Name: Halo-Halo
Cuisine: Philippines
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon sweet red beans (or sweetened garbanzos or white beans); 1 scoop of ice cream (suggested flavors: purple yam, macapuno, or mango); 1 tablespoon jackfruit in syrup, thinly sliced; 2 tablespoons gulaman; ½ cup whole milk, plus additional for drizzling; 2 cups ice cubes; 1 tablespoon haleyang ube (ube jam, optional); 1 tablespoon nata de coco (coconut gel, or use nata de piña, pineapple gel); 1 tablespoon kaong [palm seed]; 1 tablespoon macapuno [coconut sport]

Halo-halo, which means “mix-mix,” is the traditional iced dessert of the Philippines. It is an Asian parfait made with layers of sweetened red beans and native delicacies topped by shaved ice and milk. A more elaborate version (the halo-halo special) has extra toppings of leche flan, pinipig, and ice cream.

There are many variations of the halo-halo. At some establishments, bowls of every imaginable ingredient are laid out for people to pick and choose. Some regions include fresh fr