Pastillas de Leche is really a Filipino sweet created using milk and sugar. Whenever relatives found visit in the Philippines, my mother frequently requested us what we wish to receive for pasalubong (souvenir), and that i only had one request: pastillas. Pastillas may come in a number of flavors, including ube (crimson yam ), langka (jackfruit), macapuno (coconut), or perhaps non-traditional flavors like coffee or mocha. They are also available in variations &- soft ones, such as the ones I made pictured above, or perhaps in a skinny stick. I that just about all of them, but my personal favorite is simply plain ol’ milk flavor, having a couple of ube ones tossed in to the batch.
After I was preparing thanks gifts before my departure from Japan, I made the decision to create a batch of Pastillas de Leche to offer to a number of my co-workers. Previously, I'd given them gifts like Jelly Belly candies and Ghirardelli chocolate squares, both sweets made in your area within the California San Francisco Bay Area. This time around, I needed to provide them something which wasn't only homemade, but associated with my ethnic background.
Typically, Pastillas de Leche is created by cooking caribou milk with sugar. However, the recipe I adopted from Panlasang Pinoy would be a no-prepare method using powdered milk. Fortunately, the components for pastillas are couple of, and every one of them were obtainable in Japan. Everything was offered at my local AEON supermarket. The powdered milk required us a moment, however i thought it was within the coffee/creamer section. The candies were a success! Even my hubby requested me in order to save a couple of, and that he usually doesn’t prefer to eat these.
Pastillas de Leche (no-prepare method)
Makes approximately. 80 pieces
- 2 cups powdered milk, sifted
- 1 can (14 oz.) condensed milk
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar, sifted
- Pour the condensed milk right into a large mixing bowl.
- Progressively fold within the powdered milk. The feel from the mixture is going to be much like dough once all of the powdered milk is totally added.
- Scoop a few of the mixture and mold into cylinders.
- Roll each cylinder with granulated sugar.
- Wrap in paper or cellophane.