
Ube Soft Serve
Vivid violet soft serve made with purple yam jam: sweet, nutty and vanilla-like with a hint of coconut. A tall, eye-catching swirl.
- Hands-on
- 10 min
- Freeze
- 24 h
- Program
- Soft Serve
- Makes
- 4 servings6 servings
Good forBirthday & partyWild flavors
Nutrition
Per 100 g, estimatedPer serving (¼ of a 473 ml16 oz tubpint, about 124 g), estimated
Whole tubpint: 975 kcal, 13 g protein1463 kcal, 20 g protein (709 ml24 oz). Contains: Milk.
Ingredients
7 ingredientsTap an ingredient when it is in the bowl
459 of 473 ml688 of 709 ml
In the tubpintScale reads
Put the empty tubpint (or your pan) on the kitchen scale and press zero. Add each ingredient until the scale shows the number on the right.
Mix everything in one big bowl, then divide it evenly between 2 tubspints.
Steps
- Microwave 15 g full-fat cream cheese1 tbsp full-fat cream cheese1 tbsp cream cheese25 g full-fat cream cheese1½ tbsp full-fat cream cheese1½ tbsp cream cheese in a large bowl for 10 seconds to soften it.
- Add 100 g ube halaya85 ml ube halaya⅓ cup ube halaya150 g ube halaya130 ml ube halaya½ cup ube halaya, 40 g caster or granulated sugar45 ml caster or granulated sugar3 tbsp granulated sugar60 g caster or granulated sugar70 ml caster or granulated sugar¼ cup + 1 tbsp granulated sugar, 1 tsp ube extract1 tsp ube extract1 tsp ube extract1½ tsp ube extract1½ tsp ube extract1½ tsp ube extract and a pinch of fine salta pinch of fine salta pinch of fine salta pinch of fine salta pinch of fine salta pinch of fine salt, and whisk until smooth and evenly purple.
- Slowly whisk in 110 ml whipping cream110 ml whipping cream⅓ cup + 2 tbsp heavy cream165 ml whipping cream170 ml whipping cream⅔ cup heavy cream and 220 ml whole milk220 ml whole milk¾ cup + 3 tbsp whole milk330 ml whole milk330 ml whole milk1⅓ cups whole milk until the sugar has dissolved. A stick blender gets rid of any lumps of jam.
- Pour the base into an empty tubpint, up to the max fill line. Put the lid on and freeze on a level shelf for 24 hours.
- Take the lid off, set the tubpint in the outer bowl and lock it into the machine. Run Soft Serve.
- If it looks crumbly or powdery, add 15 ml whole milk1 tbsp whole milk1 tbsp whole milk25 ml whole milk1½ tbsp whole milk1½ tbsp whole milk and run Re-spin.
- On the Swirl, fit the dispensing lid and press the swirl handle to fill each cone.
To serve: Swirl into wafer cones, turning each cone slowly to build a tall violet peak.
My notes
Tips
- Look for ube halaya and ube extract in Asian grocery stores, often with the Filipino products, or online. Fresh purple yam is hard to find outside Asia.
- Halaya brands vary in sweetness and color. Taste the base and add up to 1 tbsp more sugar, or a few more drops of extract for a deeper violet.
- Opened ube halaya keeps for about a week in the fridge. Freeze the rest in a small bag for your next tubpint.
Why it works
Ube halaya is purple yam cooked with sugar and milk, so it brings flavor, color and starchy body at once. The starch holds water much like a stabilizer, so the soft serve pipes out smooth and holds a tall swirl.
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