Fruity Mampostial (Just a sweet easy mess to make for dessert!)

==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==
# Put the water, brown or date sugar in a heavy pan. 
# Simmer stirring constantly for 3 minutes. 
# Add the pineapple juice and grated lemon peel and simmer till the syrup gets very thick. 
# 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. 
# You now have 2 options on how to use this thick candy mix. 
#One:
# Pour it or dump it onto a non-stick cookie sheet and let it cool. 
# 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: 
#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. 
# This will be further removed from the traditional mampostial but is simply yummy! 
# These are two different variations of a delicious traditional dessert from Puerto Rico. 
==Other Links==
You can find more tasty dishes with both a tropical and a Mediterranean flair completely free on my website: http://www.frontiernet.net/~rexfam. 
==See also==
Category:Caribbean Desserts
Category:Desserts
 Category:Recipes
Category:Lemon Recipes
Category:Pineapple Recipes
Category:Orange Recipes
Category:Coconut Recipes
Category:Lemon peel Recipes
Category:Grated coconut Recipes
Category:Pineapple juice Recipes
Category:Orange juice Recipes
Category:Brown sugar Recipes
Category:Date sugar Recipes
Category:Lemon peel Recipes
Category:Pineapple Recipes
Category:Coconut Recipes
Category:Lemon Recipes
Category:Water Recipes
Category:Pineapple Desserts
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