Hannah Swensen's Hawaiian Flan

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 6 eggs
• 1 (6 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups pineapple juice
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 (6 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
• 1 cup whipped cream
• 1/4 cup toasted flaked coconut

Recipe

• 1 prepare an ungreased 8x8 inch square pan.
• 2 combine one cup of sugar with water.
• 3 bring to a boil, stirring at first and then swishing around until becomes golden brown.
• 4 pour the syrup into the pan and tip to coat the sides.
• 5 set this aside as you make your custard. it is normal to hear cracking sounds as the caramel cools.
• 6 beat the eggs until yellow and thick.
• 7 add condensed milk, remaining suagr and salt.
• 8 mix in pineapple juice and beat throughly with electric hand mixer.
• 9 put mixture through strainer into your baking pan.
• 10 place custard pan inside a larger pan.
• 11 pour hot water in larger pan until up to sides of custard.
• 12 bake on 350 for one hour.
• 13 remove custard from pan and cool on wire rack for ten minutes.
• 14 top wih crushed pineapple, coocnut and whipped cream.