By: Chef Carlton Hull
June 30, 2023
Ingredients
3 cups roasted unsalted peanut
2½ cups brown sugar
2½tbsp freshly grated ginger
2tsp vanilla extract
1tsp freshly grated nutmeg
2 cinnamon sticks
4 cups water
Directions
In a pot over medium heat, add 4 cups of water and cinnamon sticks then allow this to come to a bowl
Remove the cinnamon sticks after 3 minutes or after the water changes colour
Add grated ginger and allow this to boil for 3 minutes
Scrape the sides of the pot to get all the ginger in the water then add the sugar
Mix until the sugar dissolves
Add peanut, vanilla extract and nutmeg then mix
Allow this to come to a boil then stir then allow this to continue boiling
Check your pot at the 20mins and 30mins mark
Continue to cook over medium heat until the sugar thickens
Use a spoon to drop these on a flat surface
Allow these to cool and become firm
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