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Jul
3

PATA TIM

Filed Under Cebu Food-trip Adventures

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Hungry?…get some rice first.

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 kilos pork pata
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • oil for deep frying
  • 2 minced garlic cloves
  • 50 grams dried squid, soaked in water then sliced
  • 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
  • 1 tablespoon gin or cooking wine
  • (optional)
  • 1 tablespoon patis
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 cup water
  • dash sesame oil
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • pechay Baguio leaves, sliced

How to Cook:

  1. Put pata with enough water in a pot.
  2. Cook until tender.
  3. Drain stock then rub pata with soy sauce.
  4. Set aside.
  5. Heat oil in a wok and deep fry meat until brown.
  6. Remove oil and drop into a pot of boiling water for 3 minutes.
  7. Drain again then remove the bones.
  8. Place in a heat proof dish and set aside.
  9. Saute garlic and squid in heated oil until brown then add to meat.
  10. Combine the remaining ingredients in a small bowl then pour over the meat.
  11. Steam for 1 hour.
  12. Heat some oil in a skiller and quickly fry the pechay leaves.
  13. Drain and arrange in a platter.
  14. Pour steamed pata at the center.
Jun
16

Crunchy Banana Lollipop

Filed Under Cebu Food-trip Adventures, Cebu Native Fruits, Cebu Street Snacks


Crunchy Banana Lollipop
 

Ingredients:

2 teaspoons shortening

½ cup peanut butter

½ cup milk chocolate chips

5 – 6 pieces banana, peeled and halved

1 cup Big G Total Cornflakes, coarsely chopped

Procedures:

How to prepare/serve:

Cover a cookie sheet with wax paper.

Set aside.

Heat the shortening in a small saucepan over low heat until melted.

Add peanut butter and chocolate chips, stirring until the mixture is smooth and melted.

Remove pan from heat.

Insert a popsickle stick at the center of each halved banana.

Coat bananas with choco – peanut butter mixture.

Roll in cereal.

Place in the cookie sheet and refrigerate until set.

May
31

Yema Balls

Filed Under Cebu Food-trip Adventures, Cebu Street Snacks

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Yema Balls for sale!

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup condensed milk
  • 5 Maya Farms eggyolks
  • 1/3 cup mashed potato
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 1 tablespoon butter

Syrup:

  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ cup water
  • ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar

Procedures:

How to prepare/serve:

  1. Combine all ingredients for the yema and cook over a double boiler until mixture is thick.
  2. Set aside to cool.
  3. When cool, roll into balls about 1” in diameter.

Prepare syrup:

  1. In a saucepan, blend sugar, water and cream of tartar.

  2. Bring to a boil until syrup is caramel – colored.

  3. Dip yema balls into the syrup.

  4. Cool then wrap in colored cellophane.

May
31

Fruity Molded Gelatin

Filed Under Cebu Food-trip Adventures, Cebu Native Fruits, Cebu Street Snacks

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uhmmm….delicious!

 

 

Ingredients:

1 cup hot water
4 tablespoons unflavored gelatin
1/3 cup strawberry juice

Mango balls
Papaya balls
Melon balls


Procedures:
How to serve/prepare:

Combine in a bowl the hot water and gelatin.
Stir until gelatin is dissolved.
Add juice and pour into a gelatin mold.
Drop the fruit balls alternately in the gelatin.
Chill until set.

May
31

Cucumber Relish

Filed Under Cebu Food-trip Adventures, Cebu Native Fruits, Cebu Street Snacks


Best for the eyes. For clear sight!
 

Ingredients:

  • 1 kilo peeled medium – sized cucumber
  • 2 tablespoons salt
  • 1 cup vinegar
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon pepper

Procedures:

How to prepare/serve:

  1. Cut cucumber into thin slices.
  2. Arrange the slices in a shallow dish and sprinkle with salt.
  3. Set aside for a few minutes.
  4. Drain to remove water and pat dry the cucumber slices.
  5. Place on a serving plate.
  6. In a small bowl, mix together the vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper.
  7. Pour over the cucumber.
  8. Chill for 2 to 3 hours.
  9. Remove the liquid before serving.
May
31

Banana Cream Pie

Filed Under Cebu Food-trip Adventures, Cebu Native Fruits

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Banana Cream Pie

INGREDIENTS:
Crust:

  • 1 1/2 cups graham crackers
  • 1/2 cup melted butter
  • 2 tablespoons sugar

Filling:

  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 1/2 cups evaporated milk
  • 2 sligghtly beaten Maya Farms eggyolks
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 3 ripe lakatan bananas
  • Topping:
  • 1 cup whipping cream
  • 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar

PROCEDURE:
How to prepare:

Prepare Crust:

  1. Mix crushed crackers, butter and sugar.
  2. Pack into a 9-inch pie plate and chill for atleast 30 minutes.

Prepare Filling:

  1. Combine sugar and cornstarch.
  2. Gradually stir in evaporated milk.
  3. Cook over a double boiler stirring constantly until mixture thickens.
  4. Remove from heat.
  5. Gradually stir half of the mixture into the beaten eggyolks.
  6. Stir until blended then add back to the mixture in pan.
  7. Cook until mixture coats the back of the spoon.
  8. Blend in butter and vanilla.
  9. Peel the bananas and slice into rings directly into the prepared pie shell.
  10. Arrange the slices into circular layers.
  11. Cover with the filling.
  12. Set aside.

Prepare Topping:

  1. Beat whipping cream until stiff.
  2. Add sugar gradually and continue beating until stiff.
  3. Top pie with whipped cream.
  4. Chill until ready to serve



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