Sapin-sapin
Sapin-sapin is a layered glutinous rice and coconut dessert in Philippine cuisine. It is made from rice flour, coconut milk, sugar, water, flavoring and coloring. It is usually sprinkled with latik or toasted desiccated coconut flakes.
  Top: a slice of sapin-sapin sold at a market in California; Bottom: a more common preparation of sapin-sapin sprinkled with latik in the Philippines | |
| Course | Dessert or Snack |
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| Place of origin | Philippines |
| Region or state | Cagayan, Isabela |
| Serving temperature | Room temperature |
| Main ingredients | Glutinous rice |
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Traditional recipe of sapin-sapin calls for different flavors mixed in each layer such as ube halaya in the purple layer, jackfruit in the yellow or orange layer, but the white layer has no flavoring. The commercial version tends to have only food coloring and no added flavoring to reduce the cost.
Etymology
Sapin means "layers" while sapin-sapin means "layered" in the Ibanag language[2] and the dessert is recognizable for its layers, each colored separately.[3]
See also
References
- Chua, Philip S. (December 22, 2008). "Calories in Filipino Foods". Cebu Daily News. Retrieved January 28, 2009.
- Manila Bulletin: The Nation's Leading Newspaper : Philippine Centennial Issue : Kalayaan. 1998. Retrieved January 28, 2009.
- Sinclair, Charles Gordon (1998). International Dictionary of Food & Cooking. ISBN 9781579580575. Retrieved January 28, 2009.
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