Name: Easy Spanish Flan
Ingredients: 1 has-ingredients::egg; 1 Small Glass of has-ingredient::milk; 1 Desert Spoon of has-ingredient::caramel; 2 Desert Spoon of has-ingredient::sugar; Steps:; In a Metal Flan Mould (you Can Buy Them in Most Ferreter?as or inThe Kitchen Utensils Department of a Department Store or LargeSupermarket), Burn The Desert Spoon of sugar With One Dst Spoon ofWater. Stir Over a Strong Heat Until The sugar And water Becomes aBrown Coloured Caramel. if You Want to Sk; Beat The egg With The 2 Desert Spoons of sugar. Beat Well, AddThe Glass of milk, And Beat Some More.; Pour The Mixture Into The Metal Mould Over The Caramel, And PutThe Mould (or Moulds if You Have Made Various) Into a Pan of Simmering water. Make Sure The Level of water is Lower Than TheMoulds, so That no water Spills Into The Flan Mixture. Let The FlanCook Like This Until it is Ready. to Test, Put

Why it works: Egg and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 88,785 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Easy Spanish Flan

Ingredients

1 has-ingredients::egg
1 Small Glass of has-ingredient::milk
1 Desert Spoon of has-ingredient::caramel
2 Desert Spoon of has-ingredient::sugar
Steps:
In a Metal Flan Mould (you Can Buy Them in Most Ferreter?as or inThe Kitchen Utensils Department of a Department Store or LargeSupermarket), Burn The Desert Spoon of sugar With One Dst Spoon ofWater. Stir Over a Strong Heat Until The sugar And water Becomes aBrown Coloured Caramel. if You Want to Sk
Beat The egg With The 2 Desert Spoons of sugar. Beat Well, AddThe Glass of milk, And Beat Some More.
Pour The Mixture Into The Metal Mould Over The Caramel, And PutThe Mould (or Moulds if You Have Made Various) Into a Pan of Simmering water. Make Sure The Level of water is Lower Than TheMoulds, so That no water Spills Into The Flan Mixture. Let The FlanCook Like This Until it is Ready. to Test, Put

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

276Calories

14 gProtein

13 gFat

25 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Water	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Egg + milktop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together88,785 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Milk + sugartop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together77,875 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Egg + sugartop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together122,807 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Milk and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 77,875 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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