Filipino Food: The Original Fusion Food
The Philippines is a melting pot of flavors because of the many years of foreign influences. One article I read called Filipino food as the original fusion food — a fusion cuisine not by the calculated invention of gastronomes, but one that was due to the providential confluence of cultures in history.
The Xavier University Jesuit Community just celebrated Philippine Independence Day with a Filipino Barrio Fiesta. To symbolize the Spanish, American, and Japanese colonizers, we prepared Beef Tenderloin Salpicado, Buffalo Chicken Wings, and Salmon Sushi / California Maki. The menu is as follows:
Soup
Pancit Molo
A Filipino wonton soup with dumplings made out of chicken and shrimp topped with roasted garlic.
Salad
Lumpiang Hubad
Julienned heart-of-palm with carrots, sliced smoked ham, and chicken. Dressed with a sweet-sour garlic peanut sauce.
Main Dishes
Gourmet Chicken Adobo
Chicken stewed in white wine, balsamic vinegar, soy sauce, rosemary, honey, and cracked black pepper.
Inihaw na Panga
Charcoal-grilled tuna with a soy sauce-kalamansi dip.
Boneless Crispy Pata
Pork, trussed and boiled in lemongrass and garlic, then roasted to a crisp.
Dessert
Mango Turon
Mango egg rolls dipped in white chocolate.
Let me give you the recipe for the Mango turon:
Ingredients:
Sliced Philippine Mangoes (into half an inch thick strips, probably around four to six inches long)
Cream Cheese Cubes
Lumpia (Egg Roll Wrapper)
White Chocolate
Wrap the mango and cream cheese as you would in an egg roll: make sure that the you would have enough mango for each turon (probably around four to six strips) and merely dot the the mango with cream cheese before wrapping.
Deep fry the turon in hot oil until deep golden brown. Set aside.
While the turon is cooling slightly, melt the white chocolate over a double boiler. When smoothly melted, dip the cooked turon in the melted white chocolate, making sure that you leave half of the turon undipped (for presentation purposes).
Serve warm with Pistachio Ice Cream or Macapuno (Coconut Sport) Ice Cream.
The Xavier University Jesuit Community just celebrated Philippine Independence Day with a Filipino Barrio Fiesta. To symbolize the Spanish, American, and Japanese colonizers, we prepared Beef Tenderloin Salpicado, Buffalo Chicken Wings, and Salmon Sushi / California Maki. The menu is as follows:
Soup
Pancit Molo
A Filipino wonton soup with dumplings made out of chicken and shrimp topped with roasted garlic.
Salad
Lumpiang Hubad
Julienned heart-of-palm with carrots, sliced smoked ham, and chicken. Dressed with a sweet-sour garlic peanut sauce.
Main Dishes
Gourmet Chicken Adobo
Chicken stewed in white wine, balsamic vinegar, soy sauce, rosemary, honey, and cracked black pepper.
Inihaw na Panga
Charcoal-grilled tuna with a soy sauce-kalamansi dip.
Boneless Crispy Pata
Pork, trussed and boiled in lemongrass and garlic, then roasted to a crisp.
Dessert
Mango Turon
Mango egg rolls dipped in white chocolate.
Let me give you the recipe for the Mango turon:
Ingredients:
Sliced Philippine Mangoes (into half an inch thick strips, probably around four to six inches long)
Cream Cheese Cubes
Lumpia (Egg Roll Wrapper)
White Chocolate
Wrap the mango and cream cheese as you would in an egg roll: make sure that the you would have enough mango for each turon (probably around four to six strips) and merely dot the the mango with cream cheese before wrapping.
Deep fry the turon in hot oil until deep golden brown. Set aside.
While the turon is cooling slightly, melt the white chocolate over a double boiler. When smoothly melted, dip the cooked turon in the melted white chocolate, making sure that you leave half of the turon undipped (for presentation purposes).
Serve warm with Pistachio Ice Cream or Macapuno (Coconut Sport) Ice Cream.
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