UBE HALAYA

It’s easy to swoon over classic desserts like Brazo de Mercedes, a rolled cake made with cloud-like meringue and a decadent egg yolk-based custard right in the center. But you can enjoy this dessert in so many ways, what with all the different ways you ...

One of the best things you can buy and bring home from pasalubong from Baguio is anything from Good Shepherd Convent. But if you don’t have the time to take a trip up north for your Good Shepherd favorites, you can now find a ...

The obsession with ube as a global trend has yet to totally die down! There are still many desserts out there that use the ube as its favorite purple-hued ingredient. However, if you have ever tried to use ube halaya or ube jam in a recipe and failed ...

It comes as no surprise that ube is on our food trends list this year and the years before it. If we were to predict the future, we don’t see the ube trend dying down nor slowing down anytime soon. The humble purple ...

If you’re heading down south instead of Baguio on a long weekend, keep your eyes peeled for the Bahay Pastulan Store by Good Shepherd Sisters along Sta. Rosa-Tagaytay Road. It is owned by the Good Shepherd Sisters in Baguio and you can ...

It's that time of year again when the ube halaya desserts come out and become the dessert to eat this holiday! This purple yam is just the ingredient you need to make some of your favorite desserts this season.However, you should know that ...

Ube and leche flan: these are two Filipino desserts that can make most Filipinos jump for joy. But what do you get when you combine the two and add a popular Filipino kakanin in one cake? Well, you get Puto Pao King’s ...

Ube (purple yam) is a root vegetable that is widely used in the Philippines. It's an essential ingredient in Filipino cuisine, eaten as is when turned into a creamy, sweet jam (halaya) or usually added to desserts such as halo-halo, rice cakes such as puto, or ...

One of our most watched and tried cupcake recipes – the cheese cupcakes recipe and video – is made better! We decided it was time to make a change to our cheese cupcake recipe and thought a swirl of ube cupcake batter would not only ...

Ube (purple yam) is an ingredient that is as gorgeous to look at as it is delicious. When ube or purple yam is made into a jam like we usually do, it’s a decadent snack that you can spoon right out of the jar. ...

When it comes to cravings, there are few things more delicious than having the real thing. That's why when Baguio's Good Shepherd Convent shared one of its recipes for the iconic ube halaya, we had to try it out for ourselves (this is from the ...

We combined two delicious sweet things—ube halaya and leche flan—and created this decadent dessert: ube with leche flan. It's the mash-up you always thought would be delicious together but is made even better by keeping the layers separate. You not only get creaminess from the ...

If you can’t get enough of ube, we get it. The earthy, sweet flavors from our local purple yam is something the rest of the world is just discovering. From ube doughnuts to cheesecake, ube is charming the rest of the world ...

It's sometimes hard to find ube halaya so when fresh ube is available, make your own. The best ube to use for is from Batangas because you can immediately see the deep purple color underneath the thin skin of the tuber. Peel it as thinly as possible ...

Ube is known for its vibrant hue and warm, earthy flavor that marries well with other flavors. So, we took the gorgeous color of the yam and its flavors and put it in fudgy crinkles. Takes 30 minutes plus chillingMakes 20 cookies1 large egg1/4 cup canola oil, ...

Ube, known for its strikingly bright purple color, is also known for its delicious flavor. It’s a Filipino ingredient that can be used on anything from muffins, to pancakes, to champorado. Keep a bottle of ube halaya in your pantry (it is ...