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Tablet Nwa

Name: Tablet Nwa
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 10
Cuisine: Haiti
Ingredients: 200g Peanuts; 150g Brown sugar; 1 knob Ginger; 1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder; A pinch Vanilla Extract; 10g Butter; 3 tbsp Water

Dessert

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 10

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Peanuts bound with dark sugar, ginger, and cinnamon — a traditional Haitian nut candy.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Tablet nwa is a traditional Haitian candy: toasted peanuts are coated in a syrup of dark sugar, ginger, and cinnamon cooked down, spread thin, and left to set. Its crunch and spice aroma are its hallmarks, and street vendors and town stalls sell it homemade.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Haitian town street, a woman breaks homemade nut candy laid out on a tray into small pieces and sells them to children on their way home from school.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 10)

Peanuts 200g
Brown sugar 150g
Ginger 1 knob
Cinnamon powder 1/2 tsp
Vanilla Extract A pinch
Butter 10g
Water 3 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Lightly toast the peanuts in a frying pan.
Boil the dark sugar, water, grated ginger, and cinnamon in a pot until thick.
Add the peanuts, butter, and vanilla and mix quickly.
Spread thinly on parchment paper.
When cool and set, break into small pieces.

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