Un delicioso Manjarete de coco para chuparse los dedos || A delicious coconut Manjarete that's finger-licking good
Se trata del manjarete venezolano.
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There is a traditional dish in my country that automatically takes me back to moments in my life when I enjoyed being Venezuelan, especially at Christmas, New Year’s, and Holy Week.
This is the Venezuelan manjarete.
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Es un postre que se elabora a base de:
•Harina de maíz o maicena (250 g)
•Ralladura de papelón (400 g)
•Canela en rama (2 o 3 astillas)
•500 ML de agua
•2 Cocos (con los que usaremos tanto la ralladura de la pulpa como el agua para elaborar la leche de coco).
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This dessert is made with:
•Cornstarch (250 g)
•Grated brown sugar (400 g)
•Cinnamon sticks (2 or 3 pieces)
•500 mL of water
•2 coconuts (we’ll use both the grated flesh and the water to make coconut milk).
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It's pretty easy to make, although to be honest, for me, the hardest part is getting the ingredients ready to start cooking—specifically, cracking open the coconuts and removing all the shell so I can grate them. That's taken me as long as two hours.
Rompemos los dos cocos y pelamos la cáscara para luego agregar la pulpa en una olla con 400 ml de agua. Esperamos a que hierva para luego retirar y dejar reposar unos 10min. Triturar la pulpa junto al agua tibia en una licuadora y después la colamos para extraer toda la leche.
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Preparation:
Crack open the two coconuts, peel off the husks, and add the flesh to a pot with 400 ml of water. Bring to a boil, then remove from heat and let sit for about 10 minutes. Blend the flesh with the warm water in a blender, then strain the mixture to extract all the coconut milk.
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Heat the milk on the stove and add three cinnamon sticks, the grated brown sugar, the shredded coconut, and the cornstarch.
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Remove the cinnamon sticks and cook over medium heat for 20 minutes or until it reaches a thick consistency similar to this:
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Remove from the heat and pour the mixture into a 30-cm-diameter mold (1 kg) to let it rest for 30 minutes.
Yo personalmente lo prefiero con coco rallado y canela en polvo para decorar pero ustedes pueden hacerlo con lo que más les guste.
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After those 30 minutes, refrigerate the mixture for at least five hours, and it will be ready.
Personally, I prefer to garnish it with shredded coconut and ground cinnamon, but you can use whatever you like best.
Fotografias tomadas desde mi celular Blu G53
Texto traducido desde [DeepL](https://www.deepl.com/en/translator)
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Photos taken with my Blu G53 cell phone
Text translated from [DeepL](https://www.deepl.com/en/translator)