There are a lot of tasty Korean summer foods and shaved ice dessert is one of them. It is basically like ice cream expect the main ingredient is shaved ice layered with various ingredients such as fruit, jellies, syrups, flours, or red bean sauce. You can find the same dessert in Taiwan as well. It's low in calories as long as you use mainly fruits and beans.
Links:
Here are some recipe links from naver.com. The info is in Korean but it doesn't matter because the pictures are very detailed.
- Strawberry Shaved Ice Made Without An Ice Shaver
- Cookie Shaved Ice
- Ice Cream Shaved Ice
- Various Pictures: Green Tea Shaved Ice, Whipped Cream Shaved Ice
Equipment:
- You will need an ice shaving machine. You can find some on Gmarket.
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Basic ingredients:
- Ice cubes
- Red bean sauce (can be found in most supermarkets and local grocers during the summer months. You can also make this by yourself).
- Sliced fruit
- Condensed milk
- Chocolate and strawberry syrup
- Small pieces of rice cakes
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| First prepare your ingredients. We used condensed milk, small pieces of rice cake, chocolate syrup, pitted cherries, sliced bananas, and red bean sauce. |
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| Next shave the ice. We used two trays of ice cubes for three people. |
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| Put the shaved iced into a large bowl. |
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| Layer the ice with your chosen ingredients. |
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| Drizzle with condensed milk. |
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| Top with chocolate syrup and enjoy! |
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| Remove all the seeds from 3-4 cups of watermelon. Add it to the blender and about 1/2 cup of water. Blend. |
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| Put the liquid through a strainer to remove any seeds and foam. |
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| .Put the watermelon juice into ice trays and freeze. When totally frozen, shave the ice as normal. The watermelon ice will be harder to remove from the trays than regular water ice. |
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| Put the shaved watermelon ice into a large bowl. |
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| Add whatever toppings you're in the mood for. |
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| Enjoy to your heart's content! |
