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Venezuelan Quesillo

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: latin america
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

For the quesillo
  • 1 can condensed milk
  • 1 cup milk
  • 5 eggs
  • 1 tbsp rhum
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
For the caramel
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup water

Method
 

Caramel
  1. Pour the sugar and water into a pot and melt over medium/low heat. Shake the pan occasionally melting the sugar evenly. In about 20 minutes your sugar will become a thick, brown caramel, set it on the side and let it cool.
Quesillo
  1. Set your oven to 350 degrees
  2. Bring into a blender all the ingredients: eggs, condensed milk, milk, vanilla and rhum and blend until velvety smooth.
  3. Pour your mix to the caramel pot and let it set
  4. Grab a big baking dish and fill it with water. Grab your caramel pot and cover it with a lid, put it inside your baking dish filled with water and bake it for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
  5. Using a knife, loose the edges of your quesillo and let it cool one hour without the lid and one hour in the fridge.
  6. Grab a platter and to serve the quesillo just carefully flip it onto your serving dish allowing the caramel to drizzle over the top.
  7. Enjoy!