Mexican Dessert Recipes
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Chocolate Coconut Flan
Flan is a traditional Mexican dish which came originally from Spain. A kind of smooth, velvety custard confection, flan is a very popular Mexican dessert. Although it tastes perfectly fine as it is, the traditional flan recipe can be altered if you fancy a chocolate, fruit or coconut flavor.
This coconut flan recipe includes the mouthwatering flavors of cocoa and coconut to produce a truly indulgent Mexican dessert recipe. This is one of the simplest Mexican dessert recipes to make and the flavor of this tasty coconut flan recipe will please both adults and kids alike. For a quick and easy Mexican dessert recipe coconut flan is always enjoyable both to make and to eat.
Traditional Mexican Coconut Flan
Ingredients -
1 can condensed milk
¾ cup fine white sugar
3 eggs
1½ cups water
1 cup dry coconut
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1½ cups evaporated milk
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Melt the sugar over a medium heat without stirring, to cover the bottom of a baking dish. Beat the cocoa powder, eggs, condensed milk, water and evaporated milk until well combined. Stir well, adding the coconut.
Pour the mixture into the baking dish over the melted sugar. Place the baking dish into a larger pan and add an inch of hot water to the larger pan. Bake for an hour and a half. Remove from the oven and cool completely. Refrigerate for half an hour then use a knife to separate the edges of the chocolate coconut flan from the baking dish.
(Serves 6)
