Vanilla Coffee Flan

Ingredients

• 2 cups half-and-half
• 34 cup vanilla flavored ground coffee
• 14 cup milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 5 eggs
• water
• caramel sundae syrup

Instructions

1. Boil coffee grounds in 1 1/2 cups of water.
2. remove from heat and let sit for 10 minutes.
3. Bring milk and half& half to a heat where whisps of steam is just rising from the top.
4. Strain coffee liquid through a coffee filter into a cup and then add 3/4 of a cup to the milk mixture and heat through.
5. In a separate bowl whisk together eggs, sugar, and salt.
6. Slowly add milk mixture to the bowl with the eggs, while whisking steadily.
7. Pour 1 tbsp of caramel into 6 buttered 6 oz.
8. ramekins, then pour mixture into the ramekins, and put into a large high-walled pan.
9. fill pan with water and bake at 325 for 1 hour, then increase heat to 375 for an additional 20 minutes.
10. Remove ramekins from oven and pan and refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
11. Use a flexible knife to remove from ramekins and flip over onto small plates for serving.