Yema Balls

Filed Under Cebu Food-trip Adventures, Cebu Street Snacks

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.