Yam Paste with Ginkgo Nuts
芋泥白果甜品
Yam Paste with Ginkgo Nuts is often seen in an exquisite 10 course Chinese dinner menu. Garnished with coconut milk, it has a creamy consistency with rich coconut milk flavor. It's so delicious that whenever I attend a wedding dinner, I can easily finish 2 servings of this dessert even though it is served at mid-night! To relieve cravings for such high calorie food, the only way is to make it a slighly healthy version myself. After much reserach and several trials, I developed my own simple, healthy, yummy yam paste recipe. Share with you, let's enjoy together. YAM PASTE WITH GINKGO NUTS INGREDIENTS - Yam (~800g-1kg ) - ½ cup of olive oil (replace pork lard, I did not fry shallot in oil as it tastes the same to me) - ½ cup of sugar (reduced sugar) - ½ cup of water (optional, depends on your liking of texture) - ½ cup coconut milk GARNISH - Ginkgo nuts - Coconut milk DIRECTIONS Remove yam skin and cut into ...