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Christmas just arrived has finally rolled into town. You can even hear it now knocking on everyone’s door. Without a doubt, the season is the best reason to eat, drink, and be merry. And seriously—what would Filipino Christmases be without the boxes of sapin-sapin mysteriously appearing in the refrigerator? Or the pillow-soft bibingka and fragrant puto bumbong welcoming you as you stumble out of Simbang Gabi? Hungry yet? Here are some of the most popular recipes:

• Bibingka, Puto bumbong, Palitaw
• Sapin-sapin, Suman,  and much more

Generally, fruitcake is a mixture of fruits and nuts with just enough batter to hold them together. When wrapped in cloth and foil, saturated with alcoholic liquors regularly, and kept in in tightly closed tins, a fruitcake may be kept for months or even years.

Fruitcake is most often cherished during Christmas Holidays. The taste of Fruitcake is at its best when aged for a few months in a cool place. Here is a lengthy yet fool-proof Fruitcake recipe you can try this Christmas.

If there are certain fruits you don’t like, you can always include more of another, or some of your own favorites. Dried fruits cooked in juice can take the place of candied fruits, and seeds can replace nuts. Read the rest of this entry »

Ingredients and Materials Needed:

• Bangus (whole)
• 800 Salometer brine (composed of 267.03 grams of salt per liter of water)
• Pressure cooker
• Smokehouse
• Aluminum Foil

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Christmas preparation in the Philippines starts as early as September and the Christmas season does not only focus on just the eve and the Christmas day itself. Filipinos have this “simbang gabi” (Attending mass) that starts on the 16th of December and ends on the 24th, a day before Christmas. Filipinos ritually attends the mass for nine consecutive days. Then have their festive celebration of the tradional “Noche Buena” (Christmas Eve).

For the Noche Buena, you would see variety of mouth-watering dishes, from desserts, to the main course and you’ll get full even at the sight of these Filipino Christmas cuisine.
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Christmas is the most celebrated season of the year. Filipinos start to spread the spirit of Christmas as early as September. And with Christmas, comes the favorite Christmas specialties. One of the favorite Christmas dishes in Philippine cuisine is Bibingka.

Bibingka is a rice cake similar to the Western pancake in appearance. In taste, texture and way of cooking, however, they are very much different from each other. Bibingka is made from galapong, baked in a special clay pot, lined with a piece of banana leaf, with live coals on top and underneath. Read the rest of this entry »