Cocada (Coconut Candy) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb brown sugar
1 cup water
1 lb fresh grated coconut
1/2 lime, juice of

Preparation

In a saucepan combine brown sugar and water.
Simmer gently on low heat until mixture forms a thick syrup. Have a cup of cold water ready. Drop a little of the boiling syrup into it. When the syrup can be gathered up in the fingers as a soft ball, remove the saucepan from the heat.
Stir in coconut and lime juice immediately.
Turn out on a lightly buttered platter and spread to cool.