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January 11, 2016

Chewy Squash Pastillas

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This is a great pastillas recipe that you might like to try. It is a vegetable pastillas made from squash and condensed milk. Since squash is rich in vitamin A and other minerals, it is a great dessert or candy that you might like to give to your family specially your kids. Most people are not fond of eating vegetables specially kids so this is a good trick to make your kids eat squash without them knowing that what they are eating is a vegetable.

 

Squash Pastillas

How to Make Squash Pastillas

Manny
5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 1 hr
Cook Time 1 hr
Total Time 2 hrs
Course Dessert
Cuisine Filipino
Servings 100 pcs

Ingredients
  

  • 2-3 cups squash peeled, sliced and steamed
  • 1 & 1/2 cans sweetened condensed milk
  • 3 Tbsp all-purpose flour dispersed in 1/4 -1/3 cup water
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2-3 Tbsp butter
  • white sugar for coating pastillas
  • grated rind/zest of 5 large dark green calamansi

Instructions
 

  • Place first five ingredients in a food processor. Pulse until smooth.
  • Pour squash mixture into a shallow nonstick pan.
  • Turn on heat to medium low and alternately stir and scrape the squash mixture to a very thick paste.
  • A heat resistant spatula is a real help because it scrapes up the sticky dough, clean.
  • However, a wooden spoon will suffice. Add butter and calamansi zest and continue stirring until you get a soft dough.
  • Let dough cool a little bit, about 1 minute before transferring into a plastic zip bag or any sturdy plastic.
  • Lay on a flat surface and roll out to 1/2 inch thick using a rolling pin.
  • Using a pair of scissors, cut off the topside of the plastic bag to the pastillas dough.
  • Let it cool completely. At this point, the pastillas will become more solid and chewy.
  • Slice pastillas into 2 x 1/2 inch pieces then roll in sugar. A hard plastic spatula made our slicing easy. Dust off excess sugar before wrapping.
  • Keeps well without refrigeration for about 2 weeks, longer if refrigerated. Make about 100 pcs.

 

Squash Pastillas

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Comments

  1. Ma. Nelyn C. Luna says

    April 19, 2011 at 4:51 am

    I love Filipino foods! I wish to try cooking your recipes. All nutritious!

    Reply
  2. Lance says

    July 15, 2019 at 10:18 am

    5 stars
    Can you toast these like a normal pastillas?

    Reply
    • admin says

      July 17, 2019 at 8:06 am

      5 stars
      Hi Lance, I’m not sure what you mean by toasting the pastillas.

      Reply

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