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Coconut paste

Name: Coconut paste
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 150 g
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 100 g dessicated coconut; 50 g icing sugar; 1 egg white

Similar to marzipan or walnut paste, coconut paste can be used in a variety of cake or sweet recipes, but you can enjoy munching it just as it is.

309 K 1× 4.0/5 (47 reviews)

15 min.

Easy

0.80 €

150 g

3 Ingredients

Last modified on: October 13^th 2010

For 150 g, you will need:

1 100 g dessicated coconut
2 50 g icing sugar
3 1 egg white
Total weight: 180 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 15 min.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 3 min.

Put 100 g dessicated coconut in the bowl of the food processor (or blender goblet) and blend for about 1 minute until transformed into a finer powder than the original.

This is to give a smoother texture to the paste, more agreeable in the mouth than the shreds of coconut.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 2 min.

Then add 50 g icing sugar.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 5 min.

Blend again, then add 1 egg white a little at a time, just until the paste begins to come together.

Stage 4

It's quite possible that the paste will not form a ball easily like marzipan, and you will need to finish the process by hand. Don't worry, this will not affect the end result.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 5 min.

Finish by shaping the paste into a flat cake, then carefully wrap in plastic film and keep in the fridge, where it should stay usable for several days, even 1 or 2 weeks.

Remarks

You'll notice that we sweeten this less (icing sugar = 50% powdered coconut) than marzipan, because coconut is naturally sweeter.

For some strange reason, coconut paste tends to harden if kept in the fridge, so to use it soft, remember to take it out at least an hour before using.

Keeping: Several weeks in the fridge, folded in plastic film.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	6 RDI=2 %	70 RDI=6 %	3 RDI=1 %	330 RDI=20 %	1,380 RDI: 20 %
Per 100 g	3 RDI=1 %	40 RDI=4 %	1 RDI=0 %	180 RDI=9 %	770 RDI: 9 %

Possible allergens in this recipe: egg

How much will it cost?

For 150 g : 0.80 €

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The 1 comment already posted on this recipe

I made a large batch of this to put under royal icing on Christmas cake. I put whole egg in (3) will this go off. My mother made it with just yolks but I found it two dry so added in whites. Hers never went off. Thank you. Don't want to poison anyone. Also put quite a bit of alcohol in.
Posted by Cheryl december 8^th 2021 at 01:49 n° 1

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