0.3 cup coconut flakes shredded toasted for garnish
1.5 cups coconut milk
3 eggs
0.3 cup sugar
14 ounce condensed milk sweetened canned
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
8 servings whipped cream fresh for garnish
Equipment
sauce pan
oven
whisk
mixing bowl
baking pan
Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, melt the sugar until it caramelizes.
Pour it into a flan dish, pie plate or round souffle baking dish with shallow sides, swirling it around to coat the bottom.
In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs until foamy with a wire whisk. Beat in the condensed milk, coconut milk, vanilla extract and 1/4 cup coconut.
Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish. It will need to bake in a water-bath in the oven. Set the dish into a large baking pan with sides and carefully pour water around the flan to come 2/3 the way up the sides. Carefully transfer to the preheated oven.
Bake for about 1 hour, until the flan is set and the center only jiggles a little bit, like a cheesecake would.
Remove from the oven and water-bath and allow to cool completely. Turn the flan out onto a flat serving platter.
