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January 27, 2005
Coconut Flans w/ Rum
Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
3 tbl water
4 large eggs
One 13-ounce can unsweetened coconut milk
1 cup whole milk
½ cup sweetened condensed milk
1 ½ tbl aged rum
1 tbl pure vanilla extract
¼ tsp cinnamon
Boiling water
Mint sprigs, for garnish
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Set eight ½ cup ramekins in a roasting pan. In a small, heavy saucepan, bring the sugar and water to a boil over moderately high heat; stir occasionally until the sugar dissolves. Boil without stirring until an amber caramel forms, 6 to 8 minutes. Immediately pour the caramel into the ramekins, swirling them to coat.
2. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs until frothy. Whisk in the coconut milk, whole milk, sweetened condensed milk, run, vanilla, and cinnamon. Pour the custard into the ramekins. Pour boiling water into the roasting pan to reach 2/3rds of the way up the sides of the ramekins. Bake the custards for about 50 minutes, or until set. Let cool in a water bath. Using paper towels, blot any coconut oil that has risen to the surface.
3. Run a thin knife around each flan. Invert each ramekin onto a dessert plate; let the caramel drizzle onto the plate. Garnish with mint and serve.
(The flan can be prepared through step 2. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for up to 2 days. This recipe serves 8.)
Posted by Kelli Little at January 27, 2005 07:12 AM