Coconut Candy (from Singapore)

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups grated coconut (slightly pressed)
• 3 cups sugar
• 300 ml evaporated milk
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• cochineal food coloring
• green food coloring

Recipe

• 1 put everything except the vanilla into a sturdy pan.
• 2 cook over slow fire until the sugar has dissolved and the pot contents are boiling.
• 3 stir constantly to stop the mixture from burning.
• 4 i used a long wooden spoon.
• 5 continue cooking the mixture until it thickens, becomes a lump, leaves the side of the pan and cystalisation begins.
• 6 add colouring (if using) when the mixture is about to be taken off the fire.
• 7 add vanilla and stir well.
• 8 spread mixture on buttered tin (we used a square 1" high tin) do not press down too much.
• 9 cut the mixture into squares when it has cooled slightly.
• 10 when it has cooled down (it'll be hard), use a knife and cut through the grooves and separate the pieces.