Ice Candy
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The third thing that I truly enjoyed from my childhood was the ice candy. There was a sari-sari store near our house that sold mango and buko ice candy for 10 centavos each (now they cost 2 to 3 pesos- just to give you an idea of the devaluation of the Philippine Peso). That would be 4 cents (US $). When I was 5 years old, I went to the store with a 100 peso bill and told the lady at the store. I want to buy ice candy with this, all of this. The lady had to laugh because I obviously was too young to understand how much money I had at hand and how much ice candy it could buy me -not that she would have that many in stock anyway. She had to tell my nanny about it. I think I ended up with just 10 ice candies and she gave me the change.
So I thought sharing with you my favourite childhood snack would be a perfect thing to do after a whole week’s posts on traditional kids games. Ice candy is a treat from my childhood I will never outgrow. So here it is..straight from my kitchen.
Mango Milk Ice Candy
You’ll need:
1 ripe mango
1 1/2 cups evaporated milk (370 ml can)
3 cups water
6-12 Tablespoon of brown sugar
(according to desired sweetness)
16 ice candy bags
funnel
Steps:
- Dice mango.
- Combine evaporated milk, water, diced mango and brown sugar in a pitcher. Stir really well. If you are not in a hurry, chill it for at least an hour to allow flavours to blend well.
- Fill ice candy bag with the mango milk mixture, leaving 1 1/2 to 2 inch allowance to tie the end. (depends on how good you are at tying…)
- Tie the end of plastic as tightly as you can.
- Freeze.
Variations:
- for a creamier ice candy- boil the mixture and add a little cornstarch just before removing from heat.
- for other fruit flavours- replace diced mango with 1/2- 3/4 cup of fruit bits (here are some great flavours to try out: buko/coconut, avocado, sweet corn cream style, cantaloupe)
After a good play or when the weather gets hot, you know there’s a delicious and refreshing treat waiting for you in the freezer. Enjoy!
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