Halo-Halo (Shaved Iced Dessert)
(from elilegacy’s recipe box)
Halo-halo (from “halo” = mix) is a favorite Filipino dessert or snack. It is basically a mixture of sweet preserved beans(red beans, chick peas), coconut meat (macapuno), jackfruit (langka), pounded dried rice (pinipig), sweet yam (ube), cream flan (leche flan), shreds of sweetened plantain (saba), filled with crushed ice, milk (or coconut milk) and topped with ice cream. The halo-halo basically is sweet, creamy, and a filling dessert.
This Filipino concoction is quite popular during the hot summer months (March-June) in the country, just as ice cream is. It is usually served in tall, clear glasses that show its colorful contents that tempt one’s taste buds. One’s thirst is even made worse by the perspiring ice-filled glass, and the melting ice cream on top.
Source: http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/Tagalog_Default_files/Philippine_Culture/halo_halo.htm
Categories: Dessert
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons kaong or...
- 2 tablespoons nangka (jackfruit)
- 2 tablespoons macapuno (a variety of coconut meat sold in bottles)
- 2 tablespoons sweetened kidney beans
- 2 tablespoons sweetened garabanzos
- 2 tablespoons sweetened plantains
- 2 tablespoons ube or yam
- 2 tablespoons custard or creme caramel
- 2 tablespoons sweetened corn kernels
- crushed ice to fill glass
- 2/3 evaporated milk
- a scoop of ice cream on top
Directions
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Mix all of ’em.
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Serve and be cool.