Foxy Lady wrote:
>
> > wrote in message
> ...
> > Foxy Lady wrote:
> > >
> > > "J Krugman" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > In >
> AM
> > > writes:
> > > >
> > > > >If you need help with Cuban cuisine just yell and I will try to help.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks, Bert. I'll take you up on it!
> > > >
> > > > Jill
> > >
> > > Jill,
> > >
> > > In the meantime, check out this website. I've used it for a few years
> and
> > > love it! Also check out their info on upcoming FoodTV Network programs
> on
> > > Cuban cooking.
> > >
> > > http://icuban.com/food/comida.html
> > >
> > > Sandra
> >
> > Aggghhhh... their flan has condensed milk... ptoooey!
> >
> > Here is a recipe for real flan, no condensed milk:
> >
> > 2 cups whole milk
> > 1 lemon peel
> > 1 stick cinnamon
> > 1/4 tsp salt
> > 6 egg yolks
> > 3 egg whites
> > 3/4 cup sugar
> > 1 tsp vanilla
> >
> > q/s sugar for caramel
> >
> > Heat the milk with the cinnamon, lemon peel and salt. Make a light color
> > caramel and pour into a suitable mold, covering the sides. Let cool. Beat
> the
> > egg yolks and whites with the sugar and vanilla. Add to the milk. Strain
> the
> > mix and pour into the mold. Cook in a double boiler (Bain Marie) until a
> > toothpick introduced in the middle comes out dry. You can cook it in an
> oven
> > at 350 degrees F for about an hour. Unmold carefully after letting it
> cool. It
> > is fragile.
> >
> > You can cook it in individual molds. This makes it easier to unmold
> without it
> > breaking up.
> >
> > Known as "tembleque" in Puerto Rico.
>
> Tembleque is made with coconut milk, milk, cinnamon and cornstarch... if you
> say tembleque in PR, images of plates with the trembling concoction come to
> mind, and mouths water... a bit of the rind of a lime is used instead of
> lemon since in PR, yellow lemons as we know them in the states, are rarely
> bought because they have a different flavor... what we call "limones" in PR
> are actually limes.
>
> Sandra

I stand corrected... an expert in PR couisine I am not...

I rarely buy those yellow lemons. I buy the limes or sometimes I can find some
key limes.