Blanca & Leche

I just wanted to share to you some of my simple recipes of some dessert, I made yesterday for our party at my in laws. It's a Maja Blanca and Leche Flan. I'm not a good cook, I just learned from doing it to my one and only chef, my Mama! I missed her cook as well as some of her recipes. Now, I'm trying my best to make my own.

Maja Blanca


Ingredients

1 cups of cornstarch
1 cups of sugar
2 cups of Coconut Milk
2 1/2 cups of Water

Cooking Instructions:

• In a medium saucepan, sugar, cornstarch, and fresh coconut milk. Boil over slow heat, stirring constantly to prevent lumps, until mixture is clear for about 3-5 minutes.
• Pour hot mixture into prepared dish and allow to set. Sprinkle latik on top. Cool before slicing.
  (I used coconut milk as a latik. I rather fried them and wait until its golden dark brown)
• Pour latik on the top of the maja and ready to go. You can put grated peanuts too (optional). it is more delicious when its cold.

Leche Flan

Inredients:

8 egg yolk
3/4 cup of Condensed milk
3/4 cup of Evaporated milk (Vit. D milk is optional)
Vanilla extract (optional)

For the caramel:
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup water

Cooking Instructions:

• In a saucepan, mix the sugar & water. Bring to a boil for a few minutes until the sugar caramelize.

• Pour the caramelized sugar into aluminum moulds - you can use any shape: oval, round or square. Spread the caramel on the bottom of the moulds.

• Mix well the evaporated milk, condensed milk, egg yolks and vanilla by hand or blender.

• Pour the mixture on top of the caramel on the aluminum moulds.
  

• Cover moulds individually with aluminum foil.

• I rather used rice cooker for steaming for about 20 minutes
  

• Let cool then refrigerate.

TIPS:

You can tell when the Leche Flan is cooked by inserting a knife -if it comes out clean, it is cooked.