muscovado

American  

[muhs-kuh-vey-doh, -vah-] / ˌmʌs kəˈveɪ doʊ, -ˈvɑ- /

noun

1. raw or unrefined sugar, obtained from the juice of the sugarcane by evaporating and draining off the molasses.

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muscovado British  

/ ˌmʌskəˈvɑːdəʊ /

noun

1. raw sugar obtained from the juice of sugar cane by evaporating the molasses

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Etymology

Origin of muscovado

First recorded in 1635–45; from Spanish (azúcar) mascabado or directly from Portuguese (açúcar) mascavado, past participle of mascavar “to separate raw sugar,” earlier meoscabar, reduced form of menoscabar “to belittle, detract from,” cognate with Spanish menoscabar “to diminish, reduce,” from unattested Vulgar Latin minuscapāre, equivalent to Latin minus “smaller, less” ( see minus) + unattested Vulgar Latin -capāre, derivative of unattested capum, for Latin caput “head”; cf. achieve, mischief

Example Sentences

For example, he wants to make a granita with barako coffee, which is grown there, and pair it with muscovado jelly and leche flan ice cream.

From Washington Times • May 31, 2023

The dessert, as best as Livingston remembers it, featured a creamy koji mousse with a paste of green herbs and a spread that combined muscovado sugar with foraged Danish wood ants.

From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2023

Bevington asserts, that in addition to light and dark brown sugar, muscovado sugar is a popular option for bringing deep molasses flavor to baked treats.

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2022

At Jua, a Korean tasting-menu restaurant in Manhattan, the chef Hoyoung Kim serves hotteok as the final course, pan-fried to order and lacquered with a syrup made of muscovado.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2022

It is much cheaper than muscovado, being sold at from 2d. to 3½d. per pound, whilst common muscovado cannot be bought for less than 4½d. to 5d. per pound.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.