Making a Leche Flan: Reading Comprehension

Post date: May 14, 2020 9:37:17 AM

Take your time and read the text below. It describes how you make a Leche Flan.

Once you've finished reading answer the questions at the bottom.

Leche Flan is a Filipino dessert made up of eggs and milk with a soft caramel on top. It resembles crème caramel and caramel custard. This delicious dessert is known throughout the world. It has been a regular item in the menu of most restaurants because of its taste, ease in preparation and long shelf life.

Making your own leche flan can be easy if you follow the recipe below. Start by beating the egg yolks in a mixing bowl. You can do it the manual way using a fork or use a hand mixer or a stand mixer. Ensure that the eggs are smooth. Gradually add the milk. Start with the condensed milk followed by the fresh milk and vanilla extract. Continue to beat all the ingredients in the bowl until these are well blended. Set this aside for the meantime while you prepare for the next process.

Grab your baking pan and place some sugar on it. Heat it over a stove top while holding the pan. Wear oven gloves to protect your hands. You will need to heat it until the sugar melts and turns into caramel. Once this happens, spread the caramel evenly on the llanera or mold that you are using. Slowly add the mixture into each mold and then cover the mold with foil.

The last process is to steam the mold. Simply arrange all the molds in a steamer and steam for a good 30 minutes or so until the mixture turns into yummy flan. At this point, you will decide if you want to dig in right away, or let it cook down a bit. I usually try to control myself at this point and wait until it cools down. I then place the flan in the refrigerator for best results.

Now answer the following questions. Remember there might be more than one right answer:

Which of the following is NOT an ingredient in the recipe?

cream

flour

eggs

vanilla extract

What must the cook do first?

Put the milk and sugar in a bowl

Place some sugar in the baking pan

Spread the caramel

Beat the eggs

Which of the following items is needed to make this recipe?

a pair of gloves

an electric mixer

a microwave

a knife

Which of the following ingredients is added last?

sugar

cream

water

eggs