Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for Mexican-style vanilla bean flan

Benjamina Ebuehi’s Mexican-style vanilla bean flan. Photograph: Ola O Smit/The Guardian. Food styling: Katie Smith, Prop styling: Lucy Turnbull. Food assistant: Julia Miszkiewicz.

I started the year in one of my favourite places: Mexico City. I’ve since become one of those annoying people who finds a way to bring it up in nearly every conversation, so please indulge me just this once! Each time I’ve been to Mexico, I develop a new fixation, and this year I ate a considerable amount of flan. It’s seen as a bit of a retro dish here in the UK, and perhaps a little divisive, but I love it.

Vanilla bean flan