Blackberry Preparation
Rinse berries and pat dry.
Mix with orange zest and sugar. Reserve
Honey Caramelization
Mix the honey, water, and lemon juice in a sauce pan.
Heat to a simmer, stirring constantly. The honey will begin to caramelize after about 20 minutes.
Once caramelized, spoon honey into individual 8-oz serving dishes.
Flan Completion
In a double boiler, heat cream to 180. Stir in blue cheese and continue cooking until dissolved.
In a separate bowl whisk together the eggs, sugar, salt, and vanilla. Temper egg by adding a little of the heated cream mixture to the eggs.
Add egg and cream mixture back to the cream and blue cheese.
Remove from heat and portion into the individual serving dishes on top of the caramelized honey.
Place dishes into a high-sided baking pan. Fill with water a quarter of the way up the side of dishes.
Bake at 300 for 45 minutes or until a knife comes out clean.
Chill the flans. When set and ready to serve, slightly warm the bottom of the flan and run a knife around the edges.
Invert onto serving plates and garnish with the blackberries.
