Coconut flan from Costa Rica

Coconut flan is a very typical dessert in Costa Rica, it is very similar to the coconut pudding I made for Angola, the difference is that today we are using coconut milk and less quantity of grated coconut.

Ingredients:

- 250 grams condensed milk.

- 4 eggs.

- 80 grams grated coconut.

- 250 ml coconut milk.

- 250 ml whole milk.

- 100 grams of sugar for the caramel.

Method:

1- Put the eggs in a bowl and beat well.

 

2- Add coconut milk, whole milk, condensed milk , grated coconut and mix well.

                                  

3- Prepare the caramel by pouring the 100 grams of sugar into a saucepan and placing it over low heat. Gradually, it will start melting and browning. At that moment, you should remove it from the heat and pour it into the baking dish where you will make the flan

4- Pour the mixture into the mold that you have coated with caramel, put it in the microwave at maximum power for 10 minutes. I set it at 750 W power and had to cook it for 13 minutes. To make sure the flan is done, pierce it with a knife, and if it comes out clean, it's ready. It can also be made using a water bath in a regular oven at 350°C for 1 hour.

5- Let it stand overnight in the refrigerator, the next day unmold and serve cold. It's delicious and has a tropical flavor.

Receta en Español

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Rice with hearts of palm - Costa Rica

Rice with heart of palm is a delicious dish very typical from Costa Rica. Additionally, it's simple to cook, and heart of palm can be easily found in Spain at Mercadona.

Ingredients:

- 1 cup of rice.

- 2 cups of water.

- 1 cup of milk.

- 1 cup of evaporated milk or cream.

- 2 tablespoons of oil.

- 2 tablespoons of flour.

- 60 grams of butter.

- 1 onion.

- 1 garlic clove.

- 1 green pepper.

- 1 can of heart of palm.

- White pepper.

- Nutmeg.

- 1 and 1/2 cuos of mozzarella cheese for grting.

- 4 slices of mozzarella cheese.

Method:

1- Cut the onion,garlic,pepper and hearts of palm into litle pieces. Pour the oil in a casserole and fry onion,garlic and pepper until the onion gets transparent.

2- Add the rice and cook for a minute, then add 2 cups of water, put on a high heat until it boils and then put on a low heat and cook covered with a lid for 20 minutes.

3- While the rice cooks, let's do the dairy mixture. Take another casserole, put the butter and the flour, mix well (in a low heat):

4- Add a cup of evaporated milk or cream and another cup of milk, stir and cook at low heat for 5 minutes.

5- Add the heart of palm, salt, pepper and nutmeg, stir well and keep cooking for about 15 minutes.

7- Add the rice, mix well , cook for 5 more minutes and add the slices of mozarella cheese, mix well and pour everything in an oven proof dish.

8- Put some mozzarela cheese to grate on top of all the surface. After that put inside the oven to grate until you see that the cheese gets golden.

Serve hot!

You can also watch the recipe at my Youtube Channel:

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Dégué -dessert from Ivory Coast

  Dégué is a typical dessert from Ivory Coast, also from Mali or Mauritania, and from Senegal where the dessert is called Thiakry. It's a tasty dairy dessert that may remind you of a kind of rice pudding, but made with another cereal, millet.

The dessert is usually prepared for baptisms or weddings. It's also very simple.

Ingredients:

- 300 grams evaporated milk.

- 200 grams millet couscous.

- 300 grams yogurt.

- 200 grams fresh cream.

- 100 grams sugar.

- 1 teaspoon Vanilla.

- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg.

- 10 grams Butter.

Method:

1- To cook millet couscous, pour boiling water over it until it covers everything, then let it stand for half an hour until the semolina has absorbed all the water. In case you find not completely soft, you can continue cooking it for 5 minutes in the microwave.

2- Add the butter to the millet, mix well.

3- Pour evaporated milk, fresh cream and yogurt into a bowl and mix well.Add sugar, vanilla, and millet, continue stirring well.

Then add nutmeg and to garnish, some raisins.

4- It is served cold and it can last in the refrigerator for several days.

You can also watch the recipe on my Youtube Channel:

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Recipes from Cáceres that I cooked:

Zorongollo

Pork stew

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Dioula Salad from Ivory Coast

Dioula salad is a healthy and typical dish from the Ivory Coast. It's a simple salad with stewed meat, spices and a Maggi cube which is indispensable in African cuisine.

Dioula is a language spoken by 10 million inhabitants in the countries of Ivory Coast, Mali, and Burkina Faso, and the ethnic group that speaks this language is also called Dioula.

Ingredients:

- 1/2 kilo of beef meet.

- 1 onion.

- 1 clove of garlic.

- 1 teaspoon of anise seeds.

- Oil.

- Pepper.

- Salt.

- 1Maggi cube.

- 2 bay leaves.

- 1 tablespoon of mustard sauce.

- Cucumber.

- Tomato.

- Whitw Vinegar.

- Eggs.

- Lettuce.

Method:

1- Cut the meat into small cubes and fry it with oil, chopped garlic and onion, anise seeds, pepper, a Maggi cube, and bay leaves.

2- Once the meat has started to get done, add enough water to cover all the meat. Also add the mustard and let it boil. Then reduce the heat and let it cook for an hour.

3- Peel the cucumber and slice it. Besides, cut the tomato into pieces. Place them on a plate along with lettuce and a hard-boiled egg cut into quarters. Add the meat on top.

4- Pour white vinegar into a jar along with some of the liquid from cooking the meat. Add olive oil and salt. Close the jar and shake well. Pour the dressing over the salad, and you're done!

You can also watch the recipe on my Youtube Channel:

Here you have a link to my favourite cooking tools where you can find my spices grinder:  

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