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Gazpacho Salad

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     Today I want to share a recipe for a very special salad. It has been on our Puerto Rican table since before I can remember. It is one of those meals you never change, because there is nothing you can do to make it better.                        Ingredients: 1 pound of bacalao, recipe below             2 large avocados, medium dice 2 large Roma tomato, small dice                 1 small yellow onion, small dice                    1/2 cup olive oil  1 tablespoon lemon juice In a large salad bowl add all the ingredients and gently fold until combined. Serve as a sandwich, over a toast as an appetizer or simply by itself. Enjoy.  About bacalao and how to prepare it:      Bacalao is a dried salted fish used very widely in Puerto Rican cuisine. When I...

Coconut Flan

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           If you are a fan of coconut you are going to love this Flan.  It is creamy and full of coconut flavor. You can add coconut flakes as I did when you pour the caramel into the cake pan for an extra coconut flavor boost.                               dessertsandgoodfood.blogspot.com Ingredients: 1 can coconut milk 1 can condensed milk 1 cup heavy cream  4 egg and 3 egg yolks (lightly beaten) 1 8 x 8 x 2 cake pan 1 roasting pan for the Bain Marie Caramel recipe, refer to Caramel for flan and bread pudding Carefully pour the caramel into the cake pan and cover the sides and the bottom with caramel. Set aside to cool. To make the Flan: Combine the condensed milk and the coconut milk into the blender and mix for 1 minute. Scrape the sides of the blender and mix again for another 30 seconds.    Add the heavy cream and the eggs then mix for ...