This dessert i tried for my dad's birthday. Since i really like Pina Colada the thought of having it for dessert was very appealing. The recipe sounded fairly easy too and i had most of the ingredients at home anyway. I also wanted to try it because it looked like a fairly nice dessert for my 'perfect dinner'. Unfortunately i made too little of everything so each of us only got a little bowl of it in the end, but what i ate convinced me. It really does taste like Pina Colada and the caramelised coconut flakes made a nice cruncy addition to the whole thing. Maybe i slightly burned them a little, they were a bit too dark, so i've got to be careful next time.
Sorry for the picture, by the way, it's not properly set up, but my family was hungry. ^^
Here's my conclusion:
Preperation: 9/10. You can prepare the pineapples, the caramel and the cream, you just need to assemble it before eating
Taste: 8/10. I'd like to give a 10, but because of the caramel and the little bit i had, i have to take 1 point away and i'm not so much into canned fruits. But if i use fresh ones it'd make the cream go sour.
Here's the slightly adapted recipe:
from "Essen&trinken, Für jeden Tag, no. 11/09"
Pina Colada dessert
250 ml canned coconut milk
2 Tablespoons vanilla flavoured custard powder
3 tablespoons sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons rubbed of zest of an untreated lime
4 Tablespoons icing sugar
5 1/2 Tablespoons coconut flakes
125 ml cream
220 g pineapple rings
4 Tablespoons white rum
1. Take 4 tablespoons of the coconut milk and mix it with the custard powder in a little bowl. Pour the rest of the coconut milk, the sugar and the lemon zest into a pot and boil it up. Remove it from the stove and stir in the custard powder. Reboil it again for a short time.
2. Transfer the mixture into a bowl and cover it with gladwrap. Put the gladwrap directly onto the mixture to prevent it from developing a skin. Let it cool completley in the fridge.
3. Spread the icing sugar evenly into a pan and wait until it starts to melt. Add the coconut flakes and caramelise them. When they are done, immediately put them onto a plate to stop them from burning and let them cool off. Careful if you want to taste the hot coconut flakes, they are REALLY hot.
4. Whip the cream. Put the pineapple rings into a sieve and let the liquid drip off. You can put a bowl underneath the sieve so you can drink the pineapple juice, it's really nice. Cut the rings into equal bits. Mix the coconut custard with the rum very throughoutly, using a hand whisk. Fold in the whipped cream. Layer the Coconut custard, the pineapple pieces and the coconut flakes into four glasses or slender bowl. Chill for 30 minutes before serving.
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