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Flan De Coco Ecuadoreana

There are a couple of good coconut flan recipes here, but none that are as easy or as fool-proof as this one, which i learned in ecuador. not only is it easy, but it minimizes use of utensils and so forth so there is very little cleaning up--and your flan mold will be licked clean.

Steps

Make sure that the pan in which you are making your flan can be used on the stovetop.
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
Place the sugar and water in the flan pan and heat on medium heat until the mixtures carmelizes and turns a medium brown.
Beat the egg whites until stiff.
Place the condensed milk , egg yolks , coconut and milk into the blender and blend until well mixed.
Slowly fold in the whites until well combined.
Pour the mixture into the flan pan and place the flan pan in a water bath in the oven.
Bake for one hour or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
Remove from oven and cool on a rack.
When room temperature , unmold carefully by inverting onto a serving plate.
The caramel will cover the top and run down the sides.

Ingredients

eggs, unsweetened coconut, milk, condensed milk, sugar, water