29/09/2026
COCONUT DELIGHT:🥥🌴
Here’s an easy Turkish-style coconut delight dessert (square-cut)—soft, creamy, and perfect for serving in neat squares.
🌸INGREDIENTS:
🌻For the base:
* 500 ml milk
* 1/2 cup (100 g )sugar
* 50 g plain flour 1/3 cup
* 30 g cornflour
* 25 g butter
* 1 tsp vanilla extract
* 100–120 g desiccated
(Dry-roast the desiccated coconut in a pan over low heat, making sure it remains white.)
🌻For the cream:
* 200 ml double cream
* 2 Tbsp icing sugar
* 1 tsp vanilla extract
🌻For topping:
* 50 g desiccated coconut
* Some chopped pistachios
* Some rose petals
🌸METHOD:
➡️Grease a rectangular tray, about 20 × 30 cm, and cover the bottom generously with desiccated coconut.
➡️In a saucepan, whisk together the milk, sugar, flour and cornflour until smooth. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thick and creamy, about 7–10 minutes.
➡️Remove from the heat and stir in the butter and vanilla.
Pour over the coconut: Carefully spread the hot custard evenly over the coconut-lined tray. Smooth the top.
Let it cool slightly, then refrigerate for 2–3 hours, until completely set.
➡️Whip the double cream with icing sugar and vanilla until thick. Spread it gently over the chilled custard.then refrigerate again for couple of hours or until set the cream.
➡️Cut into 12–16 equal squares. Carefully lift each square with a spatula.
Put them in serving plate.
Sprinkle with extra coconut,pistachios and rose petals before serving.
💡Tip:
For especially clean square pieces, chill the dessert overnight and use a sharp knife dipped in hot water between cuts.
🍴Serves: 12–16 squares
⏰Total time: About 3 hours 30 minutes