🇰🇷 South Korean Cuisine

팔빙수

Patbingsu

Prep Time 20 min
Servings 2
Difficulty Easy
Calories 357 kcal

A towering mountain of fluffy shaved milk ice topped with sweet red beans, rice cakes, fresh fruit, and condensed milk. Korea's ultimate summer dessert.

Ingredients

  • 4 cups whole milk
  • 2 tbsp sweetened condensed milk, plus extra for drizzling
  • 1/2 cup sweet red bean paste (pat)
  • 1/4 cup small rice cake balls (tteok)
  • 1/2 cup fresh strawberries, halved
  • 1/2 ripe mango, diced
  • 1 kiwi, peeled and sliced
  • 2 tbsp roasted soybean powder (injeolmi)
  • 1/4 cup cornflakes or granola

Instructions

  1. 1 Mix the whole milk with two tablespoons of condensed milk until dissolved, then pour into shallow freezer-safe containers and freeze for at least six hours or overnight until completely solid throughout.
  2. 2 Place your serving bowls in the freezer thirty minutes before assembling so they stay cold, which prevents the shaved ice from melting too quickly once you begin building the dessert.
  3. 3 Remove the frozen milk blocks from the containers and shave them using an ice shaver or food processor, pulsing in short bursts until the texture resembles fine fluffy snow rather than coarse ice crystals.
  4. 4 Mound the shaved milk ice generously into the chilled bowls, creating a tall peak in the centre. Work quickly as the fine ice begins to melt within minutes at room temperature.
  5. 5 Spoon the sweet red bean paste over one side of the ice mound, then arrange the rice cake balls, sliced strawberries, diced mango, and kiwi slices decoratively around and over the shaved ice.
  6. 6 Drizzle additional condensed milk in a zigzag pattern over the entire dessert, then dust with roasted soybean powder and scatter cornflakes or granola on top for a satisfying crunch.
  7. 7 Serve immediately with long spoons, mixing the toppings into the shaved ice as you eat. Patbingsu is traditionally shared between two people from the same bowl.

Did You Know?

Patbingsu dates to the Joseon Dynasty when servants shaved natural ice from frozen rivers.

From The Culinary Codex — http://theculinarycodex.com/dish/south-korean/patbingsu/