Chocolate Cheesecake Flan

By anonsouthernbell

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 c sugar, divided
• 4 sq semi-sweet baking chocolate
• 1 can (12oz) evaporated milk
• 1 pkg (8oz) cream cheese, cubed
• 4 eggs

Details

Servings 12

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350. Place 1 c of sugar in small heavy saucepan; cook on med heat until sugar is deep golden brown, stirring constantly to create a caramel sauce. Pour into a 9in round pan.

Melt chocolate. Put milk and cream cheese in food processor and blend until smooth. Add remaining 1/2 c sugar, eggs, and melted chocolate. Blend well. Pour over caramel sauce in pan. Bake flan in water bath to ensure a gentle, even heat that will prevent curdling. To create water bath, set round pan holding the mixture inside a larger pan. Add water to larger pan, surrounding round pan about half way up the side.

Bake 1 hour or until knife inserted 1 in from edge comes out clean. Remove from oven. Place round pan on wire rack; cool completely. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. To unmold, run metal knife around edge of flan. Invert onto plate; shake slightly to loosen. Gently twist to remove pan. Add chocolate garnish, if desired.