Latik

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Latik
Dessert topping

Cassava suman smothered in latik
Place of origin:
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Roasted Latik (made from pure coconut milk extracted from fresh mature grated coconut meat), a by-product of coconut healing oil in Philippines.

Latík (Tagalog pronunciation: [laˈtɪk] la-TIK) refers to two different ingredients in Philippine cuisine. In the north it refers to solid coconut curds, the byproducts of coconut oil production, used as garnishing for a variety of desserts. In the Visayan region it refers to a thick syrupy caramelized coconut cream used as a dessert condiment.

Tagalog Latik

Latík in Luzon is made from coconut milk simmered in a saucepan until it reduces to coconut oil and solids begin to form at the top surface. These solids are left to fry in the coconut oil until golden brown.[1][2]

Latík is commonly used as toppings for a variety of Philippine dishes including maja blanca, sapin-sapin, and ube halaya.(mashed purple yam).[3][4]

They are sometimes mistaken for fried caramelized coconut flesh (another type of garnishing/dessert known as bukayo in Bisaya).[1]

Visayan Latik

Latík in Bisaya literally means 'syrup' (equivalent to the term arnibal in Hiligaynon). It can refer to any type of thick sweetened liquids including jam.[5] In the most common usage, however, latik means a syrupy condiment derived from reducing coconut milk and sugar.[6][7]

It is used much in the same way as syrup, in dishes like kalamay and suman.[8]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Latik / Fried Coconut Milk Solids". Market Manila. August 5, 2008. Retrieved July 5, 2011. 
  2. Vanjo Merano (March 25, 2010). "How to Make Latik". Panlasang Pinoy. Retrieved July 5, 2011. 
  3. Reynaldo G. Alejandro & Doreen G. Fernandez (1998). Food of the Philippines. Tuttle Publishing. p. 102. ISBN 978-962-593-245-3. 
  4. Philippines. Dept. of Education, Culture, and Sports (1989). Duyan ng magiting: the folk culture of the southern Tagalog region. Kalinangan series. Volume 3. IMC. ISBN 978-971-10-1241-0. 
  5. "latik". Binisaya.com. Retrieved July 5, 2011. 
  6. "Bisaya translation for "latik"". Bisaya Translator and Cebuano Dictionary. Retrieved July 5, 2011. 
  7. Philippine quarterly of culture and society (University of San Carlos) 32: 31. 2004. 
  8. "Suman Latik". Lutong Bahay. Retrieved July 5, 2011. 
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