We celebrated Cinco de Mayo in style last Tuesday. We made Tara's Chicken Enchiladas, La Fonda Salad, Guacamole and bought tortilla chips from Celinda's! I got some cute "Fiesta" plates with lime green napkins to accent and some fun table toppers too! It was all very festive!
I enjoyed my meal very much and I even dressed for the occasion! I wore my dress from Tiajuana with tourquoise jewelry!
I made Flan for dessert. It is one of our family's faves! The family did the cutest thing to show their appreciation for the dinner. Jeff led the kids in a cheer that went like this, "Hip Hip Ole! Hip Hip Ole! Hip Hip Ole!"
Here's the Flan recipe:
Caramel Custard Flan
1 ¼ cups sugar
4 eggs
1 can (14 ½ oz) evaporated milk, undiluted
1 tsp vanilla
Preheat oven to 350’.
Spread ½ cup sugar evenly over bottom of an 8 inch round baking dish. Heat in oven 30-35 minutes, or until sugar is melted to a golden brown syrup.
Remove from oven; let cool 10 minutes or until hardened.
Meanwhile, in medium bowl, beat eggs well. Add ¾ cups sugar, evaporated milk, 1 ½ cups water, and vanilla. Stir until sugar is dissolved.
Pour into prepared baking dish. Place in shallow pan; pour hot water to 1 inch level around dish. Bake 1 hour, or until silver knife inserted in center of custard comes out clean. Cool; then refrigerate until well chilled.
To serve: Run small spatula around edge of dish to loosen. Invert onto shallow serving dish. Whipped cream is optional!
1 comment:
you just make the greatest memories for your kids! I love that you even dressed for it.
and thanks for posting the flan recipe...yummy! I love flan. Mike knows to order it for me every time we go to a Mexican restaurant.
...and we've enjoyed your pistachio ambrosia twice now, thanks!
Post a Comment