Flan de coco, or coconut flan, is a delightful and creamy dessert with a rich coconut flavor. Originating from Puerto Rico, this custard-based treat is popular in many Latin American countries and has become a beloved dessert worldwide. Made with simple ingredients like eggs, milk, sugar, and coconut, flan de coco is a perfect balance of sweetness and texture. Whether you're a fan of traditional flan or looking for a tropical twist, this article will guide you through the best recipes for flan de coco, ensuring a velvety smooth and irresistibly flavorful dessert that will impress your family and friends.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
COCONUT FLAN
Provided by Marcela Valladolid
Time 1h50m
Yield 8 to 10 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 10-cup Bundt or tube pan with vegetable oil cooking spray.
- Drizzle the cajeta into the prepared pan, turning to coat the bottom and sides. Set aside.
- Using an electric mixer, beat the milks, eggs, vanilla extract, and salt. Pour the mixture into the pan. Place the pan inside a large roasting pan. Fill the roasting pan with enough water to come halfway up the sides. Cover the Bundt pan with foil.
- Bake until the center jiggles slightly when pan is moved, about 1 hour 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool at room temperature for 30 minutes. Refrigerate, covered, for 3 hours or overnight.
- Turn the flan out onto a platter. Sprinkle with toasted coconut and serve.
COCONUT FLAN
Provided by Paul Richardson
Categories Milk/Cream Rum Blender Egg Dessert Bake Coconut Fall Winter Gourmet Kidney Friendly Vegetarian Pescatarian Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes 12 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Make caramel:
- Bring sugar and water to a boil in a small heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring until sugar has dissolved, then wash down any sugar crystals from side of pan with a pastry brush dipped in cold water. Boil, without stirring, swirling pan occasionally so caramel colors evenly, until dark amber.
- Immediately pour into ramekins and swirl so caramel coats bottom of each, then put ramekins in a large roasting pan.
- Make flan:
- Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle.
- Blend 2 cups milk with remaining flan ingredients in a blender until smooth, about 1 minute. Transfer to a bowl and stir in remaining 1 1/2 cups milk, then divide among ramekins.
- Bake flan in a water bath until just set but still wobbly in center, 1 to 1 1/4 hours.
- Remove ramekins from water bath and cool slightly on a rack, at least 15 minutes (flan will continue to set as it cools).
- Just before serving, run a thin knife around each flan, then invert onto plates.
COCONUT CHEESE FLAN (FLAN DE COCO Y QUESO)
Flan I made for Christmas Eve 2009 and came out delicious... so I had to write it down.
Provided by Milly Suazo-Martinez
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Latin American Mexican
Time 1h40m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- In a heavy skillet over medium-low heat, cook and stir sugar with a wooden spoon until melted and golden, about 10 minutes. Caramel is very hot. Very carefully pour the caramel into a 9-inch round, 3-inch deep baking dish. Swirl dish to cover bottom and sides. The caramel will harden as it cools.
- Combine the eggs, cream cheese, and sweetened condensed milk in a blender. Cover, and blend on High until well combined; transfer to a large bowl. Pour the cream of coconut, coconut milk, evaporated milk, coconut-flavored rum, and vanilla extract into the blender; cover and blend on High until well combined. Pour into the bowl with the cream cheese mixture. Whisk until incorporated. Pour the flan mixture into the caramel-coated baking dish.
- Line a roasting pan with a damp kitchen towel. Place the filled baking dish on the towel, and place roasting pan in the preheated oven. Fill roasting pan with boiling water to reach halfway up the sides of the baking dish. Bake until the flan is set and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Transfer to a wire rack; cool. Refrigerate flan until ready to serve.
- To serve, run a knife around the edges of the pan and flip the flan out onto a serving platter. Spoon any caramel remaining in the baking dish over the flan.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 397.8 calories, Carbohydrate 41.8 g, Cholesterol 128.5 mg, Fat 23 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 8.1 g, SaturatedFat 15.8 g, Sodium 160.3 mg, Sugar 40.4 g
COCONUT FLAN
A popular and simple Latin American dessert, this coconut flan recipe is both decadent and delicious.
Provided by Vanessa
Categories Dessert
Time 45m
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Heat sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly until melted and golden brown; Pour into 8-inch pan. Working quickly, swirl melted sugar around the bottom and sides of the round pan to coat.
- Combine coconut milk, condensed milk, evaporated milk, eggs, and vanilla in a blender. Pour the mixture into the pan.
- Prepare a water bath by placing the round cake pan in a 13×9 baking pan. Fill the outer dish with hot water to 1/2 inch depth.
- Bake for 45 minutes or until a table knife inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for about 30 minutes. Then, place in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours.
- To unmold, place the bottom of the pan on warm water for about 5 minutes. Run a knife around the edges of the pan. Invert a serving plate over the round pan, hold tightly and quickly turn over. Gently, shake the mold to release.
