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Get the Recipe: 8+ Delicious Ube Dessert Ideas: Ube Halaya For Baking Recipe

This ube halaya recipe comes together quickly and is made with minimal ingredients—all you need is ube, water, sugar, salt, and ube extract! Use this ube halaya jam on toast or in any baking recipe like ube crinkle cookies, ube cinnamon rolls, and more.
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Ingredients

  • 1 (16-ounce) pack of frozen ube (grated purple yam), thawed
  • 1 ¾ cups (14 ounces or 397 grams) water
  • ¾ cup (5.25 ounces or 149 grams) granulated sugar
  • pinch kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon ube extract

Instructions
 

  • Make the ube halaya. In a medium, heavy-bottomed saucepan, combine the frozen ube, water, sugar, and salt. Bring to a boil over medium heat and cook, stirring continuously.
    Once the mixture boils, immediately reduce the heat to medium-low and cook, stirring continously, for 10 minutes.
  • Strain the ube halaya. Remove from the heat. Place a fine-mesh sieve over a medium bowl and pour the ube halaya through the sieve to remove any lumps. Add the ube extract to the strained ube halaya and whisk until combined.
  • Cool and use. Set the bowl on a wire rack and let cool completely before using in a recipe or storing for later use.
  • Serve and store. To store, pour the ube halaya into an airtight jar or container with a lid and refrigerator up to 2 weeks.
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