Filipino Desserts

(2 votes, average: 2.5 out of 5)

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Ingredients:

Bilo bilo
1/2 cup mongo, boiled and mashed
1/2 cup white sugar
2 cup ground pure malagkit rice soaked in water
refined white sugar

Sauce
3 cup coconut milk
3 /4 - 1 cup white sugar divided
1-1/2 tbsp. cornstarch
1 cup coconut cream
Banana leaves
Directions:
1. Combine mongo and sugar. Cook with constant stirring until thick. Set aside.
Place ground malagkit in a cheese cloth and squeeze out water.
2. Transfer to bowl. Add 2 tablespoons of sugar. Form 1 tablespoon of the mixture into balls.
3. Fill the center with sweetened mongo. Do the same with the rest of the mixture. Grease a square pan and line with banana leaves. Arrange the balls
on the pan. Set aside.
4. Combine coconut milk and 1/2 cup sugar in a saucepan. Cook over moderate heat for 10 minutes while continuously stirring.
5. Pour into balls in the pan. Cover with banana leaves. Bake at 350 deg F for 1 1/2 hours or until cooked.
6. Meanwhile, dissolve cornstarch in 1 cup coconut creamed the remaining sugar.
7. Cook over low heat for 3 minutes. Pour over the malagkit balls to thicken the sauce. Bake for 5-10 more minutes.

Technorati Tags: baked bilo bilo, delicacy, Filipino Desserts, foods, snacks

(9 votes, average: 2.67 out of 5)

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Ingredients:
2 packs frozen ube
1 box sweet rice flour or mochiko
banana leaves
4 cups white sugar
2 cans coconut milk
1 tsp vanilla
latik (cook coconut milk slowly until all oil is extracted and residue or latik is formed)

Preparation:
1. Thaw frozen ube.
2. Make latik in a separate pot.
3. Wilt each banana leaf then brush with coconut oil.
4. In large wok, mix thawed ube with coconut milk, rice flour, sugar, vanilla and a little coconut oil.
5. Stir while cooking. Add more coconut oil by tablespoonfuls if needed to prevent sticking.
6. Keep stirring until mixture is very thick. Put in pan lined with wilted banana leaves.
7. Flatten batter by hand using a piece of oiled banana leaf.
8. If you don’t feel like stirring for a long time, you may put slightly thickened mixture in baking pan and bake in 350°F oven 15 to 20 minutes.
9. Cool and score prepared ube in diagonal shapes and put latik on top.

Technorati Tags: filipino delicacy, Filipino Desserts, snacks, ube jam recipe

(6 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)

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Ingredients:
1 cup brown sugar
2 cups water
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 ripe plantains cut lengthwise into 1/8-inch-thick slices (sliced sweet potatoes may be substituted)
8 ounces sweet butter sherry

Preparations:
1. In a saucepan over medium heat, combine sugar, water and salt until a thick syrup forms. Simmer.
2. Add plantain slices and butter to the syrup and continue simmering for 15 minutes.
3. Lace each individual serving with a tablespoon of sherry and serve at once.

Technorati Tags: Filipino Desserts, food, minatamis na saging recipe, sweetened plantain

(14 votes, average: 4.07 out of 5)

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Ingredients:

3 ears young corn or 1 ½ cups creamed canned corn
¾ cups sugar
1 cup coconut milk
¾ cup sweet rice
6 cups water

Preparations:

1. Remove corn kernels from cob if using fresh corn.
2. In a pan, combine coconut milk, sugar, and sweet rice.
3. Simmer for 20 to 30 minutes until all liquid is absorbed and rice turns soft.
4. Add con and simmer for another 10 to 15 minutes. Wait until corn is mushy and soft.
5. Serve hot or cold.

Technorati Tags: corn in coconut milk, Filipino Desserts, ginataang mais recipe

(8 votes, average: 3.5 out of 5)

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Photo Credit to Rubber Slippers in Italy

Ingredients

Crust:
3 cups + 2 tablespoons All Purpose Flour
1 bar butter ( 225 grams)
1/2 cup cold water
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup + 2 Tablespoon sugar

Filling:
4 pieces large not-too-ripe mangoes, Carabao kind
1 cup whipping Cream or all purpose cream
1 large can evaporated milk
3/4 cup white sugar
4 tablespoons unflavored gelatin

Preparation

Crust:
1. Mix all ingredients for the crust and knead well. Set aside 1/3 cup for topping and place in a separate baking pan.
2. Form unto pyrex pie plate.
3. Bake both pie plate and the toppings until brown.
4. Set aside until cool. Crush the topping into crumbs.

