Cocadas — coconut and condensed milk bites
Fresh coconut bites with soft centres, slowly baked in the oven.
Active time20 min
Cooking1 h
Total2 h 30 minResting : 1 h
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Ingredients
- 1 egg white
- 360 ml sweetened condensed milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 250 g fresh grated coconut
- 45 g sugar
Preparation
Use ready-grated fresh coconut. Preheat the oven to 100 °C. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Mix the coconut, condensed milk and vanilla until the coconut is moistened.
360 ml sweetened condensed milk1 tsp vanilla extract250 g fresh grated coconut- oven
- baking tray
- baking paper
- mixing bowl
- spoon
Separate the egg whites from the yolks. Whisk the egg white until it forms peaks. Add the sugar and keep whisking until dissolved. Gently fold in the coconut mixture. Place evenly sized small mounds on the tray, leaving space between them.
1 egg white45 g sugar- mixing bowl
- whisk
- spoon
- baking tray
Bake for 60 min until golden. Switch off the oven and leave the cocadas inside to cool for 60 min before gently lifting them off the paper.
- oven
- baking tray
- spatula
- oven gloves
Allergens
- Eggs
Composition to check for: Celery, Crustaceans, Fish, Gluten, Lupin, Milk, Molluscs, Mustard, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites.
Sources and credits
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