Grandma Peeny's Coconut Drops Recipe
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Ingredients: 1 cup of chopped ginger
2 cups of brown sugar
2 medium-sized dried coconuts, to yield 3 cups of freshly chopped coconuts
3 cups of water
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Directions:Break open the coconuts (pull up a YouTube video, trust me). Pry the coconut “meat” from the shell with a knife. Cut the coconut into small pieces, approximately 1/2" long and 1/8" thin.
Shred a quarter of a pound of pealed fresh ginger that has been shredded into small pieces in a blender using the chop setting. Use only enough water to make the blender operate smoothly.
In a large uncovered cooking pot mix one cup of the ginger and water, 2 cups of brown sugar, 3 cups of firmly packed coconut and 3 cups of water. Bring to a rapid boil and reduce the heat to medium to high. Allow the mixture to cook until it thickens. Reduce the temperature to low to medium. Use a large wooden spoon to continuously turn the mixture to prevent it from burning or sticking to the cooking pot. The idea is to cook the mixture until the sugar begins to caramelize. When the sugar begins to form the bottom of the cooking pot and it is difficult to turn the mixture with the spoon, reduce the heat to the low. Use two wooden spoons together to spoon the mixture and drop it on a silicone mat or banana leaves. |
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Notes: Peeny says, "These always taste better in Jamaica! Come visit me."
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