Coquito de Almendra – Receta de Puerto Rico / Puerto Rican Coquito

Christmas is not Christmas for us Puerto Ricans without Coquito. If you don’t know what Coquito is, I’ll tell you now. Coquito is a creamy, coconut-based beverage original from Puerto Rico.

This delicious coconut drink is a staple in Puerto Rico during the Christmas festivities. The traditional recipe calls for coconut milk, coconut cream, evaporated milk, condensed milk, vanilla, cinnamon and white rum. The rum is the key ingredient but you can totally skip it. See the video for details.

Some people describe Coquito as eggnog without the eggs, but they are very different. Eggnog has raw egg, Coquito doesn’t have eggs. There’s a punch recipe from Puerto Rico that is similar to eggnog and contains raw eggs. Nowadays there’s a lot of variations of Coquito, people make it in different flavors and adding a variety of liquors and spices.

For this recipe I used my traditional recipe as a base, which includes white rum, brandy and coconut rum. I added almond and amaretto extract plus raw almonds. This recipe is very easy to make and so delicious. 

For a vegan recipe replace the evaporated milk for almond milk and the condensed milk for coconut condensed milk.

Heres’s a video tutorial for this recipe!

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Here’s the recipe:

Coquito de Almendra – Receta de Puerto Rico

Ingredients:

1 can of Coconut Milk

1 can of Coconut Cream

2 cans of Condensed milk. Replace with vegan condensed milk for a dairy free version.

2 cans of Evaporated milk. Replace with almond milk for vegan.

2-3 Tablespoons almond extract

1 Tablespoon of Amaretto extract

1/3 ground almond

Pinch of Salt

If you are adding rum:

1 cup White rum

1/4 Brandy

1/4 Coconut rum

Instructions:

Add all the ingredients into a blender. Blend until all the ingredients are incorporated. Pour inside jars and refrigerate for a few hours before serving. Enjoy!

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