Cocadas Blancas

White Cocadas

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Preparation info
  • 8

    large 3 inch cocadas
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Secrets of Colombian Cooking

By Patricia McCausland-Gallo

Published 2004

  • About

This is the best way to use coconuts. Keep these in airtight tins or containers and serve as dessert. They keep perfectly for one or two weeks if tightly sealed.

Ingredients

  • 2 coconuts
  • ¾ cup sugar

Method

  1. Pick two large coconuts with plenty of water inside; drain, open, and peel off the brown skin from the coconut meat. Shred the coconut to yield cups shredded coconut and 2½ cups coconut water.
  2. Mix the coconut water and sugar in a m