Description
Maja blanca is a Filipino favorite kakanin (dessert or snack.) This dish is sweet, delicate, soft, and creamy. Good for dessert.
Ingredients
- 2 cups thin coconut milk
- 3 tablespoons white sugar
- 2 cups thin coconut milk
- ¾ cup cream-style corn
- ½ cup cornstarch
- ½ cup white sugar
- 3 tablespoons corn kernels
Instructions
- Bring 2 cups coconut milk to a boil; stir constantly until oil begins to separate from the milk
- about 30 minutes. Skim and reserve oil in a bowl. Reduce heat to medium-low and add 3 tablespoons sugar to remaining milk. Continue to cook and stir until milk becomes brown and crumbly
- about 30 minutes more. Remove latik from heat.
- Grease an 8-inch mold or pie dish with reserved coconut oil.
- Heat remaining 2 cups coconut milk
- cream-style corn
- cornstarch
- 1/2 cup sugar
- and corn kernels in a saucepan over medium heat
- stirring constantly
- until thickened
- about 5 minutes. Pour corn mixture into prepared mold. Cool until maja blanca is set.
- Cover mold with a plate and invert maja blanca onto the plate. Slice maja blanca and sprinkle with latik.
Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr
Total Time: 2 hrs 5 mins
Servings: 12