summer snack 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 […]

Patbingsu (Korean shaved ice with fruit)

Condensed milk

Condensed milk, also known as sweetened condensed milk, is an essential ingredient for patbingsu (Korean shaved ice with sweet red beans and fruit). Drizzling this  sweet and slightly sticky condensed milk on top of patbingsu will give it sweetness and make it taste more like ice cream when it’s mixed with shaved ice.

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.