Tarte Tatin (upside-down apple tart)
Easy. Scrumptious. Beautiful. Making tarte Tatin requires no special equipment. Just a frying pan that can go into the oven (meaning, no plastic parts) — a cast iron pan …
Sweets
Whether you serve them after a meal or between meals, sweet dishes are crowd pleasers. Among my favorites in this list include baklava, dark chocolate truffles and crepes.
Glutinous rice balls with sweet red bean paste (tang yuan)
Dough made with glutinous rice flour is formed into balls, stuffed with red bean paste, cooked in boiling water, drained and served with pandan-ginger sugar syrup.
Ube (purple yam) and cheese spring rolls
Ube jam is spread on a spring roll wrapper, topped with a strip of cheese, wrapped, rolled and fried. Sweet-salty fried spring rolls that can be served as an appetizer or …
Cookies and cream polvoron
To the basic polvoron ingredients, crushed Oreo cookies and cocoa powder are added. Cookies and cream polvoron will make a lovely food gift to loved ones, friends and …
Almond and pecan polvoron
Traditional Filipino polvoron is a pressed no-bake cookie made with toasted flour, powdered milk, sugar and melted butter. Use almond flour or crushed nuts to give it a …
Sweet potato tea cakes
Inspired by the matcha bean cakes at Amei Tea House in Jiufen, Taiwan, we used orange and purple sweet potatoes, and moon cake molds to make this sweet snack.
Vietnamese banana and cashew nut spring rolls
Spring roll wrappers are filled with finely cubed ripe bananas, cashew nuts and sesame seeds, deep fried and served with mango coconut ice cream.