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Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
½ cup water
1 cup shelled roasted peanuts
Directions:
1. Cook sugar and water to 348 degrees F.
2. Quickly stir in the peanuts.
3. Pour immediately on warm buttered tin.
4. Cut when slightly cool.
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The experience of visiting Tacloban City is never complete without tasting its sweet side of the plate. You guessed it right, Tacloban offers delicacies that you will surely love to take home as pasalubong. Don’t be surprised to hear a Filipino say “pasalubong” when a loved one is on a trip. It is a term coined that means gift usually from someone who comes home after a trip.
The city of Tacloban (Region VIII) is the capital of the Philippine province of Leyte. It is the first in Eastern Visayas to be classified as a Highly Urbanized City. The cultural festivals Pintados-Kasadyaan and Sangyaw festivals are held in this city during the month of June.
The type of food in Tacloban is a combination of native and modern Leyte taste. It is especially influenced by other parts of the country like Cebu, Manila and Mindanao apart from foreign influences such as Western, Spanish , and Asian influences.
Filipino desserts proudly originating in Tacloban that tops my list are Moron, Binagol, Sagmani and Pastillas. Feel free to try these recipes found here at Filipinodesserts.net blog.
I can’t enough of the rich, creamy and chocolate sweetness of Moron. I often look forward on having this treat whenever my Dad visits Tacloban back in my younger days. Moron is made of rice flour mixed with chocolate paste or locally called as Tableya, peanuts and brown or organic sugar. This Filipino dessert is famous during fiestas, Christmas, and New Year.
Make your very own Moron with this recipe.
I find Binagol appealing to the sight as well as the taste. Binagol is a sweetened nutty Taro pudding. The town of Dagami in Tacloban City is the dominant producer of the best and original Binagol in the whole eastern region.
The Binagol is a made of talyan, a taro root, coconut milk, brown or organic sugar, egg yolks, full cream condensed milk. Binagol is wrapped in wilted banana leaves and coconut shells, and native strings for packaging.
Sagmani
Sagmani is another suman made of cassava, gabi or sweet potatoes cooked with coconut cream, sugar and sometimes coconut meat.
Pastillas is a sure hit psalubong for kids and people who have sweet tooth. These bite-sized, creamy and pure cow milk delicacy of Tacloban deserves a place in your pasalubong carts and bags.
(4 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...One of the delicacies found in Dagami, Leyte is Binagol. It is a sweetened taro pudding with nuts. is a recipe proudly from Philippines. This popular Filipino delicacy is made from talyan - a root crop species like gabi that grows and is imported from Palapag, Northern Samar. Binagol is mixed with eggs, coconut milk, sugar, butter, nuts and chocolate. It is packaged and steamed using banana leaves and polished coconut shells called “bagol,” hence the name “binagol.” It’s sweet and delicious.
Ingredients:
3/4 cups shredded raw gabi (Taro root)
1 cup rich coconut milk (2 medium coconuts)
3/4 cup brown sugar
4 clean medium coconut shells (4-1/2″ diameter and 2″ high)
1/2 can (1 oz) full cream condensed milk
4 egg yolks
Wilted banana leaves
String for tying
Directions:
1. Mix first three ingredients and cook over moderate heat for 6 minutes. Constantly stirring. Lower heat and continue cooking for 10 minutes.
2. Add condensed milk and cook over low heat 20 minutes longer, stirring constantly. Fill each coconut shell with mixture. Make a well in center and drop raw egg yolk.
3. Cover top with tuber mixture and spread until smooth, very close to brim or shell. Cover whole shell with two layers banana leaves and tie securely with strings.
4. Steam half an hour. Makes 12 servings.
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Ingredients:
2 cups sweet rice (malagkit)
1 1/2 cup grated fresh mature coconut or dessicated coconut
1 1/4 cup white sugar
2 1/4 cups water
2 tbsp butter
Directions:
1. Wash and rinse the sweet rice at least twice.
2. Add water and bring to a boil.
3. When the water has evaporated, lower the heat of the stove. Cook it for another 5 to 10 minutes.
4. Let it cool. Mix 3/4 cup of white sugar and butter to the sweet rice mixture.
5. Shape the sweet rice mixture into small balls of around 1 1/2 inches in diameter.
6. Roll the puto maya balls in the remaining sugar and then on grated or dessicated coconut.
(9 votes, average: 4.22 out of 5) Loading ...Polvoron coated in sweet chocolate makes an excellent gift during special occasions such as Christmas parties or birthdays.
2 cups of all purpose flour, sifted
2 cups powdered milk
1 cup refined white sugar
1 cup butter
Chocolate coating:
1 cup dark chocolate
1/4 cup fresh milk
2 tsp butter
1/4 cup confectioner’s sugar
1. Toast the flour in a shallow pan until it turns light brown.
2. Place in a bowl and mix in the powdered milk, refined sugar and melted butter. Set aside to cool.
3. Pack the mixture in polvoron pressers using a spoon and place the polvoron pieces in a plate and store in the freezer for an hour.
Chocolate coating:
1. Melt the chocolate in a bowl using a double boiler or in a steamer.
2. Mix in the fresh milk and granulated sugar. Mix well until it is smooth.
3. Stick in a plastic toothpick in a polvoron piece gently and dip it in the chocolate sauce to coat.
4. Insert in something sturdy like a styro block. Wrap or store as you like.
Tip:
1. Add more milk to thin the chocolate coating mixture.
2. Add more sugar to thicken the chocolate mixture. I prefer to use confectioner’s sugar since it dissolves easily.
3. I also prefer using whole wheat flour. It is healthier compared to white flour.
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Serves 4.
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Ingredientsenough oil for deep frying
8 egg roll wrappers
4 ripe bananas
brown sugar
slivers of jackfruit (langka) (optional)
One of my favorite books on Filipino cooking is Banana Leaves: Filipino Cooking and Much More. This must have resource is packed with delicious receipes.