Flan de Guayaba y Queso or Guava and Cheese Flan is a popular dessert in Latin American cuisine. It's creamy and absolutely delicious, the perfect ending to any meal.
Guava and Cheese Flan (Flan de Guayaba y Queso)
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup water
- 1 14 oz can condensed milk
- 1 12 oz can evaporated milk
- 5 large eggs
- 6 oz cream cheese softened
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 7 oz guava paste
Instructions
- To prepare the caramel, put 1 cup of sugar in a small pot with ½ cup of water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Stir once and reduce the heat to medium and cook about 5 minutes or until the syrup turns a caramel color.
- Immediately pour an equal amount of the caramel into each ramekin or any oven proof mold you want to use. Swirl each dish to coat the base with the caramel, work fast as the caramel will harden quickly as it cools. Place all the ramekins in a large roasting pan and set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 350° F.
- In a blender add the eggs, condensed milk, evaporated milk, cream cheese, guava paste and vanilla extract and blend until smooth.
- Carefully pour an equal amount of the flan mixture into the caramelized ramekins in the roasting pan. Then add hot water to the roasting pan, not to the ramekins, until the water comes half way up the sides of the ramekins.
- Place the roasting pan in the oven and bake for 1 hour or until a knife inserted in the center of the flan comes out clean.
- Remove from the roasting pan and cool for at least 30 minutes. Then cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
- To serve, carefully run a knife around the edge of the ramekin, cover with a serving plate, flip it over and gently remove the ramekin allowing the caramel run over the sides.
Nutrition
Calories: 321kcalCarbohydrates: 45gProtein: 6gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 165mgSodium: 143mgPotassium: 90mgFiber: 2gSugar: 42gVitamin A: 580IUVitamin C: 0.002mgCalcium: 57mgIron: 1mg
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Today is my birthday, so I feel like posting something sweet to celebrate. As you know flan is one of my favorite desserts because lends itself to an endless number of variations. This guava and cheese version is delicious. The guava paste gives this flan a fantastic flavor and the cream cheese gives it a lovely texture. Here is the recipe for a guava and cheese flan. Enjoy!
Divina
They look amazingly gorgeous. Anything with condensed milk is always a winner and addicting.
Stephanie
Happy Birthday! Thank you soo much for creating this website! I can finally cook authentic Colombian dishes for my husband. I tell everyone about your site. Keep up the hard work because it is much appreciated! Have a great day!
Vinolia
that's an exotic variation of the traditional flan;
sounds rich and creamy!!! Wish you all good things, Joy, luck, health, love, wealth and peace!!! Happy Birthday dear!!!
Gloria
Happy Birthday Erica!!!! and I love guayaba, sooo this is mine, lovely, and I love use condensed milk!! xxx gloria
Raje
Wonderful desert! and Wish you many Happy returns of the Day!
KennyT
Happy birthday Erica!!!
Oysterculture
H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y ! ! ! ! !
This looks absolutely yummy - guava paste is a natural accompaniment on a cheese place what genius would mix it into a flan and share - only you!
Norma
Guava flan is a very common dessert in México..... grew up with it and i am 66 yrs old. Common staple
Ellen
Happy Birthday ! This looks delicious 🙂
Erica
Thank you all for the wonderful comments 🙂
Palidor
Happy birthday, Erica!! What a wonderful way to celebrate. I've never made a flan with cream cheese or condensed milk. I bet it tasted very rich and decadent!
Claudia Medeiros
🙂 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ERICA 🙂
I wish you love, peace and health !
Yummy ! This dessert is wonderful ! We use to mix guava and cheese here, too. We call it "Romeo and Juliet" 😉
Jenn AKA The Leftover Queen
Happy Happy Birthday!!! This looks like a great bday treat!
Nat
I love Gauva...never heard of it incorporated into cheese cake like this...brilliant idea !
Angie@Angie's Recipes
Erica, this flan looks and sounds great! Happy birthday Erica!
Pilar
Happy Birthday! Que la pases delicioso hoy comiendo Flan de Bocadillo y Queso. Habra que hacerlo!
Miguel from NJ via Barranquilla
Happy birthday Erica, today is my wife's birthday also and I wound up on your site while looking for dish to cook for her this weekend. It's a toss up between this dessert and the meatball soup.
Blessings, enjoy your day,
Lynda
Happy birthday to you! Have a wonderfu day, Erica!
The flan looks delicious and rich; I've not seen a flan like this before. Lovely!
Erica
Thank you everyone!
Adriana
FELIZ COMPLEANOS ERICA......i love tour website.thank you so much.you have made me a very happy woman. i am colombian but y only new 3 dishes from our country. I can cook colombian now. I love you!!!!!!!!!!!God bless you! keep up the good work.
SANDRA G.
Happy Birthday to you Erica!
velva
Happy Birthday Erica! Today is my son's birthday too. Hope your day was a good one.
I love flan and ate a lot of flan growing up in Miami. I think it is the creamy custard texture that just sends me to a happy place each time I enjoyed it. This recipe is a keeper.
Natasha - 5 Star Foodie
Happy birthday, Erica! Such a wonderful dessert to celebrate with!
danielle
Happy Birthday Erica!!! I wish I could share your birthday flan with you, it looks delish.
Hummingbird Appetite
Happy belated birthday! What a nice treat to have flan on your birthday.
sophia
Happy birthday!!! I hope you have a fabulous, blessed, loved, and meaningful year!
Oh, and this flan looks absolutely stunning! And such a unique twist! AWESOME!
Easy recipes
I never made Flan. It look delicious.
Erica
Thank you so much for all those lovely comments!
Taste Traveller
Dear Erica, I hope you had a wonderful birthday, and that all your wishes come true!
The flan looks wonderful, it reminds me of something I had with quinces in Spain, but guava sounds like a delightful birthday treat!
kisscali
MUCHAS FELICIDADES , ESPERO LO PASE MUY BIEN Y QUE CUMPLA MUCHOS MAS
Tangled Noodle
Feliz compleaños, Erica! (although a couple of days late!) Your birthday treat is a perfect way to celebrate - I hope you had a marvelous day!
Soma
Happy Birthday Erica!! Hugs to you. So sorry that I came by so late ;-( That is a beautiful dessert with one of my favorite fruits. All of your flans are beautiful.
Erica
Thank you everyone!!! I really appreciate it!
new mommy
hi erica do you buy any chance have a recipe for flan de queso.
Erica
new mommy- Check the recipe for cheese and guava flan.
LILLY
Se ve delicioso, lo voy a tratar!!!!
Que rico encontrar otra paisa que entiende lo que yo busco!!!
Sofi
I made this flan. I love it and it so easy to make.
Richard
How many ramekins does this make: 4, 6, 8? The recipe provides no yield.