Yes, flan typically contains dairy in the form of milk and eggs.
No. Made mostly of milk and eggs, freezing flan will change the consistency of the custard. So if you do, it will not taste the same.
A basic flan only has sugar, eggs, milk and vanilla, but there are variations that can include different sauces or fillings
By the Romans who experimented cooking with eggs.
Budín, a sort of flan. Flan, a pudding made with eggs and sometimes vanilla. Macedonia, a sort of fruit salad.
Spanish Flan de Leche Acarmelado is pretty simple, made with sugar, salt, milk, vanilla, and eggs.
A pumpkin flan is similar to a custard cake wherein its main ingredients are pumpkin, eggs, milk, and sugar. It can be either be baked or steamed.
Flan comes from ancient Rome. The Romans had many eggs and used the Greek's cooking skills to develope a recipe. Together they developed a custardly concoction known as a Flan. Flan started out not very sweet, but sometimes with honey. In Spain in became a sweet custard made with caramelized sugar. It was mostly made with milk, eggs, and sugar. When Christopher Columbus found America flan was brought about. Almost all of central and south America fell in love with the flan and the different types of custard forms. In Mexico flan also became popular for dessert to poor and rich people alike.
Yes, made mostly of milk and eggs, flan needs to be kept in the fridge. When properly refrigerated and kept in an air-tight container or plastic wrap, it should last about a week.
Flan cakes of all flavors are very popular, and many of them call use boxed cake mixes, which almost always require 3 eggs. In fact, most 2-layer cakes, whether made from a mix or made from scratch, call for 3 eggs.
Yes, called Flan de Leche (milk flan), coconut flan (Flan de Coco) is also popular as with the nearby Caribbean cultures.
Flan or tarte