Coconut Custard Cups (Gluten Free & Vegetarian)
This weekend’s dessert is the gluten free coconut custard cups. In this recipe, we discuss how we came up with the idea for this GF dessert, what is it and how we prepared it.
A delicious dessert with no artificial flavors, no preservatives, and only a little cholesterol 🙂 If you would make it with a fresh coconut milk, this dessert will bring the true taste of coconut to your mouth.
If you are a fan of desserts and coconut, then you will love this recipe as this is my favorite gluten free coconut dessert recipe.
What is Coconut Custard?
According to Wikipedia, coconut custard is a sweet pudding made with coconut milk. The origin of the word ‘coconut’ is uncertain. Coconut custard is traditionally served chilled, although it can be served warm if desired. Coconut custard is typically eaten for dessert or as a snack. It is traditionally served in coconut shells. The coconut milk may be flavored with vanilla, rum, rum extract, almond extract, lemon extract, orange juice, cinnamon, cardamom, cocoa, chocolate, honey or brown sugar.
Coconut is one of the most exotic foods that you can find. It is full of different nutrients and minerals that can be beneficial to your health. It is delicious and very good for you. If you want to add some flavor to your dessert, you can sprinkle it with some chopped nuts and cinnamon. This is an excellent way to satisfy your sweet tooth.
Ingredients
Dessert
- 1 lt milk (optional: coconut milk)
- 1 cup (200 g) sugar (granulated)
- 1 cup (136 g) gluten free flour
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 pack vanilla
For the topping
- coconut (as much as you want)
- crushed nuts (optional)
- fruit pieces (optional)
Instructions
- Put the milk, flour, and sugar in a pot, stir, and heat up to make the custard.
- Cook until the custard thickens while constantly stirring.
- Once the custard has finished cooking, turn the stove off.
- The custard should now have butter and vanilla added.
- Let's combine everything until the butter melts and is smooth.
- Fill the barely wet cups with our ready-made custard. (It's important to move quickly at this point since the custard will thicken as it cools.)
- Allow it to stand until it reaches room temperature after you've filled each cup.
- After that, put our sweets in the fridge and give them three hours to chill.
- After 3 hours, take our desserts that have been cooled, flip them over, and remove them from the cups. The dessert will simply come out of the cup when we carefully remove the air from the sides.
- You can add your coconut pieces and nuts as you wish. Enjoy!
Notes
- Before pouring the custard, moisten the cups you’ll be using.
- Grated lemon peel can be added to desserts.
- You can also add a bit of melted chocolate to improve the look and taste of your dessert.
Nutrition
How Can I Decorate My Coconut Custard Dessert?
You can go creative, as this delicious dessert can be served well with a lot of options. Some of my ideas:
- Chocolate sauce or chocolate that has been melted in a bain-marie can be used as decorations.
- You can add fruit pieces or hazelnuts to or next to your cups.
- If you don’t hesitate to make it a bit sweeter, you can add colored candies like M&M’s.
