Quickest-ever dessert Salad. Feeds a crowd! A unique dessert from the Philippines that you have to try at least once! It’s pretty amazing!
Filipino Fruit Salad
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You will need a large bowl a can opener and a colander. This recipe contains ingredients that are native to the Philippines and widely available in shops that sell Philippines products.
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Filipino Fruit Salad
Description
Filipino Fruit Salad or Buko Salad (Filipino Young Coconut Salad), is a refreshing and popular dessert in the Philippines. It's a colorful and creamy concoction that's perfect for any occasion. Made with mostly canned ingredients, it is a breeze to prepare for a crowd.
Ingredients:
Instructions
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Have all the ingredients for the salad chilled in the refrigerator in advance.
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First, drain the fruit cocktail. Discard all the syrup. We need only the fruit. Drain the fruit using a colander. Add to the large bowl.
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Add the extra drained cubed pineapple as well. (Or replace with diced apple or guava).
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Also drain and add the Kaong, Macapuno and Nata de coco. Mix everything together in the large bowl.
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To make the custard that goes into the fruit salad: Add the sweetened condensed milk, nestle cream and mayonnaise into a smaller bowl.
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Whisk all this well till a homogenous mixture is formed. Taste and add a bit more of the sweetened creamer, if needed.
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Pour over the ingredients in the bowl. Toss everything well.
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Grate the processed cheese ( Slightly large shreds- not too fine, as you want a small bite from the cheese in this creamy salad) .
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Serve small sized portions with my additions of a tiny bit of tutti frutti icecream and cheezelings carckers - totally optional. Might as well go overboard with this one!!! :D
Note
- Macapuno, also known as ‘Coconut ‘Sport’. Macapuno is a special variety of coconut also native to the Philipines - with a unique mutation that results in a soft, jelly-like flesh instead of the typical firm meat. This makes it a prized ingredient in many Filipino desserts and snacks. Different in flavor and texture from the regular coconut that we know. It has a very thick, but soft flesh and instead of coconut water in the center, it contains a thick gelatin-like substance. The taste is also different and needs to be sweetened by some means before eating. This is why it is preserved in sweet syrup in jars.
- Not all cans of fruit cocktail are the same. Some taste like cough syrup and don’t contain a good mix of fruits. Try to use one that you have tasted and liked before or one that you are sure about.
- Kaong is a sweet palm nut native to the Philippines. It is a jelly bean-shaped nut/ seed of the sugar palm tree. It is most notably used as an ingredient in the Filipino Halo Halo dessert. They are actually white, but the come preserved in sweetened syrup in green or red color. This is available in Asian stores that sell products from the Philippines. You can use either red or green kaong, or half of both for more color.
- Nata de coco is a chewy, translucent jelly-like substance made from coconut water.
- As with the fruit cocktail, use a Sweetened condensed milk / Sweetened dairy creamer that actually tastes pleasant all on its own before adding to the salad.
- Kaong can be replaced with milder glace cherries ( not the very strong scented ones).
- Macapuno can be replaced with tender coconut strips, although not quite the same.
- Key Ingredients: Canned Fruit / Fruit Cocktail, Preserved local ingredients, Condensed milk, Nestle Cream, Mayonnaise, Cheddar Cheese.