- Top with coconut flakes for garnish. Refrigerate until serving time.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 392 kcal, Carbohydrate 45 g, Protein 10 g, Fat 20 g, SaturatedFat 15 g, Cholesterol 124 mg, Sodium 134 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 44 g, ServingSize 1 serving
FLAN DE COCO (COCONUT FLAN)
Enjoy this easy gluten-free coconut flan (flan de coco) recipe to make one of the most impressive desserts. Made with condensed milk and topped with caramel, this delicate custard is worth making at least once in a lifetime. But once you try it, you will indeed repeat that experience!
Provided by Irina
Categories Custards
Time 1h
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 390 F/200 C.
- in a saucepan, pour water, add sugar and bring to boil. Once the caramel turns into a golden color, pour it into the bottom of a 9-inch/23 cm pie pan and let it cool down.
- To make the custard, in a separate bowl, add whole eggs and brown sugar and whisk with a hand whisk. Add evaporated milk and combine. Add sweetened condensed milk and cold water, whisk again. Finally, add coconut and mix.
- Pour the preparation into the pie tin, over the caramel. Place the tin inside a large frying pan, bring on the oven rack, and carefully add hot water. The water level should reach about halfway up the flan tin. Bake the flan for 30 to 35 minutes minutes.
- Remove the pan from the oven and set it aside to cool at room temperature in the water bath. Then remove the flan pan.
- Once the flan is cool, slide a knife blade between the custard and the mold. Then place a serving plate on top of the mold and flip the flan quickly using a sharp move. The flan will be covered with caramel on top, while the coconut forms a biscuit-like base.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 slice, Calories 433 calories, Sugar 55.5 g, Sodium 167 mg, Fat 16.7 g, SaturatedFat 10.7 g, Carbohydrate 62.1 g, Fiber 1.4 g, Protein 12.1 g, Cholesterol 154 mg
FLAN DE COCO (COCONUT FLAN)
A delicious, tropical coconut flan -- authentically Caribbean!
Provided by Esther
Categories Desserts Custards and Pudding Recipes Flan Recipes
Time 9h10m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Place 1 cup of the sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook gently, without stirring, but shaking occasionally until the sugar has melted. Continue cooking until the sugar has completely melted, and turned golden brown. Pour into a large, glass baking dish. Spread the caramel evenly over the bottom of the dish, then set aside to cool for 15 minutes before proceeding.
- Once the caramel has hardened, pour the condensed milk, evaporated milk, milk, eggs, 1/2 cup sugar, and coconut into a blender. Blend for 3 minutes until smooth. Pour into baking dish over the caramel.
- Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes until set. When done, remove from oven and let cool for 30 minutes. Run a knife around the edges of the dish to separate the flan from the sides. Refrigerate overnight.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 296.5 calories, Carbohydrate 47.1 g, Cholesterol 114.1 mg, Fat 9 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 8.3 g, SaturatedFat 5.1 g, Sodium 114.7 mg, Sugar 46.8 g
FLAN DE COCO ECUADOREANA
There are a couple of good coconut flan recipes here, but none that are as easy or as fool-proof as this one, which I learned in Ecuador. Not only is it easy, but it minimizes use of utensils and so forth so there is very little cleaning up--and your flan mold will be licked clean.
Provided by Chef Kate
Categories Dessert
Time 1h15m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Make sure that the pan in which you are making your flan can be used on the stovetop.
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
- Place the sugar and water in the flan pan (or a tube pan) and heat on medium heat until the mixtures carmelizes and turns a medium brown.
- Beat the egg whites until stiff.
- Place the condensed milk, egg yolks, coconut and milk into the blender and blend until well mixed.
- Slowly fold in the whites until well combined.
- Pour the mixture into the flan pan (over the caramel) and place the flan pan in a water bath in the oven.
- Bake for one hour or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and cool on a rack.
- When room temperature, unmold carefully by inverting onto a serving plate.
- The caramel will cover the top and run down the sides.
COCONUT FLAN
Provided by Hilary De Vries
Categories dessert, side dish
Time 45m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bring kettle of water to a boil. Arrange six 3/4-cup custard cups in a baking pan, 13 by 9 by 2 inches. In large bowl, combine condensed milk, whole milk, eggs, egg yolks, and vanilla. Mix well. Add coconut and stir to blend. Divide mixture among cups.
- Pour boiling water into baking pan to come halfway up sides of the cups. Bake until just set in center, about 30 minutes. Remove flans from pan and allow to cool. Cover and refrigerate until chilled, 2 to 24 hours.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 337, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams, Carbohydrate 44 grams, Fat 14 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 10 grams, SaturatedFat 9 grams, Sodium 164 milligrams, Sugar 43 grams, TransFat 0 grams
Tips:
- Use fresh coconut milk: Fresh coconut milk will give your flan a richer flavor and creamier texture than canned coconut milk.
- Don't overcook the flan: The flan is done when a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Overcooking will make the flan rubbery.
- Let the flan cool completely before serving: The flan needs to cool completely in order to set properly. If you serve it too soon, it will be runny.
- Garnish the flan with fresh fruit or whipped cream before serving: This will make your flan look more festive and appealing.
Conclusion:
Flan de coco is a delicious and easy-to-make dessert that is perfect for any occasion. It is a great way to use up leftover coconut milk. With its creamy texture and rich coconut flavor, flan de coco is sure to be a hit with your family and friends.
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