Potato Halaya Dessert Float

Summer’s coming and everyone will be craving for cold desserts such as halo-halo and ice cream topped with ube halaya. And because ube halaya is my all-time favorite dessert, either as a topping or a spread, I found a recipe for an exact replica. Same taste, better texture and no back-breaking cooking involved.

Here’s a recipe how to make a potato halaya and potato halaya dessert float. Enjoy!

Potato Halaya

– Recipe found in Potatoes USA website

Ingredients:

• 480 ml water
• 100 grams US Dehydrated Potato granules
• 40 grams table sugar
• 300 ml condensed milk
• 370 ml full cream evaporated milk
• 2 large egg yolks
• ½ cup butter
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp violet color

Potatoes USA Potato Granules – the secret ingredient

Same taste, better texture, while the color depends on how you like it 

Procedure:

• Boil water in a pan then lower heat and gradually mix the potato granules.
• Add sugar, condensed milk, evaporated milk and egg yolks while stirring.
• When you reach your desired consistency, add the butter and vanilla and then the food coloring.
• Let the potato halaya cool before storing.

Potato Halaya Dessert Float

Ingredients:

• 1 cup crushed graham crackers
• 1 cup all purpose cream
• 1 pint vanilla ice cream
• 1 cup potato halaya
• 3 transparent glasses/mugs

Procedure

• For the bottom layer, put 1-2 tbsp crushed graham
• Next layer, put 1 tbsp all purpose cream
• Third layer will be 1-2 tbsp potato halaya
• Next layer a scoop of vanilla ice cream
• Repeat layers until you reach the top of the glass/jar
• Top layer should be a scoop of vanilla ice cream with potato halaya over it.
• Dust with crushed grahams.
• Serve immediately.

Want to know more about US Potatoes and how versatile it is in the kitchen? Read about My Exciting Potato Discoveries At US Potato Safari 6

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