Tasty Yema Balls. Yema Balls are ball-shaped yema that are perfect for dessert. This is the chewy type of yema. If you want the dry yet tasty one, we can feature it in the future.
The ingredients needed are readily available and this does.
Yema balls, as Filipino confections, are sweets made from milk and egg yolk.
It is cooked until thick, then rolled in sugar before wrapping in colored cellophane.
You can cook Tasty Yema Balls using 4 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Tasty Yema Balls
- Prepare 3 tbsp of butter or margarine.
- It's 1 can of condensed milk.
- You need 3 of egg yolks.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of crushed nuts (optional).
Yema is actually a Spanish confection. Yema is a type of soft candy in the Philippines made from egg yolks and condensed milk. It is perhaps the most popular candy back home and most of the kids during the old days most probably have this. Yema Balls Recipe is a creamy, sweet custard candy and a famous Filipino sweet delicacy made with egg yolks and condensed milk.
Tasty Yema Balls instructions
- Melt butter in a saucepan.
- Mix in condensed milk. Put into high heat. Keep stirring..
- When it comes to a slight boil, turn the heat to low and add in the egg yolks and nuts..
- Keep mixing until the mixture gets sticky. (like a dough).
- Turn off the heat and let it cool. Form it into balls, put it in a wax paper to prevent sticking..
- be creative, freeze for a while then serve. (sorry no pics yet).
Yema Balls, is very easy to make and cheap. In this recipe I blend in. Note: Chill it in the freezer before dipping in caramel. Put a toothpick on a yema ball and dip in the caramel. Transfer to a lightly greased tray or platter.