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Hau Pia: Hawaiian Dessert Recipe

 ·  ☕ 3 min read  ·  ✍️ Maud McGee

Hau Pia: Hawaiian Dessert
Hau Pia: Hawaiian Dessert

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, hau pia: hawaiian dessert. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Hau Pia: Hawaiian Dessert is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Hau Pia: Hawaiian Dessert is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

Haupia is a traditional coconut milk-based Hawaiian dessert often found at luaus and other local gatherings in Hawaii. Combine the coconut milk and water in a bowl and mix. Hawaiian haupia is fresh and simple. Keyword coconut pudding, coconut sweet recipes, haupia pudding, haupia recopies, hawaiian desserts, hawaiian food, Hawaiian snacks.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook hau pia: hawaiian dessert using 4 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Hau Pia: Hawaiian Dessert:
  1. Prepare 1 can Coconut milk
  2. Prepare 400 ml Water
  3. Get 1/2 cup Cornstarch
  4. Prepare 1/2 cup Sugar

It should be noted that Haupia pronounced as how-pee -ah, is a traditional Hawaiian Coconut Dessert. Haupia, also known as Hawaiian coconut pudding, is a sweet, cool, refreshing treat. Is your haupia too soft and more like a pudding consistency? Unfortunately, that often means it was not cooked down long enough to create that firm texture.

Steps to make Hau Pia: Hawaiian Dessert:
  1. Combine the coconut milk and water in a bowl and mix. Add 1/3 of this mixture to a separate bowl and mix in the cornstarch.
  2. Put the remaining 2/3 of the coconut mixture in a saucepan along with the sugar and bring to a boil. Reduce to low heat and add the cornstarch and coconut milk mixture from Step 1.
  3. Heat the batter whilst constantly stirring with a wooden spatula. Incorporate the batter that sticks to the sides of the pan. Keep stirring for 10-15 minutes, until the mixture thickens and you can see the bottom of the pan when stirring with a wooden spatula. Once the mixture is a shiny, nice, white colour, it's ready.
  4. Whilst the batter is still hot, pour it into a tin and even out the surface. Let it set at room temperature or in the refrigerator. Hau pia is usually 1.5-2 cm thick. Once set, cut into squares and serve.
  5. Bonus: You could make a hau pia cream for bread or donuts by reducing the amount of cornstarch. It also makes a great cake filling!!
  6. In Hawaiian hau means cold and pia is the name of a plant from which the starch used to be derived to make this dessert.
  7. The pia plant is native to Polynesia, but the word pia can refer to katakuriko, cornstarch, or tapioca.
  8. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

Is your haupia too soft and more like a pudding consistency? Unfortunately, that often means it was not cooked down long enough to create that firm texture. See more ideas about desserts, hawaiian food, hawaiian desserts. Crispy Haupia Pies - This is my version of the crispy haupia pies that you find at Mc Donald's in Hawaii. It's so much more than chocolate and vanilla!

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