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Dulce de Leche Flan

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This recipe is adapted from Argentine chef Francis Mallman. Mallman also shared some helpful cooking tips exclusively with Epicurious, which we've added at the bottom of the page.

Dulce de leche, a dense, creamy caramelized milk "jam," is Argentina's favorite homegrown postre (dessert). As an accompaniment to a simple peeled banana, it is Argentine childhood incarnate, and its appearance at the table is sure to trigger Proustian flights of memory and rapture in adults.

Flan de dulce de leche is a classic recipe that tends to be permanently bookmarked in kitchen-scarred copies of El Libro de Doña Petrona, the scriptural cookbook that is Argentina's equivalent of Fannie Farmer. Richer than any flan you've ever had, here it is, as interpreted by Francis Mallman.

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