Cassonade

/ˌkæsəˈneɪd/ noun

Definition

A type of brown sugar, particularly cane sugar, commonly used in cooking and baking, especially in European and Caribbean cuisine.

Etymology

From French cassonade, derived from Spanish/Portuguese cassana or possibly from a Caribbean indigenous language word for sugar cane. Popular in French colonial regions.

Kelly Says

Cassonade traveled the trade routes of the sugar empire—the word itself appears in French, Spanish, and Portuguese, a linguistic footprint of colonial sugar production across the Atlantic.

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