Balouza Dessert
Balouza is a chilled dessert made with milk, orange juice, starch, sugar, and vanilla. Each mixture is cooked separately while stirring until thickened, then poured into a bowl in layers and chilled until set. It is then inverted and garnished with coconut.
A balouza-style dessert set and presented like a cake.
Like a molded milk pudding or custard dessert.
Let it fully set before unmolding so it holds its shape.
Ingredients
- 4 cups Milk
- 3 cups Orange juice
- 7 tablespoons Starch
- 9 tablespoons Sugar
- 1 tablespoon Vanilla
- for garnish, as desired Coconut
Instructions
- In a saucepan off the heat, mix the milk with the starch and sugar until they dissolve well.
- Place the milk saucepan over the heat, stirring continuously until the mixture thickens and begins to set.
- Add the vanilla to the milk saucepan at the final stage, continuing to stir.
- In another saucepan off the heat, mix the orange juice with the starch and sugar until well combined.
- Place the orange juice saucepan over the heat, stirring continuously until the mixture thickens and begins to set.
- Pour the hot milk mixture directly into the bowl.
- Pour the hot orange mixture into the center of the bowl over the milk mixture.
- Leave the bowl to cool outside the refrigerator for 1 hour, until the steam escapes.
- Place the bowl in the refrigerator for 4 to 5 hours or overnight, until set.
- Invert the balouza onto a serving plate.
- Garnish the top with coconut.