Cuban Coconut Flan
by Gaby G
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Information
- Difficulty: Easy
- Category: Desserts
- Main Ingredient: Flour
- Cooking Method: Baking
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cook time:
1 hr 0 mins -
prep time:
0 hr 15 mins -
servings:
3
Ingredients
- 1 14 oz. can Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 1 Cup Moist Grated (Shaved) Coconut
- 1 Cup Whole Milk
- 1 Tablespoon Water
- 5 fresh Egg Yolks, beaten
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
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Recipe Cuban CARAMEL SAUCE
- ½ cup Sugar
- 2 Tablespoons salted creamery Butter
- 2 Tablespoons Water
In a small sauce pan over medium-low heat, bring butter to bubbling temperature stirring constantly.
Add sugar, continue stirring continuously.
Continue to cook ingredients, over the medium heat, stirring until bubbly and caramel brown in color.
Add water, return to a boil.
Pour into the warm baking dish. Roll dish to coat sides. Allow excess to collect in bottom of pan.
Directions
In a bowl having a tight cover, place coconut, vanilla, sweetened condensed milk, water, and whole milk.
Making sure that coconut is not packed together, fully coated and combined with the liquid mixture.
Cover tightly and refrigerate over night.
Preheat oven to 350°.
Beat egg yolks together.
Mix in all other refrigerated ingredients thoroughly.
Butter completely all edges of the baking dish.
Pour combined mixture into a 2 quart baking dish that has been lined with a caramel coating (see below).
Cover flan mixture pan tightly with foil.
Place flan mixture pan into a larger deep pan.
Pour water into the outer pan 1" deep.
Bake 50-60 minutes (flan custard will be evenly gelled and set.
Allow to cool on a wire rack for 2 hours.
Chill overnight. DO NOT REMOVE TIGHT COVER.
To serve, invert quickly onto large platter.
Drizzle liquefied caramel from dish as topping when serving.
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I've made this 4 times...i burned the caramel once because i used a glass pan on an electric burner...lesson learned lol but this recipe is wonderful with or without the coconut!! always requested from me :)
omgosh...this sounds yummy ...love Flan..so will try this one...
I love coconut! Will definitely do this!! Need to have a crowd over so I don't pig out on it!!
It's the coconut cream that makes the flan taste so delicious and is what gives it that signature coconut taste that will make your mouth water. I need to try your recipe to check on the difference.
This is so good. I've made one of these but without the butter and the coconut. If you cook it on charcoal, the texture is different. It's much softer. And when you eat it, it melts in your mouth like chocolates. I think it has something to do with the heat.