It may not sound Mexican, but flan is very popular across the entire country, and is perhaps the first Mexican dessert that comes to most people’s mind. A wobbly, sickly sweet, caramel sauce topped pudding, it was a Roman invention way before it crossed the water to the Americas. Popularized in Spain, Mexico really latched onto this sweet,
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