Tembleque
Tembleque, from above
VegVeganPuerto Rico

Tembleque

Coconut pudding that trembles on the plate. Cinnamon on top, smiles all round.

20 minTime
2 gProtein each
mildSpice
The trembling pudding2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayCoconut milk, cornflour, cinnamon.
The original
335kcalsame
2 gproteinsame
2 gfibresame
20minutessame

Tembleque.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

6 servings
Thick coconut milk500 ml
Thin coconut milk300 ml
Sugar½ cup
Cornflour (cornstarch)½ cup
Salta pinch
Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)½ tsp
Cinnamon powderto dust

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Whisk the cornflour, sugar and salt into the cold coconut milks until smooth.
  2. 2Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thick and glossy, about 10 minutes. Stir in vanilla.
  3. 3Pour into a wetted mould or small cups and cool, then chill for 4 hours.
  4. 4Unmould onto a plate and dust with cinnamon.
Serve it like this

Unmould onto a flat plate, dust with cinnamon and slice into wedges. Serve chilled, with a few orange leaves for garnish if you have them.

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