Halo-Halo
The name literally means mix-mix, which is both an instruction and a warning. Layer everything you have into a tall glass, bury it in shaved ice, and demolish the architecture with a spoon.
- Total time
- 13 min
- Serves
- 2
- Effort
- Easy
What you need
Written for 2 — nudge the counter and the numbers follow.
0 of 9 in the basket.
How you make it
Chill two tall glasses in the freezer for 5 minutes while you drain every sweet component thoroughly.
Layer the beans, nata de coco, kaong and jackfruit into the bottom third of each glass, keeping the colours in visible bands.
Pack shaved ice on top right to the rim, pressing lightly so it holds its shape.
Pour the evaporated milk over the ice slowly, letting it soak down through the layers.
Crown with a scoop of ice cream, a spoonful of ube halaya and a scatter of toasted rice flakes, then serve at once with a long spoon and instructions to mix hard.
Read all that and thought “absolutely not”?
Completely fair. Halo-Halo is sitting in the Filipino kitchen right now, it costs nothing, and it will never arrive.
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