Leche Flan

Leche Flan is one of my favorite dessert, and here is the recipe for you to try it.



Ingredients:

* 10 egg yolks

* 1 can (390g) condensed milk

* 1 can (390g) evaporated milk

* 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract



The preparation time for this dessert is 30 minutes and estimated cooking time is an hour.

 



Cooking procedure:

1. Get a saucepan and combine the water & sugar, bring to a boil for a few minutes until the sugar is caramelized.

2. Get the aluminum moulds and pour the caramelized sugar, spread the caramel on the bottom of the moulds.
3. Blend well the evaporated milk, condensed milk, egg yolks and vanilla.

4. Pour the mixture on top of the caramel on the aluminum moulds, about 1 to 1 1/4 inch thick.

5. Cover moulds individually with aluminum foil.

6. Steam for about 20 minutes or bake for about 45 minutes. Before baking the Flan, place the moulds on a larger baking pan half filled with very hot water, pre-heat oven to about 370 degrees before baking.

7. Let cool then refrigerate.

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Buko Pandan w/ Macapuno

Buko Pandan is one the famous salad in the Philippines and this recipe is with Macapuno.



Ingredients and preparing procedure after the jump.







Ingredients:

* 5 Young Buko/Coconut

* 2 packs of Green Gelatin

* 1 can (325gms) of Condensed Milk

* 1 can (325gms) of Nestle Whip Cream

* Pandan Leaves or Pandan flavor Syrup

* 1 bottle (250gms) of Macapuno 



Preparing procedure:

1. On a caserole, boil 4 cups of water and add the Pandan Leaves or the pandan flavor syrup. When water is boiling pour the 2 packs of gelatin.

2. Get a baking pan or any tupperware that is an inch thick and pour the cooked gelatin at least half inch thick and set aside to get cold .

3. While waiting for the gelatin to get cold, open the buko and start grating it. Set aside the buko juice. (Put in fridge and you can drink it later on :) )

4. By now the gelatin is cold and hard. Start slicing it by a spatula or a knife according to your desired size.

5. Get a salad bowl and mix all ingredients together. Before you mix the Macapuno, make sure that you drained the juice. We don't want our Buko Pandan look like a soup. 



Voila! 



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Pichi-Pichi (Steamed Cassava)

One of the traditional Filipino dessert is Pichi-Pichi. It is made with grated cassava or cassava flour, water and sugar. This is one of the easiest Filipino dessert to cook.

One of my favourites!

Ingredients:

* 2 cups of grated cassava or cassava flour

* 2 cups of brown sugar

* 2 cups of pandan water (boiled pandan leaves)

* 1 cup of grated coconut

Cooking procedure:

1. Mix cassava, pandan and brown sugartogether.

2. Stir well and pour into a heat proof bowl or an aluminum used for steaming.

3. Steam for 40 minutes.

4. The know if the steamed pichi-pichi is cooked, the better way is to taste it.

5. Let it cool and cut into serving size pieces. Roll each piece in grated coconut.

Note: If in your area you can't find Pandan Leaves, you can buy pandan extract from a supermarket. The equivalent is 2 cups of water and half tsp. of pandan extract.

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Palitaw

Ingredients and cooking procedure after the jump.

Ingredients:

* 1 kilo of Galapong malagkit (Glutinous rice dough)

* 1 coconut, meat grated

* 1/2 kilo fo white sugar

* Water for cooking

* Sesame seeds, toasted

Cooking procedure:

1. Divide the galapong into several portions, depending on the size of serving you desire.

2. Roll each ortion into a ball and flatten to make a tounge like shape.

3. Boil some water. While the water is boiling, dro each of the galaong portions. It is cooked when the galapong surfaces.

4. Remove each cooked portion. Allow to cool.

5. Dredge in grated coconut and srinkle with sugar mixed with toasted sesame seeds before serving.

Voila!

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Halo-Halo

Summer is fast approaching and the best way to beat the heat is to eat Halo-Halo.

Halo-halo (Mix in English) is a popular Filipino cold dessert that is a mixture of shaved ice and milk to which are added various fruits and boiled beans, and served in a tall glass or a bowl.

Ingredients:

* Evaporated Milk

* Sugar

* Banana - Saba (Caramelized)

* Palm fruit or Kaong

* Coconut sport or Macapuno

* Jackfruit or Langka

* Kidney Beans - Boiled and caramelized

* Sago - Caramelized

* Nata de coco

* Purple yam or Halayang ube

* Sweet potato - Kamoteng gapang (Caramelized)

* Sweetened corn kernels

* Ice Cream - any flavor

* Leche Flan

How to prepare a Halo-Halo:

* Put all ingredients to a glass or a bowl except for the milk, ice cream, leche flan.

* Put shaved ice on the glass, pour the milk according to your taste and top it with leche flan, and ice cream.

There are other options for your ingredients; you can add crushed pinipig, bananas and even strawberries. It's up to you!

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