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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I never even heard of potato halaya before reading this post! Thanks for sharing, I’ll definitely give this a try
What a colorful dessert float. I usually make potato or sweet potato halwa using fresh tubers. Your recipe with potato granules is a good one.
Ive never heard of this before, this is so neat.
Wow would never have known this existed till I saw this recipie ! Definitely something different
I can imagine the taste already, it’s always exciting to try something new. I bet this would another favorite
As im also Filipino i know for a fact that this is a version of ube halaya. Im curious to know and taste for myself the difference of ube jam and potato jam. You got me craving right now ahhhhhh!
This sounds like a very intriguing dessert, mostly because it combines potatoes and condensed milk. I would like to try it though.
I’ve never heard or tried this interesting dessert before but that looks quite delicious! Will definitely be up to give this recipe a try.
Oh my goodness, these ingredients sound perfect together! This is going on our dessert plan for this week. My family will love this!
This looks really delicious. Will make this during the weekend and see how the kids enjoy it
OMG Can I just say, I can’t help but drool over the picture! Who would not love to taste this! I’ll making this out over the weekends
This looks nice and simple to put together but so delicious! Perfect for a weekend treat!
I never knew there were dehydrated potato flakes, so interesting. This recipe looks great.
This is something new for me I never heard about this. Will definitely going to try this for sure this weekend. Thanks for sharing the recipe
Wow this is different. I never had a float like this in my life
I have never heard of this before, it looks delicious!