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So even though I hate flan, Encarnita taught me how to make it today. I can make it for other people, but I don't think I'll be eating any of it.

-Heat the metal mold
-Add 3 spoonfuls of sugar and 1 of water & heat until it caramelizes in the mold
-Heat 2 cups of milk in separate pan
-Put 3 eggs in a bowl & stir
-Can add a little bit of liquor to the milk or if you want to make coffee flavored you can put coffee in with the milk
-Put 6 spoonfuls of sugar in milk that is heating up
-Stir milk & sugar slowly always stirring in the same direction
-Let sugar & water boil for a little bit until it caramelizes & turns brown--the browner it is, the better
-Move caramelized sugar around mold so it covers & coats the whole mold
-Pour milk mixture into eggs little by little & mix, then pour it into the mold
-Put aluminum foil on top of mold & put lid on mold
-Put mold in double boiler (oja de presion--pan w/ holes & water in bottom of bigger pot)
-Cook on low for 1 hour over flame
-Let it cool to room temperature--put in fridge after
-Cut around edges later & flip onto plate


Arroz (Rice)

I love this rice that senora makes, so I asked her to teach me how to make it. I seriously could eat it every day!

-Cover the bottom of a big pan with virgin olive oil, then put cut up onion and green peppers in oil
-Heat in another pot water, cut up carrots, cut up cauliflower, bay leaves, saffron coloring (pot should be full of water)
-Add cut up garlic clove to green peppers & onion
-Put big plate of rice in with the oil, peppers, onion, & garlic, then stir
-Add one big spoonful of salt to the pot with the rice
-Add cup of peas to the pot with the carrots & water, etc. then carefully pour this pot into the big pot with the rice on high flame
-Add lemon juice from one lemon & a little bit of water (to rinse lemon juice container)
-Cook on low flame for 20 min


Berenjenas Fritas (Fried Eggplant) --can also cook apples or bananas this way

-Wash eggplant and cut into thin pieces
-Place pieces of eggplant in salt for 30 min (no more) to soak up the liquid
-In a dish, put 1 egg, some flour & milk and stir until it is creamy (but a still a little runny)
-Put eggplant in the mixture in the dish--cover both sides of each piece
-Put olive oil in bottom of pan & heat the oil until it is really hot
-Put eggplant pieces in the oil and fry them

Senora said something about putting a pepper in the oil so it doesn't turn black, but I'm not sure what she was talking about. Hopefully mom or someone already knows this trick.