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Ube Halaya and Cheese Spring Rolls

Ube halaya is spread on a spring roll wrapper, topped with a strip of cheese, wrapped, rolled and fried. Sweet-salty fried spring rolls that can be served as an appetizer or a snack.

Ube cheese spring rolls

The ube halaya and cheese combination works? It sure does. But the key here is finding a good balance between sweet and salty.

Some ube halaya are sweeter than others while some cheeses are saltier than others. You’ll have to source an ube halaya (we make our own) and a cheese variety that will go well together.

Ube Halaya and Cheese Spring Rolls

Recipe by Connie Veneracion
For best results, chill the ube halaya well before use. Cut the cheese into strips, arrange on a tray, cover with cling film and freeze until rock hard. That way, the cold ube halaya will just warm a bit during frying and not soften to a thin paste. And the cheese will soften without melting totally so it does not seep out of the wrapper.
Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 20 mins
Course Appetizer, Snack
Cuisine Modern Filipino
Servings 16 spring rolls
Ube cheese spring roll cut in half
Print Recipe

Ingredients
  

  • 16 small spring roll wrappers separated
  • ¾ cup ube halaya well chilled
  • 16 sticks cheese frozen
  • cooking oil for deep frying

Instructions
 

  • Lay a spring roll wrapper flat on your work surface and spread a heaping teaspoon of ube halaya across the middle.
    Arranging ube halaya and cheese on spring roll wrapper
  • Place a stick of frozen cheese on top of the ube halaya and fold the side of the wrapper nearest you over the filling.
  • Gather the sides of the wrapper and fold in.
    Wrapping ube halaya and cheese with spring roll wrapper
  • Continue rolling until the filling is enfolded.
    Moistening spring roll wrapper with water to seal the cheese and ube filling
  • Moisten the edge of the wrapper with water (or egg wash) and roll to completely seal the filling.
  • Do the same with the remaining ube halaya, cheese and spring roll wrappers.
  • In a wok or frying pan, heat enough cooking oil to reach a depth of at least two inches.
    Deep frying cheese and ube halaya spring rolls
  • Fry the spring rolls in batches until the surface is golden and crisp.
  • Serve your ube halaya and cheese spring rolls immediately.
Keyword Cheese, spring rolls, Ube
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