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Vegan flan

Flan is a traditional Spanish dessert. When I was younger I used to love the flan my mum made for dessert. It was always the lightest and tastiest, I always looked forward to it! However, after I went vegan I found it was hard to find vegan versions, so I never had it. But after discovering agar agar, I can enjoy the light airy flan my mum used to make all over again! (And it is much easier to prepare as well!)
Course Dessert
Cuisine Spanish
Prep Time 0 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes

Ingredients
  

Caramel

  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar

Flan base

  • 2 cups oat milk
  • 1 tpsb agave syrup
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp powdered agar agar

Instructions
 

Caramel

  • Combine the water and brown sugar in a small pan and bring to the boil.
  • Stir to make sure the sugar has dissolved.
  • Keep stirring for about a minute to evaporate some of the water
  • Tip out into a bowl and once cooled down, transfer to the fridge.

Flan base

  • In the same pan you made the caramel, combine the oat milk, agave syrup and vanilla extract and bring to the boil.
  • Once boiled, remove from the heat and add in the agar agar.
  • Make sure you dissolve the agar agar in some warm water beforehand so it does not clump up.
  • Whisk until the agar is completely dissolved.
  • Tip out into 4 small glass cups and transfer to the fridge to set and chill for about 4 hours.
  • Once ready, top with the caramel and enjoy!

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