Flan!!!! (Question about it and more)?

Question

I have to do this project on Spain and we need to present a dish representing the country while convincing people to live there so I wanted to use flan since everyone likes it. Is it a popular dish in Spain? If not can you tell me one that is and very tasty? Plus can you make sure it's easy to find in America cause I'm not spanish and it's sort of hard to get my hands on anything spanish. Thanks for all the help and I really wish I can vote for all of you for best answer cause I know I'm asking for a lot.

Answer 1

Flan is popular in all latin countries, and isn't very representative specifically of Spain.  

Try tapas!  Very easy to make, and easy to make.  Here's a helpful website:  http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/et_pa_ta...

Answer 2

Fried Plantains are always a hit in class when you have to take a Spanish dish. Most will not even think about doing this and everyone will love crunching and munching on them, but if you like doing the Flan here is a good recipe to go buy also.

Fried Sweet Plantains

Ingredients

    * 4 ripe plantains

    * Vegetable oil for frying

    * Salt

Instructions

Preheat the fryer. Using a sharp knife, slice the plantains, diagonally, about 3/4-inch thick. Fry the plantains in batches until golden brown, about 3 to 4 minutes. Remove the plantains from the oil and drain on a paper-line plate. Season with salt and serve as a garnish with the suckling pig.

Yield: about 8 servings

Caramel Flan

Simple ingredients. Simply delicious. This is gratifying to make and wonderful to eat.

    * 1/3 cup sugar

    * 6 eggs

    * 6 tablespoons sugar

    * 2 cups milk

    * 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Make a hot water bath for the flan by setting a 9-inch cake pan in a larger pan. While holding down the cake pan so it doesn't float, fill the larger pan with just enough hot water to come about 3/4-inch up the side of the smaller pan. Then remove the smaller pan and put the larger pan of water in a preheating 350°F oven while you mix the flan.

Melt the 1/3 cup sugar directly in the 9-inch cake pan the flan will be baked in. To melt evenly, hold the pan securely (wear a good oven mitt or use tongs) over or just resting on a burner; shake and tilt the pan, rather than stirring the sugar. Watch carefully. Once melted, sugar will caramelize (brown) quickly; as soon as it does, tilt pan so that the entire surface is covered. Remove from heat; syrup will harden and crack, but that's okay.

Beat together eggs and the 6 tablespoons sugar; add milk and vanilla. Pour the egg mixture into the caramel-lined pan, open the oven door, and carefully place the flan in the hot-water bath. Bake at 350°F for about 25 minutes; test doneness by gently pushing custard in center with back of a spoon. When done, a crevice will form.

Remove from hot water and chill at once. To serve, loosen custard edge with a knife, then cover with a rimmed serving plate. Holding plate in place, quickly invert. The flan will slowly slip free and the caramel sauce will flow out. Cut in wedges, and spoon on sauce.

Answer 3

I don't think you're going to find anything that's typically Spanish, available for purchase locally, slightly exotic, but American kids will like it. Most Spanish foods are well, different. Although I liked them, the Americans I traveled with didn't much appreciate it.  

The only think I can think of that you can buy is green olives. They eat a lot of those. I even saw them in vending machines. See what I mean?

Go with the flan. Close enough. Just keep it chilled.