Chilled Pineapple Salad

Makes 4-6 salads

Ingredients:

• 1 cup pineapple juice
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg, beaten
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice (or kalamansi juice)
• 4 slices pineapple
• 2 oranges
• 1/4 cup nuts
• 10 marshmallows
• 8 maraschino cherries
• 2 cups whipped cream (or other whipped topping)

Procedures:

• Make a paste of flour and a little pineapple juice.
• Add remainder of juice gradually.
• Add butter, sugar and salt; cook in top of double boiler for 10 minutes.
• Add beaten egg and cook longer with constant pineapple, oranges, nuts, marshmallows, and cherries.
• Fold in whipped cream.
• Put in refrigerator and freeze.

Via: homebestrecipes

Stuffed Crab in Coconut Milk (Rellenong Alimasag sa Gata)

Ingredients:

• 1 kilo crab or alimasag (4-5 pieces)
• 1 onion, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1/4 kilo ground pork
• 1 cup buko, scraped with a spoon and chopped coarsely
• 1 egg
• salt to taste
• freshly ground pepper
• 1 thumb size piece of ginger
• 1 teaspoon siling labuyo, chopped (optional)
• 2-3 cups coconut milk

Procedures:

• Steam the crabs. Carefully remove the shell and flake the meat. Do not remove the claws and the legs.
• In a bowl, combine the crabmeat, onion, garlic, ground pork, buko, egg and salt and pepper. To test the seasoning, make a small patty and fry.
• Return the crabmeat mixture to the shells. Tie securely with string and carefully arrange in a covered casserole. Pour the coconut milk, add the ginger and siling labuyo and bring to a boil.
• Cover and simmer the first ten minutes, then uncover and continue cooking until sauce thickens.

Via: aquaticfilipinorecipes

Ube-Macapuno Cake

Prep Time 30 Min
Cook Time 30 Min
Ready In 1 Hr

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cups cake flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup ube (purple yam), cooked and finely grated
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup corn syrup
• 7 egg yolks, lightly beaten
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 7 egg whites
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 cup white sugar
• 6 drops red food color
• 6 drops blue food coloring
• 1 (12 ounce) jar macapuno (coconut preserves)

• 1 cup evaporated milk, chilled
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 drop violet food coloring

Procedures:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Line bottoms of 3 - 9 inch pans with parchment paper, but do not grease. Mix together the flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
• Place grated ube in a large bowl. Mix together 3/4 cup milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla; gradually blend into ube until smooth. Blend in corn syrup, egg yolks, and oil. Beat in flour mixture until smooth; set aside.
• In a large glass or metal mixing bowl, beat egg whites with cream of tartar until foamy. Gradually add sugar, then red and blue food coloring, continuing to beat until stiff peaks form. Fold 1/3 of the whites into the batter, then quickly fold in remaining whites until no streaks remain. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until the center of cake bounces back when lightly tapped. Invert pans on a wire rack and let cool upside down. When cool, run a knife around the edges to loosen cake from pans. Fill between layers with coconut preserves, then frost top and sides with butter icing.
• To make Butter Icing: Combine evaporated milk and 3/4 cup sugar. set aside. Cream butter until light and fluffy; gradually add sugar mixture, and continue beating to desired spreading consistency. Add food color, one drop at a time until desired tint is achieved.

Via: allrecipes