Possibly one of the most well-known dessert dishes in Latin America, flan, or crème caramel as it is known in France, consists of a sweetened mix of eggs, milk, and sugar commonly flavoured with vanilla essence, and, as with most things Argentine (I’m starting to see a pattern emerge here…) topped with, you guessed it, dulce de leche.
The flan is topped with caramelised sugar whose sweetness, coupled with the dulce de leche, serves as the perfect counterpoint to the cool, creamy custard body. Requiring only four basic ingredients, it’s easy to see why flan has become a region staple.