Cocada Tape

Cocada Tape

ingredients:

1 deep dish coconut cut into thin ribbons
1 small ladle of glucose or ½ cup (tea)


syrup:
1 deep dish sugar
1 cup of 250 ml of water
1 tablespoon of sliced ​​ginger
1 piece of cinnamon stick, 6 cloves of India

How to Prepare the syrup:

Put the sugar water cinnamon sticks, cloves and ginger, mix well, bring to the fire until one light syrup. Reserve.

How to Prepare a Cocada:

Open coconut, remove the pieces inside thick shell disposal, do not peel., Leave the thin bark brown.

Thinly cut into strips as thin as possible and 5cms long.

Let the coconut cut in cold water put two hours.

Make a light syrup, let cool, add the. Tapes coconut with a fork light the fire to cook with ginger and spices on low heat for an hour, or until well cooked.

To become more flavorful, do not take the candy from the pan, repeat the above operation to put three days straight.

On the last day let cool, add the glucose, mix well.

Arrange the piles in a pan lined with parchment paper

Allow to dry to put 12-16 hours in a closed cabinet with shelves

and wire mesh.

The same weight coconut and sugar.

Note:

II - Option:

The tapes used to put raw coconut on top and sides of cake too.

Sticking tapes enroladinha type flower on the cake, with sweet milk.
You can also stick the ribbons on the cake with melted white chocolate, quickly.