Name: Quesillo Recipe (Coconut caramel cream)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 75 min
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 cup of sugar; 1/3 cup of water; 3 large eggs ((or 4 medium)); 1 1/2 cups of condensed milk; 1 1/2 cups of coconut milk; 1/2 of toasted coconut flakes ((optional))

It may look like flan, but there's a subtle difference. Let me explain why you'll love our Quesillo (Coconut Creme Caramel).

Quesillo Recipe (Coconut Creme Caramel): It may look like flan to the naked eye... well, they are almost the same. But quesillo has a lighter texture.

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Dominicans should adore their sweets and desserts and have something of a sweet tooth. This Quesillo (Coconut creme caramel) is one of the most popular ones.

The recipes for Dominican Quesillo (Coconut creme caramel) and flan may look the same to the naked eye... well, they are almost the same. But by using both yolks and egg whites quesillo has a different, lighter texture and the coconut milk adds a whole new layer of goodness.

The original recipe upon which ours is based was given to us by Adriana, one of our readers.

Aunt Clara

Quesillo Recipe (Coconut caramel cream)

Quesillo Recipe (Coconut Creme Caramel): It may look like flan to the naked eye... well, they are almost the same. But quesillo has a lighter texture.

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Dominican

Keyword: creme caramel

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

Servings: 6 servings

Calories: 518kcal

Recipe Author: Clara Gonzalez

Ingredients

For caramel

1 cup of sugar
1/3 cup of water

For custard

3 large eggs (or 4 medium)
1 1/2 cups of condensed milk
1 1/2 cups of coconut milk

For decoration

1/2 of toasted coconut flakes (optional)

Instructions

Heat oven to 350 ºF

To make the caramel

Mix sugar and water and cook in heavy saucepan over low heat until a thick, light brown caramel syrup forms.
Pour carefully into 9" [23 cm] baking pan and cover the bottom and sides of the pan. Be careful, as hot caramel is indeed very hot and the pan will get very hot too. Set aside to cool down until the caramel hardens.

For the flan

Mix together eggs, sweetened condensed milk and coconut milk. Sieve to get rid of undissolved egg parts. Pour carefully into baking pan, trying not to disturb the caramel layer.
Bake in hot water bath (bain marie) in oven for one hour or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool down to room temperature
Loosen edges of flan, place a serving plate on top of the mold (one which will retain the syrup) and invert.
Chill thoroughly before serving. Garnish with the coconut flakes.

Notes

The traditional recipe does not call for coconut flakes, you can do without them if you wish.

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