Fruity Mampostial

Description
Fruity Mampostial is a delicious twist on a traditional Puerto Rican dessert.

Ingredients
For Syrup:
 * 1 cup water
 * 4 cups brown sugar or date sugar
 * 1 cup orange juice, from concentrate
 * 1 tablespoon grated fresh lemon rind
 * 1/2 cup coconut, grated or shredded
 * 1/2 cup crushed pineapple in juice
 * 1 pre-baked pie crust, of your choice (optional)
 * plastic wrap (if you choose squares)

Directions

 * 1) Put the water, brown or date sugar in a heavy pan.
 * 2) Simmer stirring constantly for 3 minutes.
 * 3) Add the pineapple juice and grated lemon peel and simmer till the syrup gets very thick.
 * 4) To make the mampostial, just add the coconut and the crushed pinapple to the thick syrup and cook it, sitrring constantly until it gets very thick.
 * 5) You now have 2 options on how to use this thick candy mix.
 * One:
 * 1) Pour it or dump it onto a non-stick cookie sheet and let it cool.
 * 2) After that you can cut it in squares and wrap them on plastic wrap and refrigerate them till you are ready to eat them.
 * Or, 2:
 * 1) You can pour the thick candy mix from the pan into the prebaked pie crust and just chill in the refirgerator till you serve it.
 * 2) This will be further removed from the traditional mampostial but is simply yummy!
 * 3) These are two different variations of a delicious traditional dessert from Puerto Rico.

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