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Cocada Esmeraldeña

Also known as: Esmeraldas Cocada

Small coconut sweets enriched with milk, egg yolks and butter.

Cocada Esmeraldeña — illustrative food image

About Cocada Esmeraldeña

Goraymi records this milk-and-yolk rendition of cocadas Esmeraldenas, the coconut sweets associated with Ecuador's Esmeraldas coast. Grated coconut joins a cooked mixture of milk and sugar.

Butter and egg yolks add richness, while lemon juice accompanies the yolks in the supplied preparation. Coconut provides the textured centre of the sweet mixture.

The confection is beaten as it cools, then formed into small balls. Powdered sugar finishes the pieces on their serving platter, giving this rendition a pale, sweet coating.

Allergens in this recipe

Contains: Milk, Egg.

Other allergen details are unconfirmed.

Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.

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Ingredients in Cocada Esmeraldeña

Goraymi's milk-and-yolk cocadas Esmeraldenas.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

  • Grated coconut: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual45 grated coconut, broader wholecoconut candidate.
  • Milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual46 dairy milk.
  • Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Egg yolks: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Actual48/55 yolks.
  • Butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual49/54 dairy butter.
  • Lemon juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Powdered sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual58 explicit method-only dusting, not same sugar form as cooking mixture.

Origins & food traditions

Countries

  • Ecuador
  • EcuadorCatalogue link pending review

Cuisines & regions

AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.

Sources & references
  1. Goraymi - Receta de Cocadas Esmeraldenas