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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Caribbean >> Puerto Rican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Place 3 1/2 cups milk in a saucepan and heat to medium. | 2. Cook, stirring occasionally, until small bubbles appear on the sides. | 3. Combine in a bowl with the 2 cups coconut and stir to blend. | 4. Cover and let sit for 20 minutes. Place in a blender (use batches if necessary) and whiz for 10-20 seconds. | 5. Strain, pressing to extract as much liquid as possible. | 6. Measure the liquid and add enough milk to make a total of 3 1/2 cups. | 7. Whisk the cornstarch with 1/2 cup milk. Place the coconut milk in a heavy bottom saucepan over medium-low heat and gradually whisk in the cornstarch mixture. | 8. Stir in the salt and sugar. Increase the heat to medium-high and cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens. | 9. Reduce heat to medium and continue to cook, stirring, for another 5 minutes. | 10. Stir in the cinnamon or orange blossom water and turn off heat. | 11. Rinse 8 custard cups, but don't dry them. Pour the mixture into the custard cups. Cool, then chill. This can be done up to two days in advance. | 12. Just before serving, toast the 2 tbsp coconut in a small, dry skillet over medium heat, shaking and stirring until it browns. Sprinkle over the tops of the tembleque and serve. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
milk	4	cups		595.36	46.6528	30.744	31.9152
coconut	2	cups	unsweetened grated	566.4	24.368000000000002	5.327999999999999	53.583999999999996
coconut	2	tablespoons	unsweetened grated	566.4	24.368000000000002	5.327999999999999	53.583999999999996
cornstarch	1/3	cup		162.56	38.9419	0.1109	0.0213
salt	1	dash		-	-	-	-
sugar	1/2	cup		402.99	100.79799999999999	0.0	0.0
cinnamon	1/2	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-

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