Yema Balls - A Simple Filipino Treat

Woohooo I’m back.. It’s been a while since I did a post. I was on holidays in sunny North Queensland. I will post some photos up in the next few days.

I wanted to share another Filipino favourite of mine. They are called Yema Balls. Yema is pretty much Dulce De Leche with a twist. Like any other Filipino recipe, everyone has their own version of this.




This version came from my cousin Ping. She is an amazing cook and always gives me great recipes to try. She is full of information about traditional Filipino recipes.




Yema Balls

Ingredients

1 can sweetened condensed milk
4 egg yolks
1 tablespoon of butter
½ cup of nuts - pistachios or roasted peanuts work best (optional)
¾ cup of white sugar
Paper pattie pans


Method

1. In a saucepan on medium heat, melt butter. Add condensed milk and stir for a 1 minute.
2. Add egg yolks and stir. Make sure that you keep an eye on this, otherwise it will burn.
3. Once the egg yolk is incorporated add the nuts. (I didn't use nuts in this recipe)
4. Keep stirring until the yema is thick. Almost like a paste.
5. Take this off the heat and let this cool. Once this is cooled shape into balls and roll in sugar.
6. Serve the yema balls in paper pattie pans.




Tip

Instead of rolling the yema balls in sugar you can dip it in caramel. Combine sugar and water together in a pan and using a thermometre take it up to the hard ball stage. With a tooth pick dip each yema ball into the caramel and put it on wax paper.