How to make Homemade Ube Halaya (Filipino Purple Yam Jam) Recipe

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Ube halaya or halayang ube (variant spellings halea, haleya; from the Spanish jalea, “jam”) is a Philippine dessert made from boiled and mashed purple yam. Ube halaya is the main base in ube/purple yam flavored-pastries and ice cream. It can also be incorporated in other desserts such as halo-halo or Ube Ice Cream. It is also commonly anglicized as ube jam, or called by its original native name, nilupak na ube. You can use this to make the Ube Cheese Pandesal as well!

In this recipe, I used Instant Pot to steam the purple yam and Vitamix Blender to mash and blend the evaporated milk altogether.

Instant Pot IP-DUO60 321 Electric Pressure Cooker, 6-QT, Stainless Steel/Black

Vitamix E310 Explorian Blender, Professional-Grade, 48 oz. Container, Black

Ingredients

3.3 lb Purple Yam – https://amzn.to/3d9eXdG
2 can (12 oz each) Evaporated Milk – https://amzn.to/3eiIgdH
1 can (14 oz) Condensed Milk – https://amzn.to/2zlxzsg
1 can (12.8 oz) Nestle Cream – https://amzn.to/3c4czU7
1/4 cup Butter – https://amzn.to/2XAJHOa
1/4 tsp Salt – https://amzn.to/2TDIOTP
1/4 cup Sugar – https://amzn.to/3graNQq
1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract – https://amzn.to/3gnpPq7

Steps

Set the steamer in the Instant Pot
Add a cup of water
Place the Purple Yams in the pot
Close the lid and set to Manual mode and cook for 15 minutes
Cool down for about 10-15 minutes after the yams are cooked
Remove yams from the pot and peel the skin off
Cut in smaller chunks
Put the purple yams in the blender and add evaporated milk
Use Smoothie mode and use pulse to mash the yams little by little
Blend until smooth
Prepare a pan, add butter
Add Condensed Milk and Nestle Cream and mix well
Add the mashed purple yams
Set to mid to low heat but adjust the heat accordingly, if you see the mixture is too bubbly, lower the heat and keep stirring for an hour or until it thickens

Note: Make sure to continue stirring to avoid burning the bottom part