Flag of BrazilCocadinhas

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Name Cocadinhas (Brazilian coconut treat)
Origin Brazil
Type Dessert or sweets
Cook Claudio de Mattos
Trivia This one took months of diplomatic efforts (i.e., threats and violence) and a huge ransom to obtain. For an authentic result, you also need a Polish wife to make the nicely wrinkled wrappers.

Ingredients (serves 6-8 as a dessert; more as a sweet)

Preparation

  1. Heat the condensed milk in a sauce pan until it is luke-warm.
  2. Add about three-quarters of the dessicated coconut to the milk. Keep stirring until the mixture has sufficient consistency — as soon as it holds together well enough that you can see the bottom of the pan while passing a spoon through the mixture. Turn off the fire and let the mixture cool down.
  3. Form little balls from the mixture, about 2 cm (6/8 in) across. Roll the balls through the remaining dessicated coconut to give them a coconut coating.
  4. For an added touch, place them in small wrinkled wrappers.
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