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Ube Cheese Sticks

Cheese sticks in the Philippines are small cheese-stuffed fried spring rolls. In this recipe, the cheese is laid on a bed of ube jam for a sweet-savory snack.

Ube Cheese Sticks

It works? It sure does. But the key here is finding a good balance between sweet and salty.

Some ube jams are sweeter than others while some cheeses are saltier than others. You’ll have to source an ube jam and a cheese variety that will go well together.

Ube Cheese Sticks

For best balance in flavor, use a salty cheese like sharp cheddar or native kesong puti to contrast with the sweetness of the ube jam.
Ube Cheese Sticks
Course: Snack
Cuisine: Modern Filipino
Keyword: fried spring rolls
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Freezing time: 3 hours
Servings: 12 ube cheese sticks
Author: Connie Veneracion

Ingredients

  • 175 grams cheese
  • ½ cup ube jam
  • 12 small spring roll wrappers if using large, cut each into two triangles
  • egg wash
  • 2 tablespoons corn starch
  • cooking oil for deep frying

Instructions

  • Cut the cheese into sticks about three inches long and half an inch in width and depth.
    How to Wrap Ube Cheese Sticks
  • Lay a piece of wrapper flat and smear ube jam on one side.
  • Top the ube jam with a piece of cheese.
    How to Roll Ube Cheese Sticks
  • Roll the wrapper once to enclose the ube jam and filling then fold in the left and right sides.
  • Wet the far edge of the wrapper with egg wash and roll all the way to form a log and seal the fillings.
    How to Seal Ube Cheese Sticks
  • Repeat with the rest of the ingredients.
  • Sprinkle the bottom of a container with half of the starch.
  • Lay the ube cheese sticks in single layer in the container then sprinkle with the remaining corn starch. Seal the container.
  • Freeze the uncooked ube cheese sticks for at least three hours. This will prevent the cheese from softening too soon during frying and ooze out of the wrapper.
  • Heat enough cooking oil in a frying pan to reach a depth of at least two inches.
  • Fry the ube cheese sticks, in batches if your pan is rather small, until golden and crisp.
  • Serve the ube cheese sticks immediately.
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About Connie Veneracion

Hello and welcome! I'm a retired lawyer and columnist, wife for 29 years, mom of two, and a passionate cook. What is this blog about? Recipes for dishes we have cooked at home since 2003.

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