Filipino Yema Candy
Filipino Yema Recipe is really a sweet custard candy and a well-liked Filipino sweet delicacy produced with egg yolks and condensed milk. Other people add jackfruit and nuts for additional flavor. Yema candy is very easy to make and often discovered in many pasalubong facilities.
This Yema Recipe is the classic one, we didn’t add any nuts and just roll it on white sugar to stop it from sticking together.
Basic Ingredients:
* 1 can sweetened condensed milk (14 oz)
* 6 egg yolks
* 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
* 1/2 kilo white sugar
* 1 box toothpick
Cooking Methods:
* In a frying pan, mix the egg yolks, condensed milk and vanilla until well blended.
* Bring to a boil, then reduce to low heat to prevent the mixture from burning.
* Using a metal spatula, stir the milk as if you are scraping the bottom of the pan. Stir constantly.
* This must be done continuously to avoid burning the milk and to prevent it from sticking at the bottom of the pan
* The mixture is ready when it forms a ball. Let it cool.
* When cooled, form the mixture into balls about 2 to 3 cm in diameter.
* Place the Yema balls on a wide plate with white sugar then roll, once coated, pick up each ball with a toothpick .
* Set aside to cool.
* When cooled, wrap the balls in cellophane and twist both ends to secure.
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