Quindão

Name: Quindão
Yield: Serves 10
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: Pinch of ground cloves; ½ tablespoon unsalted butter, softened; 2 cups grated fresh or packaged unsweetened coconut (1 large coconut); 2 cups grated fresh or packaged unsweetened coconut (1 large coconut); 2½ cups sugar; 2 cups grated fresh or packaged unsweetened coconut (1 large coconut); 10 large egg yolks; 2 large eggs

Coconut Torte

Preparation info

Serves
10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Brazil

By Christopher Idone

Published 1995

About

The Brazilian affection for sugar and coconut is best expressed in this dessert. Quindão, the large “pie,” or quindim, an individual tart the size of a silver dollar, is taken with afternoon tea or coffee and sold at pastry shops throughout the country.

Ingredients

10 large egg yolks
2 large eggs
2½ cups sugar
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Americas
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 325°F.

In a food processor, blender, or electric mixer, beat the egg yolks, whole eggs, and sugar until thick and lemon colored, about 5 minutes.

Add the coconut, cloves, and butter and beat another minute.

Butter a 9-inch pie pan and pour th