Spanish creme caramel

Flan de huevo

It was originally a Spanish dessert. Crème caramel is a variant of plain custard (crème) where sugar syrup cooked to caramel stage is poured into the mold before adding the custard base. It is usually cooked in a bain-marie on a stove top or in the oven in a water bath. It is turned and served with the caramel sauce on top The British savoury flans may have diverged from the sweeter Spanish flans in the Middle Ages
By Tapas Together Edinburgh