Dominican Republic / Dessert
Sweet cream of beans
A sweet dessert cream of red beans with coconut milk, sweet potato and biscuits.
Ingredients
- Red beans, soaked overnight400 g
- Coconut milk800 ml
- Evaporated milk370 ml
- Sweet potato500 g
- Sugar250 g
- Cinnamon sticks3
- Cloves6
- Raisins100 g
- Vanilla1 tsp
- Butter40 g
- Milk biscuits, to serve150 g
- Salt1 pinch
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 7 steps
Boil the soaked beans in fresh water for an hour, until completely soft.
Blend the beans with some of their liquid to a smooth mass.
Press the mass through a sieve with a spoon and discard the skins left behind.
Return it to the heat and add the coconut and evaporated milk, cinnamon, cloves and sugar.
Cook twenty minutes on a low heat, stirring so it does not catch.
Add the sweet potato in pieces and the raisins and cook twenty minutes more, until the potato is tender.
Stir in the vanilla, butter and a pinch of salt, chill it and serve it cold with biscuits.
