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Ube Halaya Pie (The Purple Yam Filipino Pie)

Ube Halaya Pie (The Purple Yam Filipino Pie)

The humble ube. Ugly on the outside, damn good in the inside! That’s how I would sum up this humble root crop. Ube is a staple dessert or snack ingredient in the Philippines, and it has especially become famous/trending with other recipes like ube cheese pandesal, 

Ube Halaya/Sweet Creamy Purple Yam

Ube Halaya/Sweet Creamy Purple Yam

Ube also known as Yam in English is a root crop that is used in a number of recipes in the Philippines. But the one dish that it’s really famous for is the Ube Halaya. A dessert that has a rich creamy and sweet, almost