Ube flan that wobbles
Ube powder colours and flavours a classic flan. Burnt sugar in the tin, custard on top, water bath, then a flip. It should wobble.
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Ube Basque burnt cheesecake
Ube powder goes into a Basque burnt cheesecake so the custard is violet under a black-brown top. You want the middle to wobble. Fridge it before you cut.
How to make it
Ingredients
This recipe uses ube. Read what ube is.
- 600g full-fat cream cheese, room temperature
- 200g caster sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 300ml double cream
- 2 tbsp Pandoyo ube powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- A pinch of salt
- Butter for the tin
Method
Steps
- 01
Heat the oven to 220C fan. Butter a 20cm springform tin and line it with a crumpled sheet of baking paper that comes well above the rim.
- 02
Beat the cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time.
- 03
Whisk the ube powder into the cream so there are no dry pockets, then pour that into the bowl with the vanilla and salt.
- 04
Pour into the tin. Bake 25 to 30 minutes until the top is dark and split and the centre still wobbles like unset custard.
- 05
Cool in the tin, then fridge at least 4 hours. Lift out on the paper and cut with a hot knife.
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