Flan de Coco (Coconut Flan)

Flan de coco served on a large platter and two individual side servings with whipped cream.

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Make this savory, sweet, decadent Flan de Coco dessert, for your family, next family gathering, or any other special occasion that may arise! A dessert that is sure to impress and everyone will love!

Prep Time10

Cook Time1

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Puerto Rican

Servings:

Calories: 392kcal

Author: Catherine Arena

Ingredients

1 13.5 oz coconut milk
1 14 oz condensed milk
1 15 oz cream of coconut
1 cup granulated sugar
5 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
pinch salt

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Add the granulated sugar to a saucepan over medium heat and stir constantly until melted and golden brown.
Once the sugar has melted, working quickly and carefully, pour it into an 8-inch oven-safe mold.
Swirl the melted sugar around the bottom and sides of the pan to coat.
Set the pan aside for a few minutes for the sugar to harden some.
Combine the coconut milk, condensed milk and cream of coconut into a blender.
Add the eggs, vanilla extract and a pinch of salt. Blend well.
Prepare a water bath by adding water to a larger pan with hot water a quarter of the way.
Place the sugar glazed flan pan inside of the water bath pan.
Pour the flan mixture through a small colander into pan.
Using a colander helps trap any small egg contents that may not have blended well but is not necessary.
You will also notice that the sugar will make a crackle sound as you are pouring the mixture into the pan, this is normal.
Bake the flan for 1 hour to 1 ½ hours or until a table knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Remove flan from the oven and water bath.
Allow the flan to cool for an hour on countertop.
After an hour, cover the flan with aluminum foil and place in the refrigerator to chill for at least 4 hours.
After the flan has chilled, remove from the refrigerator and run a knife along the edges of pan to help loosen the flan.
Invert a serving plate over the pan, hold tightly and quickly turn over. Gently, shake the mold to release the flan.
Flan is ready to serve!
You can serve flan de coco as is or garnish with coconut flakes, powdered coconut, powdered sugar, whipped cream or whatever other toppings you would like.

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