cold dessert pages

Strawberry milkshake

Today’s recipe is a strawberry milkshake! This might not be an ancient, traditional Korean recipe, but in Korea this is how me and my friends always made milkshakes. Only later did I realize that Americans made milkshakes much differently. The secret to this milkshake is to freeze the strawberries beforehand, so when you blend them […]

Berry patbingsu

Patbingsu (Shaved ice with sweet red beans and fruit)

Korean shaved ice desserts (bingsu) are a fun and delicious way to cool down in the summer. My favorite is the traditional patbingsu with sweet red beans, soft soft rice cakes (injeolmi) and fruits. I’ve been eating it every summer for my whole life!

Rice cake for patbingsu (Patbingsu-tteok)

These small pieces of chewy rice cake are used for making patbingsu and you can usually find them in a Korean grocery store. Each serving of patbingsu usually uses several pieces. When the rice cake mixes with the sweet red beans and cold shaved ice, they get more chewy.