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Nougat Coco

Name: Nougat Coco
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 10
Cuisine: Seychelles
Ingredients: 200g Shredded Coconut; 200g Sugar; 150ml Water; A pinch Vanilla Extract; A pinch Cinnamon powder; 1 tsp Lemon juice

Dessert

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 10

Difficulty ⭐

Coconut cooked down with sugar and set — a simple Seychellois coconut sweet.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Nougat coco is a coconut sweet made in the Seychelles and other Indian Ocean islands: grated coconut is cooked down with sugar, scented with cinnamon or vanilla, spread flat, and left to set. It's sometimes tinted pink or brown. Sold at markets and small shops, it's an island children's treat.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a market stall in the Seychelles, squares of coconut sweets are laid out, their pink and white glowing in the tropical sun.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 10)

Shredded Coconut 200g
Sugar 200g
Water 150ml
Vanilla Extract A pinch
Cinnamon powder A pinch
Lemon juice 1 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Bring the sugar and water to a boil in a pot to make a syrup.
Add the coconut and cook down on low for 10 minutes, stirring.
Add the lemon juice, vanilla, and cinnamon and cook until you can see the bottom of the pot.
Spread in a pan lined with baking paper and smooth flat.
Once cool and set, cut into squares.

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