Ube Halaya Cooking Instructions: On a pot, boil the unpeeled ube yam in water and simmer for 30 minutes. Peel and finely grate the ube yam. Heat a big wok in medium heat. Melt butter or margarine, add the condensed milk and vanilla flavoring. Add the 1 kilo grated ube yam, Adjust the heat to low
Melt butter in a pan. Then, pour coconut milk and evaporated milk into the pan. Now, add brown sugar, vanilla, and grated taro fruit. Stir for 15 to 25 minutes or until the mixture thickened already over low heat. Brush the llanera with butter. Then shape the ube halaya into the llanera. Serve as a dessert and enjoy!
Ube Halaya Recipe is a lip-smacking Filipino soft dessert made from boiled and grated purple yam known as “Ube”. This becomes an all-time Filipino sweet tooth since it is made during special occasions— baptism, wedding and Christmas Eve.
Ube Jam or Ube halaya can be used as a filling for bread recipes. Try Pan de Ube / Ube Bread. Please see photo below. Try my Braided Nutella Bread recipe and just replace nutella with ube filling.