Showing posts with label Cool Desserts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cool Desserts. Show all posts

October 29, 2011

Buko con Hielo!

It was one literally hot afternoon about a month ago, June 16 to be exact. Since I had to refrain from exposing myself from radiation when using the computer, I had no choice but to bore myself outside of the house - sitting and laze the day away. As the temperature kept rising and the wind blows only by little, I had to treat myself with something cold to cool my sweating head and body. Then I remembered about preparing buko juice with milk. We usually enjoy this treat during summer with family and friends, and obviously it was just at the tip of Summer. 


The recipe for this Icy treat is as easy as one two three.
1. Mix evaporated milk (about one 200ml can) with 1/4Kg of brown sugar.
2. Mix in about 2 liters of the coconut water you got from opening the fresh coconut. (Add crushed ice for more texture, or ice cubes just to cool it)
3. Pitch in the grated coconut flesh and for extenders add crushed cracker biscuits. 

July 25, 2011

Maiz con Hielo!

Since it's my ONLY post for July, I just wanna say, I'm very very very sorry for being inattentive with the blog. I admit that I had virtually no time for it - I was busy at school, and if not I enjoyed watching movies. Missing out on the food action around the locality, I confined myself with leaving my lunch money at home and starved myself during lunch time hoping I'd lose weight - which I didn't FYI. 

Only this Saturday, my mother gave me an extra Php 100.00 as my lunch money. I told her that I had money (but I actually didn't, because I don't wanna have lunch), but because she insisted I accepted it. When classes was over, my and my friend Hero decided to have a 3PM lunch at Andok's. We ordered fried chicken and three servings of rice, and for dessert we had Maiz con Hielo. Maíz con hielo (literally corn with ice in Spanish language, translated as mais con yelo in Filipino) is a kind of snack in the Philippines. It is a mix of shaved ice, corn kernels, sugar and milk.

Since its recipe is just a mix and go, here's a 3-step recipe to enjoy one.

1. Mix shaved ice, milk (any milk will do), and sugar.
2. Then add in the corn kernels (I used canned corn).
3. Place them on a glass, then mix and enjoy!

April 24, 2011

Ice Candy!

It was Good Friday a couple of days ago, and we had this routine or sort of a tradition with my high school buddies to hike up the mountain rooted down from Barangay Purisima, Palo, Leyte and when we reach the cross at the peak, we will light up candles and offer prayers to the Almighty. 

Encircling the twenty-foot cross are small shops with merchants selling food and beverages for pilgrims who are tired and hungry from all the hiking. There are also peddlers selling candles, mineral water and the cool one - Ice Candy. Way back into my childhood and until now, I love Ice Candy, even if this in many cases causes me soar throat even coughs and colds. I just love the sweet, creamy, and fruity flavor of this treat. Technically, Ice candy is a frozen fruit juice or shake placed in little ice bags for one to nibble at the end of the plastic ice bag to sip or munch it out.

I experienced making these because my aunt sold these to our neighbors. My favorite flavors are mango, avocado, coconut, and mung beans. Most merchants today add tapioca (sago) pearls to add distinct and unique texture as you munch on this frozen treat. Instead of just mixing milk and the fruit pulp, the mixture is made into a shake, then it is frozen for about three to four hours giving it an ice cream-like texture. I like this kind of ice candy, but in order to keep our Filipino roots alive, I prefer the classic way of making these. 

I'll be using my aunt's recipe for the Mango Ice Candy, and the ingredients are,
1. Thinly sliced mangoes
2. Evaporated milk
3. Sugar
4. Water

To make one is as simple as eating one,
1. Slice mangoes thinly, julienne cut to be exact.
2. In a bowl, mix together milk, water, sugar, and the mangoes.
3. With the use of a funnel or if you're really skilled enough, transfer parts of the mixture into the ice candy bags.
4. Freeze the ice candy for about six or so hours.
5. Enjoy!

