Halo-Halo, The Ultimate Filipino Dessert because it’s so good and first in my country (Philippines) it’s stay warm so Halo-halo is the ultimate summertime treat. It is a layered dessert consisting of sweetened beans, fruits, shaved ice drizzled with evaporated milk, and ice cream Halo-halo is a favorite Filipino dessert or snack because it is cold and refreshing, perfect for beating the tropical heat that exists almost year round in the Philippines. It is a mixture of sweet preserved beans (red beans, chick peas), coconut meat (macapuno), jackfruit (langka), pounded drie rice (pinipig), sweet purple yam (ube), cream caramel flan (leche flan), shreds of sweetened plantain (saba), lots of shaved or crushed ice, milk (or coconut milk) and topped with ice cream (typically ube ice cream). This is just a basic halo-halo recipe. People add and remove ingredients, change the ice cream flavor, etc. So why is it called “mix-mix?” Because after building this colorful creation, you break it down and mix all of the ingredients together before eating it. It may not sound that appetizing, but it is strangely delicious. The multitude of ingredients somehow combines to make something extremely unique and memorable.
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The ingredients are
Halo-Halo Dessert Ingredients
- 2 cups of shaved ice
- 1 ripe large banana
- 1 cup young shredded coconut, fresh or bottled
- 1/2 cup sweet corn or chick peas (garbanzos)
- 2 cups evaporated milk
- 1 cup firm gelatin set into gel and cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- 2 ripe mangoes
- 1 cup ripe jackfruit
- 1 cup cooked sweet yams or (ube halaya)
- 4 scoops of favorite ice cream
- 1/2 cup rice pop
- Peel mangoes and slice into half-inch cubes.
- Divide each ingredient into 4 equal parts. Get 4 tall glasses, then place each ingredients layer by layer.
- Put the one half cup of shaved ice to each glass.
- Pour a quarter of milk evap over shaved ice to each glass.
- Put a scoop of ice cream on top
- Drizzle some nuts or rice crispies on top of the ice cream.