Description
The origin of Taiwanese sweets: traditional shaved ice topped with massive ingredients (red bean, mung bean, boba, taro, peanuts) hiding the ice, drenched in brown sugar syrup.
Restaurants serving Eight Treasure Shaved Ice
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The Recipe section below is a general reference, not a recipe from the listed shops.
Recipe
Ingredients
- Ice
- Brown sugar syrup
- Red beans
- Mung beans
- Boba
- Taro
- etc.(8 favorite toppings)
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Syrup Prep] Boil down Taiwan's rich brown sugar (Heitang) with a little water until thick to make special brown sugar syrup.
- [Eight Treasures Prep] Sweet-simmer the following:
- Hongdou (Red bean),
- Mung bean,
- Peanuts,
- Yutou (Taro),
- Grass jelly,
- Aiyu jelly,
- Boba (Zhenzhu),
- Fen Guo (chewy sweet potato flour jelly) or Shiratamako. *Ingredients can be freely chosen.
- Heap slightly coarse Taiwanese shaved ice (Cua Bing) at the bottom of a bowl.
- Colorfully top the
- ingredients along the slopes of the ice mountain until the ice is hidden.
- Finally, generously drizzle the rich brown sugar syrup (or condensed milk) over the top.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Savory brown sugar sweetness
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Substitute with Shiratamako, Anko, store-bought jelly
Pairing
None(The main star on its own)
Trivia
[For Everyone] If Mango Snow Ice is for tourists, 'Ba Bao Bing (Cua Bing)' is the Taiwanese daily taste. A dessert to eat toppings rather than ice; a treasure box offering different chewy, crisp, fluffy textures with every spoonful.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Don't nibble toppings carefully to avoid collapsing the ice; the Taiwanese way is to mix everything 'messily' together, putting all flavors and textures into your mouth at once!
Allergen
Soy, Peanuts, (Dairy if condensed milk added)