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Doce de Ananás

Name: Doce de Ananás
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Sao Tome and Principe
Ingredients: 1 Pineapple; 150g Sugar; 1 Cinnamon stick; 1 tbsp Lemon juice

Dessert

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Tropical pineapple slowly cooked down with sugar — a sweet traditional dessert of São Tomé and Príncipe.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Lying right on the equator, São Tomé and Príncipe is a treasure trove of tropical fruit. Doce de ananás, the island's sweet pineapple slowly cooked down with sugar and cinnamon into a jam, is a simple dessert loved in island homes. It's spread on bread or enjoyed on its own after a meal — a sweet taste of the tropics.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On an afternoon on the equatorial island, the sweet smell of just-harvested pineapple cooking down fills the house.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Pineapple 1
Sugar 150g
Cinnamon stick 1
Lemon juice 1 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Peel the pineapple and cut into small pieces.
Put the pineapple, sugar, and cinnamon in a pot.
Cook down slowly on low until thick.
Add lemon juice for tang.
Let cool slightly and pack into jars.

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