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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Caribbean >> Puerto Rican

• Dietary Style

• Preparation Time

  Cooking Time - 20 minutes, Preparation Time - 15 minutes

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| 1. Combine coconut milk, coconut cream, evaporated milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger in a large saucepan. | 2. Mix milk and cornstarch together in a bowl until dissolved; stir into coconut milk mixture. Add sugar, vanilla extract, orange blossom water, salt, and lime zest to coconut milk mixture; cook, stirring constantly, over medium heat until simmering and mixture begins to thicken, about 5 minutes. Lower heat to medium-low and cook until thickened, about 15 minutes. | 3. Remove saucepan from heat, pour mixture into a deep 9-inch cake pan, and cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes. Cover pan with plastic wrap and refrigerate until tembleque is chilled, at least 4 hours to overnight. | 4. Remove tembleque from refrigerator and allow to sit at room temperature, about 10 minutes. Dip bottom of pan in a bowl of warm water for 1 minute. Carefully separate tembleque from pan by running a thin knife around the edges. Place a serving dish on top of pan and invert tembleque onto dish; garnish with cinnamon. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
coconut milk	4	cups		2208.0	53.184	21.984	228.864
coconut cream	1 1/2	cups		1188.0	23.94	13.068	124.848
milk	1 1/2	cups	evaporated	2208.0	53.184	21.984	228.864
cinnamon	1	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
nutmeg	1/4	teaspoon	ground	2.8875	0.2711	0.0321	0.1997
ginger	1/4	teaspoon	ground	0.4	0.0888	0.0091	0.0038
milk	1	cup		148.84	11.6632	7.686	7.9788
cornstarch	1	cup		487.68	116.8256	0.3328	0.064
white sugar	2/3	cup		516.0	133.3067	0.0	0.0
vanilla extract	1 1/2	teaspoons		18.144000000000002	0.797	0.0038	0.0038
orange blossom water	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
lime zest	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cinnamon	1	pinch	ground	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.