Quidim

                                                                               Receta en Español

Quindim is a dessert very popular in northeast Brazil.
Here we can notice the influence of portuguese gastronomy.
This dessert comes from sweets made at portuguese convents.
There was one dessert called 'brisa do lis' made with sugar,yolks and grinded almond. Quindim is similar to this dessert using coconut instead of almond.

Ingredients (8 little quidim):

-  8 yolks.
-  30 grams butter.
-  200 grams sugar.
-  120 grams ground coconut.
-  120 ml coconut milk.

Method:

1- If you are using natural ground coconut, it is not necessary to do this step. In case you are using dried ground coconut , hydrate it adding some coconut milk, mix well and let stand for some minutes.

 2- Add sugar, mix until there is no lump. You can use a blender.

3- Melt butter , add it to the bowl of step 2.

4- Separate yolks from whites,  add them to the bowl passing them through a siver.
Then mix well.

5- Let stand for at least 20 minutes. Consistency must be like jelly.

6- Spread cooking moulds with some butter, sprinkle some sugar over the butter.

7- Field the cooking moulds with the mixture, put them in an ovenproof recipient filled with water until it reaches half of the recipient, this way you can cook them in a bain-marie. 

8- Preheat oven at 180 ºC, then cook in oven at the same temperature for 45 minutes until they are slightly golden.

9- Once they are cold, remove from their molds with the help of a knife and put them upside down on a dish.

10 - There they are :-)

You can also see the VideoRecipe here:

                                              https://youtu.be/tIzNzm-dC2I 


My comments to the Recipe

I have seen some recipes where they put more quantity of sugar, but I think that the perfect quantity is the one I used, it provides a soft and tasty flavour. The colour of this dessert is also beautiful!.

Brasil