Coconut Rum Sauce Recipes

RUM SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Mix together the sugar and cornstarch, and stir into the butter. Pour in milk, and cook stirring frequently until the mixture begins to boil. Continue cooking until thick, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, and stir in rum. Serve warm.

MANGO COCONUT BREAD PUDDING WITH RUM SAUCE

Steps:

• Soak raisins in rum for 15 minutes then strain reserving rum for sauce.
• Butter a 9x11 casserole pan with 1/2 ounce butter.
• Place bread cubes in prepared pan top with raisins.
• Process in a food processor the egg mixture ingredients till smooth. Pour over bread, cover with plastic wrap and let soak for 1 hour.
• Preheat oven 350. Bake for 40 minutes top with 1 tablespoon coconut and bake 5-10 more minutes.
• Meanwhile melt the butter add 1 cup brown sugar and cream stir till dissolved. Add rum that was used to soak raisins.
• Serve pudding hot with lots of sauce and garnish with sliced mango.

COCONUT CHICKEN WITH A TROPICAL MANGO RUM SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix the first 4 ingredients together in a large container with a top. Add chicken pieces, toss till coated and set aside.
• Place all Mango Rum Sauce ingredients in a blender or food processor and blend till smooth. Add to a pot and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes. Keep warm.
• Whisk egg whites till frothy. Toss in chicken pieces till coated.
• Place coconut in a bowl and dip each piece of chicken to coat with coconut.
• Set aside.
• Place enough oil to cover bottom of a large pan by 1/2 inch and heat to medium high.
• Cook 1/2 the chicken at a time about 4-5 minutes each side. Do not over crowd the pan.
• Drain cooked chicken on paper towels.
• Place chicken on a serving platter serve with Mango Rum Sauce.

CARIBBEAN COCONUT RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extract. In a small bowl, combine rum and milk. In a large bowl, whisk flour, pudding mix, cornstarch, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with rum mixture, beating well after each addition., Transfer to a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan briefly to prevent sticking; replace in pan. Cool on wire rack., Meanwhile, for syrup, heat butter, water, sugar and salt in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; add rum and extract., Using a small skewer, poke holes in cake. Slowly pour syrup over cake until it's all absorbed. Cover; let stand overnight.

COCONUT BREAD PUDDING WITH RUM CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Set the dial to 325° and get the oven heating. Cut the crusts off the bread (save them for bread crumbs), and then cut the rest into 1-inch cubes, collecting about 8 cups. If the bread isn't day old, pop it into the heating oven for 5 to 10 minutes to dry it out a bit.
• Whisk together the milk, vanilla, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, eggs, and yolks in a large bowl. Stir in the raisins, coconut, and bread cubes. Soak for 30 minutes.
• Mix 2 tablespoons of the softened butter with the confectioners' sugar and smear it over the bottom and sides of a 9 by 13-inch pan. Pour in the bread-and-egg mixture. Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons of softened butter and drizzle it over the top. Pop the pan into the oven and bake for 50 to 60 minutes, or til set in the middle and puffed and brown around the edges.
• Make the sauce while the pudding is baking. Combine the cream, confectioners' sugar, and butter in a saucepan. Set it over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Keep your eye on it so it doesn't boil over. Whisk constantly. Turn the heat to low and simmer for 3 minutes; then stir in the rum. Keep warm. (Makes 1 3/4 cups of sauce.)
• Pull the pan out of the oven when the bread pudding is done, and let it set for 10 minutes. Cut into squares and serve warm or at room temperature. Douse each serving with some warm sauce.