Filling:
1. Peel and slice mangoes thinly.
2. Arrange over cold crust.
3. Make a mixture of whip cream, evaporated milk and sugar.
4. In a separate bowl, dissolve gelatin into 1/2 cup water then boiled and strained.
5. Add dissolved gelatin immediately since the gelatin solidifies right away into the mixture (whip cream, evaporated milk and sugar) and beat.
6. Pour the blended mixture to crust and mangoes.
7. Refrigerate the pie.
8. Powder extra crust and sprinkle over cold pie.

Technorati Tags: filipino food, mango pie recipe, recipe

(9 votes, average: 3.11 out of 5)

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Kuchinta is another delicious steamed cake made of rice flour, sugar and water.  The ingredients may sound so simple yet tastes excellent especially when topped with shredded coconut.

Photo credit to graciepoo

Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups water
1 cup rice flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon lye solution

Preparations:
1. Combine sugar, lye and water and bring to a boil.
2. Let mixture cool.
3. Add to rice flour and stir until smooth.
4. Pour unto cuchinta molds and stream for 15 minutes.
5. Serve with grated coconut.
Homemade lye preparations:
1. Burn wood till all turns unto ash.
2. Sift and save fine dust.
3. Place in a bottle till needed. When needed, boil enough with equal part of water.
4. Strain in double thickness cloth and save water. Use water as lye.

Technorati Tags: easy recipes, Filipino Desserts, kuchinta recipe, steamed rice cake

(7 votes, average: 4.14 out of 5)

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Ingredients:
2 1/2 c. flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
3/4 c. brown sugar
2/3 c. water
2 tbsp oil
Sesame seeds

Preparations:
1. Sift together dry ingredients.
2. Mix brown sugar, water and oil then add to flour mixture. Mix until well-blended.
3. Using a teaspoon, take small bits of batter then roll in sesame seeds.
4. Fry in deep hot oil until golden brown.

Technorati Tags: binangkal recipe, bread, Filipino Desserts

(12 votes, average: 4.25 out of 5)

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photo credits to Framboise

Buko Pandan is one dessert that Filipinos can’t do without. Buko pandan is a mixture of the goodness of coconut, soft gelatin, sweet milk and soothing pandan. Try this fool-proof recipe at home and for parties. Enjoy!

Ingredients:
8 cups of water
Pandan leaves
Green gelatin powder
2 cans of evaporated milk
2 cans of condensed milk
1 can or pack of all-purpose cream
1 cup shredded young coconut meat
1/2 cup small sago
1 scoop fo vanilla ice cream (optional)

Directions:
1. Boil about 8 cups of water
2. Wash pandan leaves and tie it into a knot.
3. Add pandan leaves to boiling water.
4. Dissolve 3 boxes of green gelatin powder in a cup of cold water then add to the boiling water.
5. Let it simmer for 5 minutes.
6. Strain the pandan leaves and put the simmered gelatin in a container.
7. Let it cool “room temperature” then put in fridge.
8. In a bowl, mix 2 cans of evaporated milk with 2 cans of condensed milk and a cup of all-purpose cream.
9. Add fresh or frozen shredded coconut in a bowl.
10. Mix it well.
11. Best served chilled.

Technorati Tags: buko pandan recipe, chilled dessert, food, recipe video, snacks

(4 votes, average: 3.5 out of 5)

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Guinomis is a one of a kind refreshing drink truly Filipino-made. It is easy to prepare using store-bought ingredients. I personally think Guinomis is a milder version of Halo Halo for those people who love to drink shakes and other coolers during hot season. Try our easy-to-make recipe and savor the coolness of Guinomis .  Enjoy!

Ingredients:
1 pack of small sago or tapioca pearls
3 teaspoons ready made cubed red gulaman or gelatin
1 tablespoon of sugar syrup
¼ cup instant coconut milk in ¼ cup of water
1 cup crushed ice
1 teaspoon toasted pinipig

Directions:
1. In a tall dessert glass, put the small sago or tapioca in the bottom of the glass.
2. Add the sugar syrup and coconut milk diluted with water.
3. Add one cup of crushed cup or so depending on the size of the glass.
4. Top with toasted pinipig then serve at once.

Technorati Tags: dessert, filipino, gelatin gulaman recipe, guinomis, shake coolers

(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

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Make your Christmas dishes memorable. Learn how to make a festive fruit cake in this how-to instructional video clip on classic Christmas cooking.

Technorati Tags: Christmas dessert, Fruit cake recipe video