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Oil & Honey Edition
Reposting a recipe because it’s so easy and elegant and perfect for a summer dessert, plus it uses honey! Last week I posted a Coconut Flan recipe using honey and coconut milk.. I enjoyed the flan so much and was so surprised at the ease in making it that I decided to try another version, this one more traditional and the perfect end to a dinner party.
When we moved to North Carolina my man Dan surprised me with a Ninja Blender! I love my Ninja and make smoothies often but I look for other ways to use it in the kitchen too. Last year at the BlogHerFood conference I visited the Ninja booth quite a bit and received a great cookbook from them. It’s amazing how versatile a “blender” can be, if it’s a good one. I was happy to be able to use it to make this flan recipe go even quicker and easier than I ever imagined making flan would be. I had in my head (pea brain) that making flan would require slaving over a pot of milk, eggs and sugar getting it to just the right stage before pouring it into ramekins for baking. Boy was I wrong. Last weeks recipe as well as this one, both so effortless, have turned me into a flan making woman!
This dessert is elegant and can easily be made ahead. It is dreamy and creamy with faint floral notes and sweet honey. Orange Blossom honey is the perfect choice for this recipe but feel free to experiment with other flavors of natures golden nectar. Here is a helpful note: flans release with no trouble if you set them in an inch of warm water for a few minutes before un-molding.
Remember – local honey is not only good for you but is helping to support your local beekeepers who are doing a service by keeping bees who pollinate every third bite of food we eat!