Philippines

Ube Halaya

Name: Ube Halaya
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Philippines
Ingredients: 500 g Ube (purple yam); 250 ml Coconut milk; 200 ml Sweetened condensed milk; 50 g Butter; 60 g Sugar; 1 pinch Pinch of salt

Creamy Filipino purple yam jam

Ube halaya is a vivid purple Filipino sweet made from the purple yam ube.

Cooked down long with coconut and condensed milk, it is served at celebrations and as a topping for halo-halo.

Servings6

Time50 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Ube (purple yam)500 g
Coconut milk250 ml
Sweetened condensed milk200 ml
Butter50 g
Sugar60 g
Pinch of salt1 pinch

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Cook, peel and finely mash the ube.
Put into a pan with coconut and condensed milk.
Stir in butter and sugar.
Stir long over low heat until it thickens.
Fill into a dish and serve chilled.

Make it original

Coconut milk and condensed milk are in the Asia Boutique.

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