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Leche Flan
Filipino Cuisine
A dense caramel custard made almost entirely from egg yolks and condensed milk, steamed in an oval tin called a llanera.
Category
Dessert
Main Ingredient
Egg
Cooking Method
Steamed
Spice Level
Mild
Region
Nationwide
Cuisine
Filipino
Fun Fact
Filipino leche flan uses far more yolks than Spanish flan, giving it a richer, firmer texture. A popular explanation is that colonial-era builders used egg whites as mortar binder for churches, leaving cooks with a surplus of yolks.