Cheese Puto Recipe

This “Puto-cheese recipe reminds me of “goldilocks”, they really nearly takes like it. It is soft and cushy and seems to melt in your mouth. Oh, well I’m exaggerating! Try it to know it! “Puto” is a Filipino dessert and a kind of a steamed rice cake. It is commonly eaten as it is or topped with cheese, butter or grated fresh coconuts and should be soft, moist and puffy, it should never be sticky, dry or crumbly.

4 cup all-purpose flour

2 cup sugar

2-1/2 tbsp. baking powder

1/2 cup butter, melted

1 cup evaporated milk

1 egg, at room temperature

2-1/2 cup water

slices of cheese

water, for steaming

(Measurements For Cooking)

Cooking Procedures :

1. Prepare steamer with water. Prepare and greased individual molds (or muffin cups); set aside.
2. In a large bowl, Sift together the dry ingredients: flour, sugar and baking powder. Mix well.
3. Add the butter, evaporated milk, egg and water. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly.
4. Pour mixture into individual molds (or greased muffin cups), filling about three-quarters full.
5. Arrange molds (or muffin cups) in the steamer. Top each puto with slices of cheese. Steam for about 20 minutes. (If you’re using Quickmelt cheese, put the cheese slices at the end of steaming. Steam for another 2 minutes, just to melt the cheese on top.)
6. Remove puto from the steamer. Unmold and arrange in a serving platter.
7. Best pair with Dinuguan (Pork Blood Stew/Blood Pudding Stew). Serve hot or cold.