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Vanilla and Leche Merengada Protein Flan

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Today we're making a Vanilla and leche merengada protein flan with egg whites and isolate protein, an easy recipe to enjoy chilled. All we have to do is blend the ingredients, bake in a water bath, and chill. You can make it the night before and have breakfast ready the moment you get up.

Prep: 10 minCook: 20 minServes: 6

Ingredients

Here are the ingredients you need for this recipe

  • 180gr egg whites (about 7 and a half egg whites)
  • 75gr isolate protein powder, True Vanilla flavour
  • 75gr isolate protein powder, Leche Merengada flavour
  • 3 glasses plant-based milk (whichever you prefer)
  • Sweetener or homemade date syrup (optional)

Equipment

  • Rectangular baking dish or loaf tin

Step by step

Method

  1. 1Preheat the oven to 200ºC.
  2. 2While it heats up, prepare the flan.
  3. 3Add all the ingredients into a blender jug.
  4. 4Blend well until completely smooth and creamy.
  5. 5Pour the mixture into your flan mould or baking dish.
  6. 6Now we're going to bake our flan in a water bath (baño María).
  7. 7Place the flan mould inside a larger, deep baking dish and fill the outer dish halfway with water.
  8. 8Make sure the flan mould sits steadily in the middle.
  9. 9Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes at 180ºC.
  10. 10Let it cool completely, then refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
  11. 11All done! Our Vanilla and leche merengada protein flan is ready.

Notes

  1. 1You can prepare it the evening before and enjoy it straight from the fridge for breakfast.
  2. 2Here I used vanilla and leche merengada protein powder, but feel free to use whichever flavours you like best.

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