Pumpkin Flan With Cinnamon Pumpkinseeds
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 1 3/4 cups pureed cooked pumpkin (from 1 3/4-pound raw wedge); canned is O.K.
- 4 cups milk
- 1/4 cup semolina
- 6 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Vegetable oil, for brushing
- 1/4 cup green pumpkinseeds
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- In a small saucepan, combine 3/4 cup sugar with 1/4 cup water.
- Simmer over medium-high heat, stirring often, until sugar dissolves.
- Partly cover pan and continue cooking until sugar turns medium amber, about 6 minutes.
- Immediately pour caramel into a 2 1/2-quart souffle dish and quickly turn to coat bottom and sides.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a small saucepan, cook pumpkin over medium-high heat, stirring often, until dryish.
- In a large saucepan, heat milk with remaining 1 cup sugar until barely simmering.
- Gradually stir in semolina and cook over medium-low heat, stirring often, until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes.
- Whisk in pumpkin.
- Remove pan from heat and let cool slightly.
- Beat in eggs, vanilla and salt, then pour into souffle dish.
- Set souffle dish in a roasting pan.
- Pour hot water into pan to reach halfway up side of dish.
- Bake until a knife inserted in flan comes out clean, about 1 1/4 hours.
- Transfer dish to a rack and let cool slightly, then cover and refrigerate overnight.
- Lightly brush a medium skillet with oil.
- Add pumpkinseeds and toast over medium heat until they begin to pop and brown slightly, about 2 minutes.
- Remove from heat and stir in kosher salt and cinnamon.
- Run a knife around flan.
- Invert a round platter over dish.
- Holding dish and platter securely together, quickly invert flan onto platter; caramel sauce will spill out.
- Sprinkle flan with some cinnamon pumpkinseeds just before serving.
sugar, pumpkin, milk, semolina, eggs, vanilla, salt, vegetable oil, green pumpkinseeds, kosher salt, cinnamon
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1012889 (may not work)