Coconut Drops

What Goes With It

• A pot of tea
• Ginger beer
• Coffee
• Fresh pineapple

How to Cook Coconut Drops

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1. Mix the sugar, water, ginger, cinnamon and salt in a heavy pan. Bring to the boil, stirring, until the sugar dissolves.

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2. Add the coconut chips and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring often, until the syrup is thick and clings to the coconut.

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3. Spoon heaps of about a tablespoon onto a greased tray, 20 in all.

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4. Leave to cool and set. Lift off the tray.

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A Few Notes

Stir more often as the mixture thickens, so it does not catch.

Grease the tray well; the sugar sticks hard.

Work quickly when dropping the heaps; the mixture sets fast.

Common Substitutions & Variations

• If you only have ground ginger, a quarter-teaspoon for each tablespoon of fresh is the ratio usually given; it tastes warmer and less bright than the fresh root.

Storing and Reheating

Keeps for 1 week in an airtight tin. Do not refrigerate.

What's in a Serving

Per serving, calculated from the ingredient list with USDA FoodData Central figures (SR Legacy). A calculation, not a laboratory analysis: brands, cuts and how you measure change the real numbers. How the figures are worked out.