Colombian cocadas, also known as Chancacas, are part of the traditional cuisine of this country. However, they are not exclusive to it, since we also find recipes for Peruvian and Venezuelan cocadas, all of them being delicious and equally valid. On this occasion we propose to follow one of the most typical recipes in Colombia, white cocadas with condensed milk, do you dare? Doing them at home is very simple and fast, so that in just a few minutes we can have cocadas for Christmas, New Year, Thanksgiving, or any holiday that we want to celebrate with this exquisite sweet. Continue reading and discover with us how to make Colombian white cocadas.
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| Ingredients to make white cocadas with condensed milk: |
| 200 grams of grated coconut (2 cups) 200 grams of sugar glas 200 grams of condensed milk 1 glass of coconut milk |
| ADDITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS: Cheap cost, in cold, |
Ingredients to make white cocadas with condensed milk:
1. To start making white cocadas, take a pot or saucepan with sufficient capacity and heat the condensed milk with coconut milk. It is important that you carry out all the preparation over low heat to prevent a dark color from taking, since we look for a sweet as possible.
2. Then add the grated coconut and remove constantly. Once you observe that you start thickening the mixture, add the Glass sugar or spray and keep moving. To accelerate the process and make thickens faster, you can pour a splash of lemon juice.
3. When the mixture is thicker, remove the pot from the heat and form a tray or container with aluminum or vegetable paper. Then, grease with a little butter and shape white cocadas of condensed milk with the help of a spoon. The ideal is to create rather flattened balls, as if it were cookies.
4. Now you have two options, if you want white cocadas to maintain their neutral tone, let them cool and reserve them in the freezer for 30 minutes, or in the refrigerator for two or three hours before serving to have just adopted the consistency adequate. And if you want them to take a more golden tone, you can bake them for 20 minutes at 180 ºC and let cool. Both elaborations are valid and delicious, everything will depend on the color and texture you want to contribute to your condensed milk cocadas.
5. Praise! It serves white cocadas with condensed milk accompanied by other traditional sweets, such as cocadas with panela, and hot coffee. As you can see, preparing this delight is very simple, the only difficulty lies in enduring not to eat them all of a blow! We opted for cold preparation, and you? How did you prepare your white cocadas? Leave us your comment!
