Cocada

Cocada is a typical brazilian candy made of coconut. There are several diferent recipes avaiable but, in general, they all use yolk, milk and grated coconut.

Time of preparation: 1 hour

3/4 cup of sugar
100ml of water
1 cup of grated coconut
6 yolks
3/4 cup of flour
150ml of milk
3 tbspoons of butter (no salt)


Prepare a syrup with the sugar and water. Add the grated coconut and cook it in low heat for 10 min, mixing it with care so the sugar doesn't precipitate. Let it cool. Put the yolks through a sieve and add them to the syrup. Dissolve the flour on the milk and add it to the syrup, adding the butter too. Grease a tray with butter and bake it in water bath (bain marie) in the oven for 30 min.