Learn to make Puerto Rican Coquito with Chef Nina Arena. Nina is the owner of Weeppaa Puerto Rican Foods and More Facebook Group. She has more than 30 years of experience in the kitchen. Look for more of her classes on the Hispanic Food Network in the future!
Puerto Rican Coquito
It's Christmas time and time for Coquito! The traditional drink in Puerto Rico is the Coquito, a rich creamy coconut, and rum drink.
Servings 6 servings
Ingredients
- 24 oz evaporated milk 2 – 12 oz cans
- 14 oz sweet condensed milk 1 – 14 oz cans
- 15 oz cream of coconut 1 – 15 oz cans
- 27 13.5 oz coconut milk 2 – 13.5 oz cans
- ½ tsp cinnamon powder
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- Cinnamon sticks for garnish
- 2 cups Barcardi white Rum.
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients together in a blender, minus the cinnamon sticks, which we save until the end to add to the bottles or glass.
- Chill overnight, for better results or start right away. I think I’ll have it right away!
Notes
To make a non-alcoholic version substitute coconut milk for the rum and add rum extract to taste.
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