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Pen Patat

Name: Pen Patat
Total time: 80 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Haiti
Ingredients: 2 (500g) Sweet potato; 1 (very ripe) Bananas; 200ml Coconut milk; 100ml Milk; 100g Brown sugar; 30g Butter; 1 knob Ginger; 1 tsp Cinnamon powder; A pinch Nutmeg; A pinch Vanilla Extract; 3 tbsp Raisins

Dessert

⏱ 80 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Grated sweet potato baked with banana, coconut milk, and spices — Haiti's sweet potato pudding.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Pen patat means 'sweet potato bread,' a traditional Haitian dessert: grated sweet potato is mixed with ripe banana, coconut milk, evaporated milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger and baked. Its moist texture and spice aroma are its hallmarks, and it's made as a Sunday treat.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Sunday afternoon in Haiti, a brown pudding fresh from the oven is cut into squares as a sweet spice aroma fills the house.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Sweet potato 2 (500g)
Bananas 1 (very ripe)
Coconut milk 200ml
Milk 100ml
Brown sugar 100g
Butter 30g
Ginger 1 knob
Cinnamon powder 1 tsp
Nutmeg A pinch
Vanilla Extract A pinch
Raisins 3 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Peel the sweet potatoes and grate finely.
Mix the mashed banana, coconut milk, milk, dark sugar, melted butter, grated ginger, spices, and vanilla.
Add the sweet potato and raisins and mix well.
Pour into a buttered pan.
Bake at 180°C for 60 minutes, cool, and cut.

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