For this recipe, you get to add more fruit salad flavor to the classic buko-pandan dessert.
Serves 3 to 4 Prep Time 30 minutes
1 cup buko meat, shredded
1 cup small tapioca, cooked
1 cup nata de coco
1/2 cup kaong
1 box pandan-flavored gelatin, prepared according to package directions and cut into cubes
1 cup non-dairy pastry topping, chilled
1/2 cup whipping or heavy cream, chilled
1/3 cup condensed milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla flavor
1/2 teaspoon pandan flavor
1 In a mixing bowl, whip together non-dairy pastry topping and whipping cream. Fold in condensed milk, vanilla flavor, and pandan flavor. Set aside.
2 In another bowl, mix buko meat, small tapioca, nata de coco, kaong, and pandan gelatin. Toss in whipped mixture and serve cold.
Photography by Ocs Alvarez | Food Styling by Giannina Gonzalez of the Center for Asian Culinary Studies | Prop Styling by Sharlene Tan