Pumpkin Pie Spice Toast Flan

Rating:

Total Time:

1 hr

Prep Time:

25 min

Cook Time:

35 min

Ingredients:

5-6 slices sourdough bread or 6-7 slices white sandwich bread, crusts on

4 tbsp unsalted butter, softened

3 tbsp sugar mixed with 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

5 large eggs

5 egg yolks

¾ cup sugar

3 ¾ cups hot milk

1 ½ tbsp vanilla extract

Berry sauce, for serving (optional)

Pumpkin pie spice ingredients:

3 tbsp ground cinnamon

2 tsp ground nutmeg

2 tsp ground ginger

1 ½ tsp ground allspice

1 tsp ground cloves

Directions:

To make pumpkin pie spice, mix together ground cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice, and cloves in a small bowl until well blended. Use as needed and store remaining spice in an airtight container for later use.

Use 2 tablespoons butter to spread over bread slices on one side.

Place bread slices with buttered side facing up on a broiling rack. Evenly sprinkle each slice with pumpkin spice sugar.

Broil bread slices for a few seconds only until sugar bubbles up. Remove from broiler and slice each bread piece into 4 triangles.

Use the remaining butter to coat the inside of the baking dish (preferably a 6-cup baking dish 2 inches deep).

Layer the bread pieces sugared side facing up on the baking dish.

Preheat oven to 350F.

Prepare the custard sauce by placing the eggs in a 2-quart stainless steel saucepan. Whisk the eggs and add the sugar by spoonfuls until the eggs are thick and pale yellow and form ribbons in about 2-3 minutes.

Stir in the hot milk slowly in a trickle in the beginning until mixed in.

Place the eggs over moderate heat. Keep stirring slowly and constantly with a wooden spoon scraping the bottom while the custard thickens without letting it come to a boil. The custard is done when it coats the spoon in a light, creamy layer.

Stir in the vanilla extract and pour half of the custard over the toasts using a sieve. Soak the toasts for 5 minutes and then pour on the remaining custard using a sieve.

Put the baking dish on a roasting pan and place in the lower middle of the oven.

Pour boiling water in the roasting pan to fill it halfway up the baking pan.

Bake for about 25-30 minutes until done or a toothpick stuck an inch from the side comes out clean. Make sure to keep the water bath just below the simmer.

Serve warm or cold topped with a berry sauce if desired.

Tags:

Pudding