An Italian Flan with Amaretti Cookies
- 14 each whole eggs
- 3/4 pound sugar 12 ounce
- 36 ounce heavy cream
- 1/4 cup semisweet chocolate shavings
- 30 each amaretti cookies crumbled
- 4 ounce amaretto liquor
- 4 ounce dark rum
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tbls water
*Mix the eggs with the sugar in a large bowl by wire whip.
*Meanwhiles heat the cream and add it slowly to the egg mixture, whipping constantly.
*Add the rum & amaretto. Add the crumbled amaretti cookies and the chocolate shavings.
*Pour into caramel covered individual ramekin molds immediately, bake in a waterbad at 300 F. for 1 hour or until set.
Mix sugar and water and boil over low heat until golden brown. Cover the bottom of each ramekin with the caramel. let cool until set