5 Filipino Desserts You Just Have To Try
We all love dessert. No discussion. There’s noting more satisfying than indulging your taste buds with your favourite treat. If you’re an avid dessert lover and searching for new and exciting recipes, give Filipino desserts a try.
As colourful and rather unconventional looking compared to Western desserts, they are super easy to make. Key ingredients used for various sweet dishes include sticky rice, coconut and ube (purple yams).
The great thing about Filipino desserts is that they are typically light. You won’t feel heavy like when you eat a generous piece of rich chocolate cake. Not that there is any need to discredit the classic staple dessert. Who would dare to do so? That would be culinary blasphemy.
However, if you crave for something a little different, check out these favourite Philippine national favourites that you are guaranteed to add to your sweet tooth list:
Buko Pandan
A refreshing and fragrant fruit salad dish made with young shredded coconut and green pandan gelatine, Pandan is a tropical leave widely used in South Asian cuisine. Most oriental food shops outside of Asia generally stock pandan gelatine.
Leche Flan
This velvety smooth and creamy dessert is extremely popular in the Philippines. Great for serving guests at dinner parties, Leche Flan is a baked custard dessert with a sweet layer of melted caramel on top.
Maja Blanca
Maja Blanca is a light and creamy coconut pudding with bits of sweet kernel corn. It’s adapted from the original Hispanic dessert Manjar Blanco and is a popular dish to serve during holiday seasons.
Suman
Suman is a warm, sticky rice and coconut milk dessert. It is wrapped and steamed in banana leaves and ideal for those who are on a dairy-free/vegan diet.
Halo-halo
Why hello-hello there! Doesn’t this look delicious? Halo-halo is considered to be the king of Filipino desserts. Ideal for hot summer seasons, it’s an incredibly refreshing mixed dessert served with shaved ice, ube ice cream, and various exotic fruits and jelly.
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