All-Filipino Desserts

All Filipinos seem to be born with a sweet tooth, and most of us never really too big. We are never too old for a candy bar or a donut filled with rich. Therefore dessert always been a big part of Filipino cuisine were. For many of us a meal not a meal without something cold and sweet off the top. It does not matter if the meal consists of rice and dried fish, not sweet, it is not easy to complete.

However, our idea of dessert very developedYears. Ask each child what his favorite dessert, and he will probably say, ice cream, cake or something not really Filipino. If you feel the same way, maybe it's time you tried to find old and Filipino dishes. Here is a little 'sweets and cakes, some Filipino recipes you can make yourself.

Rice cake

With rice as our staple food, is it really a surprise that it would turn into a cake as well. In fact, we have more than a dozen varietieskakanin, the local term for rice cakes sold, most of them at practically every corner. Because they are made of rice, they are seldom regular meals (which has rice as a main dish) eaten. The people pulling for merienda in the late morning or afternoon. Some of the most famous rice cakes are Filipino Puto, Suman, Biko, and bibingka kalamay.

Native Biscuits

If you are looking for a light dessert, sweets Filipinos can exactly what you need. Our mother tonguePastry cover everything from the small bite-sized pastry cake with tropical fruit. They may seem complicated at first sight, but they are actually one of the easiest Filipino food recipes. In fact, if you are just starting to make a great cake recipe for beginners. Start with simple snack cakes such as this.

Easy Caramel Tarts

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon flour

1 c milk

1 tbsp golden syrup

1 C brown sugar

1 tablespoon white sugar

1 tablespoon butter

2 eggs,separate

½ teaspoon vanilla

Method: Beat the egg whites until stiff, then beat in white sugar. Set aside. In a saucepan, combine the remaining ingredients and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Pour into pastry shell. Start with the egg mixture and cook white brown for about 10 minutes or until the meringue.

Puto and kutsinta

Puto a steamed cake made with rice flour, eggs, often with cheese or salted. It is often sold with kutsinta,a chestnut cake served with grated coconut jelly. The two go together, because the soft grainy texture of the cake Puto contrasts kutsinta smoothness. Both are among the simplest Filipino recipes you can make a game of each cake in less than two hours.

Puto

Ingredients:

2 cups flour

1 cup sugar

2 cups milk

6 teaspoons baking powder

3 eggs (whites only for a lighter cake)

Procedure: Put all the ingredients except the eggBianchi. Mix well and let stand for an hour, then beat the eggs. Pour into pan or muffin pans and steam for about an hour.

Kutsinta

Ingredients:

1 cup rice flour

1 teaspoon lye

3 cups water

2 cups brown sugar

Procedure: Place all ingredients in a bowl and beat well. Half-fill the mold with the dough, then covered with 2 inches of water vapor for about 30 minutes. Top with gratedCoconut.

Bibingka

Bibingka is actually an Indian dish (bebinca), but the variety of the Philippines is unique because it uses rice flour instead of white. It comes with a variety of condiments such as butter or margarine, cheese, eggs, salt and grated coconut. Bibingka is a popular snack in the Christmas period, which is often sold with bumbong Puto (like Puto, but cooked in bamboo craft and seasoned with coconut or purple yam) and other Filipino cooking recipes. It isTraditionally in coal stoves, which he cooked a smoky taste. Of course you can change the recipe and baked in modern ovens. Here's how.

Ingredients:

2 C flour

¼ c baking soda

¾ C sugar

1 ¼ c coconut milk

3 eggs, beaten

Edam cheese, grated ½ c

Melted butter ½

½ c coconut

1 teaspoon salt

Method: Preheat oven to 375oF. In a bowl, dissolve sugar inCoconut milk and eggs. In a separate, flour, baking powder and salt, then sift again. It can be a hit with the egg mixture and good. Pour into prepared cake pans and bake for about 15 minutes. Top with cheese and sometimes again with cooking for another 20 minutes, brush margarine. Give it a final brush when done and serve with coconut on the side.