La dolce vita

CRÈME CARAMEL

Flan di latte

SERVES 8

FOR THE CRÉME CARAMEL

• 80g caster sugar
• 25g cornflour
• 400ml full-fat milk
• 397g can of sweetened condensed milk
• Grated zest of one unwaxed lemon
• 4 eggs
• Edible flowers for decoration

You will need a 20cm shallow baking dish or 8 × 8cm pudding moulds

Preheat the oven to 325°F/160°C/140°C Fan/Gas 3

1. Place the sugar in a small saucepan with 3 tablespoons of water and heat until you obtain an amber-coloured caramel. Pour enough into the baking dish or individual moulds to cover the base.

2. Place the cornflour in a bowl and mix with the milk using a hand whisk. Add the sweetened condensed milk, lemon zest and eggs, then blitz with a stick blender.

Arrange the baking dish or moulds in a deep-sided roasting tin, and fill with the crème. Carefully pour boiling water into the roasting pan so that the water comes two-thirds up the side of the dish or moulds. Bake in the preheated