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Ale Ubi
A Kapampangan-style ube sweet cooked slowly with coconut milk, carabao milk or evaporated milk, and butter until smooth, glossy, and sliceable.
- Prep time
- 25 min
- Cook time
- 50 min
- Yield
- 8–10
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Ingredients
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Method
- Cook the whole ube until a knife enters easily, cool enough to handle, then peel and grate finely.
- Combine coconut milk, milk, sugar, and salt in a heavy wide pan and warm until the sugar dissolves.
- Add the grated ube and cook over medium-low heat, stirring and scraping continuously.
- When the mixture begins to thicken, add butter in small pieces and continue folding until fully absorbed.
- Cook until the ube is glossy, pulls cleanly from the pan, and holds a firm trail for several seconds.
- Taste after cooling a spoonful; adjust sugar or salt only in small amounts and cook 2 minutes more.
- Transfer to an oiled dish, top if desired, and cool before slicing or spooning.
