Manjar de Maizena com Ameixa (Cornstarch Pudding with Prunes)

Manjar de Maizena is a delicious cornstarch pudding. This is a soft pudding with sweet prunes and a tasty prune sauce. It is similar to a cream-like coconut flan in texture.

Manjar de maizena, also known as manjar branco or coconut pudding, is a traditional and classic dessert from Brazil. This is a popular dessert dish served at Brazilian festivals, parties, and other special holidays. There are also different variations of the recipe for manjar in Latin America and Europe.  

Manjar de maizena com ameixa is a cornstarch pudding with prunes, served with a sweet and fresh prune sauce. 

The traditional Manjar de Maizena’s main ingredients are cornstarch, milk, coconut milk, sugar, and prunes. 

Ingredients Details

Prunes: dried prunes
Cornstarch: Great value corn starch or any other brand
Milk: whole milk
Coconut milk: Goya coconut milk or any other brand
Water: filter water
Butter: salted or unsalted butter
Sugar: granulated sugar; alternative; sweet, condensed milk
Salt: plain salt

Ingredients

• ½ cup prunes

• 4 tablespoons cornstarch

• 1 ¼ cup milk

• 1 can coconut milk

• 1 ½ cups water

• 1 tablespoon butter

• 1 ½ cups sugar

• ½ teaspoon salt 

Instructions

Prune sauce. In a medium-sized pan, add the prunes, 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water. Cook the prunes on medium heat gradually for about 10-15 minutes until caramelized.

Cornstarch mixture. In a small bowl, add and dissolve the cornstarch and ¼ cup of milk. On medium heat, add the cornstarch mixture to a pan. Stir for 1-2 minutes. Add the following ingredients to the cornstarch mixture:

• 1 cup of milk
• coconut milk
• butter
• ½ cup sugar
• salt

Stir gently until creamy. Simmer for 10 minutes. Pour the cornstarch pudding into the desired dish.

Refrigerate. Chill for 1 hour. Once chilled.

Garnish with prune sauce. Add the cooked prune sauce to the cornstarch pudding.