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Hawaiian shave ice
Snow-fine ice with homemade tropical fruit syrups
Shave ice came to Hawaii with Japanese plantation workers, and on hot afternoons on Oahu's North Shore families still queue at roadside stands for a towering, soft cone of ice soaked in rainbow syrups. The ice is shaved so fine it is like fresh snow and soaks up the syrup instead of letting it run to the bottom. Without a shaver, freeze ice in a block and scrape it with a fork. Chef's tip: let the ice block sit out for 5 minutes before shaving; slightly tempered ice gives fluffier flakes.
- Total time
- 30 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
For the syrups
- 1 ripe mangopeeled and chopped
- 1 cup pineapple juice
- 7 oz strawberries
- 10 ½ oz sugardivided
- 1 ¼ cups waterdivided
- 1 tbsp lime juice
For the ice
- 6 ¼ cups water frozen in a shallow tub
- 4 tbsp sweetened azuki beansopt
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Method
0/5 doneStep 1: Make three syrups: simmer each fruit, the 1 ripe mango, the 1 cup pineapple juice and the 7 oz strawberries, with 100 g of the 10 ½ oz sugar and 100 ml of the 1 ¼ cups water for 8 minutes until syrupy.
10 minStep 2: Blend the mango and strawberry syrups smooth and sieve. Add a squeeze of 1 tbsp lime juice to each syrup, then chill until cold.
40 minStep 3: Take the frozen 6 ¼ cups water frozen in a shallow tub out of the freezer for 5 minutes, then shave it with an ice shaver, or scrape firmly with a fork into fluffy flakes.
10 minStep 4: Pack the snow loosely into chilled cups, mounding it high, with a spoonful of 4 tbsp sweetened azuki beans in the bottom if you like.
3 minStep 5: Drizzle each colour of syrup slowly over different sides of the mound. A common mistake is using crushed ice cubes, which are too coarse and let the syrup run straight through. Eat at once.
2 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 180 kcal
- Protein
- 0 g
- Carbs
- 46 g
- Fat
- 0 g
- Fibre
- 1 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does hawaiian shave ice take?
- About 30 minutes in total: 20 minutes to prepare and 10 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 4 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegan?
- Yes. It has no meat, fish, dairy or eggs.
- Is it gluten free?
- Yes, as written. Check the labels on stock, sauces and spice mixes, which sometimes contain gluten.
- What can I use instead of ripe mango?
- Tinned mango pulp, same weight.
- What can I use instead of strawberries?
- Raspberries, blueberries or chopped peaches, same amount.
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