April 10, 2011

Halo-Halo! (Tropical Fruit Melange)

Halo-halo, what is it? On my own words, its a mixture of shaved ice, milk, sago pearls, mung beans, sweet corn,  flan, gulaman (gelatin), and more - depending on one's taste. But according to my super smart best friend named Wikipedia, Halo-halo (from Filipino word halò, "mix") is a popular Filipino dessert that is a mixture of shaved ice and evaporated milk to which are added various boiled sweet beans and fruits, and served in a tall glass or bowl. 

Ingredients include boiled kidney beans, garbanzos, sugar palm fruit (kaong), coconut sport (macapuno), and plantains caramelized in sugar, jackfruit(langkâ), gulaman, tapioca or sago, nata de coco, sweet potato (kamote), pounded crushed young rice (pinipig), and sometimes with a slice of leche flan or custard. In terms of arrangement, most of the ingredients (fruits, beans, and other sweets) are first placed inside the tall glass, followed by the shaved ice. This is then sprinkled with sugar, and topped with either (or a combination of) leche flan, ube halaya, or ice cream. Evaporated milk is poured into the mixture upon serving.

As usual, my parents and I attended the Holy Mass this Sunday morning at Robinson's Place. After the Mass, we had lunch at Stephanie's. At Php 250.00, it's an eat-all-you-can buffet from fried chicken, spaghetti, crab, shrimp, lechon, vegetable salad, et cetera. Because it's summer, they had a new feature on their menu, Halo-Halo, but it's not included in the 250.00 you'll pay for the food though. Priced 50.00 pesos, it's also unlimited - they had a table with the shaved ice, milk, sugar, and the toppings and all you had to do is go make one yourself. 

So here's how to  make your very own and Definitely PINOY! Tropical Fruit Melange. 

The ingredients are,
  • 1 ripe large banana
  • 2 ripe mangoes or 1 cup canned ripe mango
  • 1 cup firm gelatin set into gel and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
  • 1 cup canned ripe jackfruit
  • 1/2 cup sweet corn or chick peas (garbanzos)
  • 1 cup young shredded coconut, fresh or canned
  • 1 cup cooked sweet yams or (ube halaya) glutinous purple yam,  cut into 1-inch cubes
  • 2 cup shaved ice
  • 2 cup milk
  • 4 scoops of favorite ice cream
  • 1/2 cup chopped peanuts or rice krispies
And here's how to do it!

  • Peel mangoes and slice the meat into 1/2-inch cubes. Discard the seeds.
  • Prepare 4 tall glasses. Divide each ingredient into 4 equal parts.
  • In each glass place 1/4 of each ingredient, adding layer by layer starting with corn or chick peas, cooked sweet yams, jackfruit, bananas, coconut, and gelatin.
  • Top with 1/2 cup shaved ice.
  • Pour 1/4 cup milk over shaved ice and top with a scoop of ice cream.
  • Sprinkle nuts or rice krispies over it.

March 27, 2011

Iskrambol!

Iskrambol, borrowed and re-spelled in Filipino from the English word which obviously is Scramble that means mix or stir carelessly. Basically, Iskrambol is a sweet and cold Filipino dessert that consists shaved ice, powdered milk and chocolate syrup as topping, sugar, evaporated milk, banana flavoring, and food color - which usually is pink. 

Now, the way to make one is as follows.:
1. Shave ice using an ice shaver or the traditional ice shaver widely used in the Philippines, which you can find on some groceries or stores. Here's to photo for that Ice Shaver anyway, http://www.flickr.com/photos/santos/371780385/.


2. Combine the evaporated milk, the artificial banana flavor, food coloring on this case it's green, sugar and in my recipe I added some McCormick Allspice to kick the flavor up a notch. 


3. Now add the sweet solution to the shaved ice, and then Scramble it. Top it up with powdered milk and chocolate syrup. You can also add whatever topping you like, it will vary on how you want your iskrambol to be. On mine, I topped it with marshmallows.


Especially on these times when Summer takes over, treats like Iskrambol would surely make our day. It will counter the heat and cool us down. Iskrambol is definitely Pinoy! Because it's Summer time, though it's rainy, most probably I'll write about cold Filipino desserts, etc.

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