Creamy sweet potato and coconut dessert

Creamy sweet potato and coconut dessert

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A creamy and sweet dessert made with sweet potato, coconut milk, and cane sugar, perfect for serving chilled at the end of a meal for those with a sweet t…

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This South American dessert combines the sweetness of sweet potato with the richness of homemade coconut milk.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time40 min
  • Total1 hr
  • DifficultyEasy
  • Cooking methodCook over medium heat
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

4 people
  • $4.65
  • $0.39

Directions

  1. Boil the sweet potato in a large pot of boiling water until it is tender.
  2. Prepare the coconut milk: mix the coconut flesh with hot water, let it infuse for a few minutes, then press the mixture thoroughly to extract the liquid.
  3. Mash the soft sweet potato and mix it with the coconut milk. Cook over medium heat with the sugar for 20 minutes, until thickened.
  4. Serve chilled. ≈ 2 min

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 500 g of sweet potato
  • 1.5 liters of water
  • 1 large coconut or 700g of coconut meat
  • 500 g of sugar or panela
  • 560 ml of hot water

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