I chose to make my own turkey meatloaf recipe after looking at a variety of them and finding none that I particularly liked. For more flavor, flavor the sauce with Dijon mustard.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 13 mins |
| Additional Time: | 2 hrs 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs 43 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 (13.5 ounce) cans coconut milk
- 2 ¼ cups white sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup cornstarch
- ¾ cup water
- 1 pinch ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Combine coconut milk, sugar, vanilla extract, and salt in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook for 6 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Combine cornstarch and water in a bowl. Whisk until mixture has a uniform consistency.
- Pour cornstarch-water mixture into the saucepan and whisk until mixture thickens into a pudding, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and strain the mixture into a bowl.
- Pour the strained mixture into a mold, pan, or individual serving glasses. Smooth out the surface and allow to cool about 15 minutes. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Sprinkle with ground cinnamon before serving.
- You can add more or less sugar to taste, the amount is just a guideline.
- The traditional garnish is cinnamon, but you can use pretty much anything. Have fun with it!
Reviews
My boyfriend is Puerto Rican, so I’ve had my fair share of tembleque! I always like trying new variations though. The ingredient amounts seem way off in this one – not sure if this was intentional or an error. I realize the cook’s notes say to use more or less sugar to taste, but I can’t imagine how sweet it would be using the full amount. This recipes uses 2 to 3 times what most other tembleque recipes call for. I only used 1.5 cups of sugar and even that was quite sweet. The major problem I had was the amount of cornstarch. This recipe uses double what most recipes use. It seized up and was so thick that you could no longer whisk it, and there was no way you could pour it through a strainer, or even into the molds. I understand what the other reviewer meant by it looked like ‘dough’. It set up fine, but the cornstarch flavor took away from the coconut. I would definitely make some adjustments if I were to make this again.
I tried this recipe followed it step by step and it did not turn out right it was all thick it looked like dough won’t be trying this again
I loved it. of course it’s similar to my grandmas old recipe and taste just as well. I added a tiny bit of nutmeg and cinnamon and bamm! totally recommend it.