INUTAK RECIPE

 Native Filipino 'kakanin' are delicacies made primarily of glutinous rice or flour, coconut milk, and sugar enjoyed as snack or dessert. These are always present during special occasions or holidays. Because of Filipino ingenuity and love of sweets, some provinces even created their own specialties, such as Laguna's Espasol, Royal Bibingka of Ilocos, Pampanga's Moche, Suman Moron of Leyte, and Inutak of Pateros.

INGREDIENTS

½ cup rice flour

1 cup glutinous rice flour

½ cup sugar

½ teaspoon salt

2 cans coconut milk 400 ml each

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

½ cup ube halaya

3-4 drops ube flavour -optional

1 tablespoon sugar

1 teaspoon rice flour

INSTRUCTIONS

Brush a 1.5-2L rectangle or square baking pan or 3 llaneras with butter or oil. Set aside.

½ cup rice flour,1 cup glutinous rice flour,½ cup sugar,½ teaspoon salt

In a large bowl, sift together rice flour, glutinous rice flour, sugar, and salt.

2 cans coconut milk

Take ½ cup of coconut milk and set it aside. Pour the remaining coconut milk into the dry ingredients. Mix until well blended.

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Transfer to a pan and turn the heat to medium. Stir regularly until it becomes a thick sticky paste. Add the vanilla extract and then turn the heat off.

½ cup ube halaya,3-4 drops ube flavour

Take about ½ of the mixture and transfer it to a bowl. Add the ube halaya to the bowl and mix. Add some drops of ube flavor as needed.

Transfer this to the prepared baking dish or divide it equally among the llaneras. Grease a spatula with oil and use this to spread and even out the mixture if too sticky.

Add the remaining white paste on top spreading it out evenly.

1 tablespoon sugar,1 teaspoon rice flour

Add 1 tablespoon sugar and ½ teaspoon rice flour to the reserved ½ cup coconut milk. Heat in the microwave or stove-top just until warm enough to dissolve the sugar.

Pour this on top of the cooked mixture.

Place on the highest rack of the oven and bake at 200ºC/400ºF until the top becomes bubbly and brown spots form.

Remove from oven and let it cool down a bit before serving.

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