, no calentar demasiado porque se pone amargo.
      Repartor este caramelo con cuidado en 6 potes de cerámica resistentes al calor. Con cuidado porque el caramelo quema mucho si cae en la piel.

      En la licuadora colocar la mezcla de quinoa, los huevos, la leche condensada, la leche evaporada, vainilla y 1/2 tarro del jugo de cocción de la quinoa.
      Cuando esté lista la mezcla repartir en 6 moldes de cerámica o pyrex (resistentes al calor) y colocar en uns asadera extendida y poner un poco de agua sin mojar los flanes, para cocinar a baño maría.
      Cocinar durante unos 40 minutos hasta que esten firmes, retirar la asadera y dejar enfriar primero a temperatura ambiente y despues en el refrigerador por lo menos toda la noche.
      Al otro día desmoldar con cuidado pasando por el borde la punta de un cuchillo adornar con unas berries y hojas de menta. Tambien se le puede agregar un poco de crema al servir.

    72 comments:

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      1. Oh, poor Pat.
        I beat him flat!
        hahahaha.

        Looks amazing, Gloria...just gorgeous!

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      2. haha! Silly I think you were in groceries, well you are the champion and winner of thies blog!!
        This flan was amazing betsy, really and you know quinoa is so good!

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      3. I haven't left for the grocery yet. Taylor needs to get here and watch his brothers and he hasn't arrived yet! ha. Now it is sunny! yay!

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      4. Here stop rain in this moment:) Hope Taylor arrive soon!

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      5. Quinoa is supposed to be really good for you and yeah computer busted so was very slow

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      6. Is good Pat and this is delicious anyway you can eat the berries LOL

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    2. Gloria, We love flan but we've never had an apple based version. Sounds great! Thanks for the recipe... Take Care, Big Daddy Dave

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    3. Hola Gloria! Wowie, that sure sounds interesting!!!! Must try it! Hope you are doing well. I am up in the mountains, to enjoy a few days of peace.
      Love ya,
      kris

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      1. Thanks Kris I hope you relax and enjoy your weekend!

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    4. Che bei dolcetti!!! Veramente invitanti!
      Complimenti Gloria e buon week end! :)

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    5. What.... no Cat? Don't tell me... another day off?

      Hi there, Gloria. Did you make those yourself? They look delicious. Too bad I'm a bit overweight.... ;)

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    6. grumpy you are funny who thin make all these recipes?
      anyway eat healthy and you be ok;)
      and quinoa is so good for you!:)

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      1. Let me think.... um.... Pat? No, he can't cook.... Um.... Ah, I know: Azzie! Yes! No? Oh, well, then it must me Juliet. Of course, it's Jules from the UK. Who else, right? :p

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      2. anyway would be Az, she is my friend I dont know Juliet.

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    7. Sounds delicious, Gloria, I want to try this. I love your answer to The Blue Grumpster! You are too funny. xo

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      1. Thanks barbara, I find really funny he asked who made the flan LOL

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    8. Hi! Nice to meet you! This recipe looks good, thank you so much for sharing it. Please stop by and share on our Brag About It Tuesday Party.

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    9. Te quedo preciosa. Gran aporte!

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    10. Vendré por la traducción, se ve super rico!!!

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      1. que traducción?? estoy bromeando Kako!:) Te la hice al tiro porque as lo mejor lo haces el fin de semana. Sé que te gustará mucho. besos

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    11. yum looks like a type of rice pudding.

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      1. Yes Christine maybe is the quinoa anyway is really delicious!

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    12. Wow very inventive! They are very interesting these puds. I like quinoa!

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    13. Un flan très original. Il me plait beaucoup. J'ai du quinoa. Je vais essayer.
      A bientôt

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    14. Gorgeous :)
      I am new to quinoa, so far I have tried it as salad, enjoy storebought quinoa bread, and now looking at your quinoa dessert, yummm :)

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      1. Thanks Lisa the amazing is you can make a lot of things with quinoa is true versatile:)

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    15. yum, i like flan...and apple...that sounds good...like the garnish as well...the boys are gone this weekend and T an I plan on trying that last capuccino recipe...smiles...have a wonderful weekend gloria...

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      1. aah and you and Tara have a nice and beautiful weekend dears:)
        The cappuccino is delicious too!

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    16. That flan looks so delicious and gorgeous! Tempting clicks! :)
      http://www.rita-bose-cooking.com/

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    17. Fantastic! Can I cook it without milk?

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      1. Hi Paola,I never make without milk but in this case I would put more quinoa andd water and not milk.You can try I thi.k the quinoa is really versatil!xo

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    18. OMG, this looks wonderful! I'm not a quinoa desserts fan, but this is so interesting and good looking dessert and presentation is gorgeous!

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    19. What an unusual flan...but I bet it tastes amazing! Have a wonderful

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    20. Have never tried quinoa this way...looks so tempting!

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    21. Wow, I've never used quinoa in a sweet dish - this looks lovely and you've presented it beautifully :)

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      1. Yes quinoa is versatile you can use savoy and sweet and always is nice I think!

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    22. How fun is this Angie, I love that you've included quinoa in here, it makes it quite "legal"! :)

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    23. I do like flans...and this is a very good recipe ~ Thanks Gloria ~

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    24. Deliziosi e originali flan!!! Complimenti, felice giornata

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    25. How interesting - I have only ever used quinoa for savoury dishes

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      1. Yes I know many people only use quinoa in savoury dishes but think in quinoa like rice and is really versatile!

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    26. What a delicious way to use quinoa! I have never tried using it in a dessert before and I love the idea.

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    27. Este está bien distinto a los postres con quinoa que conocía, me parece fantástico.
      Tus fotos están buenisimas.
      Cariños

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    28. I have never eaten flan before, but this looks wonderful.

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    29. Che bell'idea usare la quinoa per un dolce. I tuoi mini flan sembrano davvero deliziosi. Un abbraccio, buona settimana

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      1. Grazie Federica I think the quinoa is really versatile, have a buona settimana!

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    30. Un flan delicioso y original! me gusta mucho. Besos

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      1. Gracias Rosana, estoy segura de que te gustará y es tan fácil!

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    31. Mmmhhh, divine! That is a fabulous dessert.

      Cheers,

      Rosa

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    32. Yes this seems to be my kind of recipes, I like to try to do more things with quinoa, and I loved the Peruvian cuisine I tried there! I am not so keen on condensed milk though, do you think that I could use cream?

      Ciao
      Alessandra

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      1. I think you would love Alessandra is healthy and delicious, I think you can change the condensed milk by cream but dont forget add some sugar because the recipe doesnt because is with condensed milk, but I made flans with cream and are perfect!xo

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    33. It's unusual, but very pretty. I think I'd like it!

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      1. Is delicious and really you dont taste the quinoa:)

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    35. I missed this one. Interesting. I would try this.

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