Flan is one of those easy desserts that everyone (or almost everyone) loves, this flan de coco or coconut flan has an orange caramel as well as grated orange zest in it which gives it a great citrusy taste that goes well with the coconut. My husband Nicolas loves flans and he makes one of the most basic flans ever by blending eggs, sugar and milk, maybe some vanilla if he’s feeling adventurous, and he bakes it in a baking pan without any water around it, the first time he did this I was so sure there was no way that it was going to work, but it did, and even though I found his super quick guy flan very egg-ey it was still edible and he ate almost the entire thing; but now whenever he starts talking about flan I immediately make some that we will both enjoy.
Ingredients:
Caramel
1 cup sugar
¼ cup of water
¼ cup of freshly squeezed orange juice
Flan
6 eggs
1 can of coconut milk
1 cup grated coconut
¾ cup sugar
1 tbs grated orange zest
1 can of evaporated milk
3 tbs corn starch
Pinch of salt
Garnishes – Fresh berries and grated coconut
Preparation:
- Combine water, orange juice and 1 cup sugar in a saucepan over medium high heat to make caramel, bring to a boil and cook until the caramel starts to turn a light brown honey color, be careful as it can burn very quickly
- Pour caramel into ramekins or flan molds
- Pre-heat oven to 350
- Place water in a large baking pan, the water should fill up to no more than ½ of the height of the ramekins or molds
- Using an electric mixer mix eggs, coconut milk, grated coconut, orange zest, sugar, evaporated milk, corn starch and pinch of salt together until all the ingredients are well blended
- Add the flan mixture to ramekins
- Place the ramekins in the pan with water and bake for 40-50 minutes
- Cool down, remove from the molds and serve
It looks great and yummy! leche flan with coconut ingredient is new to me… need to try this :)
Is the sugar that is used to make the caramel sauce the 1 cup or the 3/4 cup?
The 1 cup (just added clarification to the recipe also).
Hey would you happen to know which Spanish speaking country this recipe is from? :)
Flan originated in Spain, the coconut variations are popular in most Latin American areas that have coconuts (Caribbean, Central America, South America).
they looks so good and i really like the coconut flavor. But do i have to cook or warm up the mixture (‘coz there’s cornstarch in it)? If there’s no need to cook, i guess the electric mixer is necessary to distribute the cornstarch and coconut well in the mixture? I’m trying it tonight but i dont have the mixer handy. I hope the flan turns out great. :D
Hi Laylita,
I was just wondering why you have not posted your wonderful amazing recipes since January 2010?
I hope that you would continue to post these amazing recipes and pictures because you are truly an inspiration for me and my family to get together and start cooking in the kitchen. I truly hope that you can post again soon.
Regards
Linda
OMG this sounds sooooo yummy. I’m also using it for spanish class. We are doin a project on spanish-speaking-countries’ foods. I thouhgt this looked delicious and wanted to try it out. I sure hope everyone likes coconuts! :)
i love this recipe so much that im going to make for a project in my spanish class,For half my grade . i Hope that it is as tasty as it looks.