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Flan de Coco

Flan de Coco (coconut flan) is a traditional Puerto Rican dessert and a delicious twist to the original version of the original flan caramel.

Ingredients

  • 1 can of evarporated milk
  • 1 can coconut cream
  • 1 can of condensed milk
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup of sugar (for caramel)
  • ½ cup water(for caramel)

Directions

In a saucepan over medium heat cook the sugar with the water until carmelized.Then coat your flan pan with the caramelized sugar.Then in a blender mix the remaining ingrediates all-together. Pour into the flan pan.Put the flan into bon-marie, and cook in oven at 350 degrees for 1 hour.Remove it from the oven and let cool off, before putting it in the refrigerator.

Recipe sent by: Zulma Santiago from Miramar.


My Favorite Recipe Book

Find recipes like this and more in the recipe book Puerto Rican Cookery by Carmen Aboy Valldejuli. My mother gave me this recipe book on my 18th birthday and it has been my staple recipe book ever since.






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Daylight Savings Time is not observed in Puerto Rico.