Make Traditional Ube Jam For All Your Favorite Ube Recipes (Homemade Ube Halaya)

Ube is a wonderfully colored yam, a relative to our more familiar sweet potatoes, and is a popular ingredient in the Philippines. The texture is even similar to sweet potatoes, but while sweet potatoes have a nutty, vanilla taste, purple yams are even sweeter and a bit more mellow.

You can use this ube halaya jam in baked enriched doughs, ube pastries, halo-halo (a great Filipino dessert made of crushed ice, evaporated milk, and other ingredients like coconut strips and sweetened beans), and even my 3 Ingredient Ube Ice Cream!



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[edelweiss]

Ube’s my favorite! I got mine straight from a relative’s farm from the Philippines! Made a whole bunch and put it in the fridge to enjoy for the rest of the year 😍

[popsicles]

Hello Gemma! I'm 26 years old and I've been making Ube Halaya since I was a little girl (at that point, I was just an assistant to my grandma or parents, in the kitchen lol). I am happy to see that you make your Ube Halaya in the traditional way we make them! And I am absolutely sure that it is very very good. I highly recommend for everyone to try making it.

I love watching your videos! Regards from the Philippines ☺️

[iammadeupofatom]

And we have this very popular pastry this days in the Philippines, the ube cheese pandesal ;) 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

[itshauteoutside]

Hi Gemma! You can actually find ube all the time at Asian markets, like Seafood City, here in the greater LA area :)

I grew up making this with my grandma because she couldn’t stir it anymore as she got older haha. This brings back many memories. I’m going to have to make a potful now! ☺️

[baguette]

Gemma: and lastly, add a little bit of sugar
Gemma: **pour in one cup of sugar**

[HaezNikzz]

OMG! I love, love, love Ube Halaya! Actually, I'm eating one right now :)! Actually, my grandma usually makes this and gives it to us, she doesn't have a stick blender and she only uses a fork to mash ube... Love to see you making it! Pinoy Proud!

[Ms.MD]

OMG my aunt used to make this 😭😭😭 I miss it so much. I wish I can bring fresh ube from the Philippines (my homeland) but US customs don't allow it. I'm so happy an Irish is loving and creating ube foods ☺️

[jaimie]

our family’s favorite jam! From philippines 🇵🇭 ❤️

[amystanley]

Ube is amazing! I’ve made brownies and cupcakes with it and it’s so sweet, you almost don’t need to add sugar. I want to make a mooncake with it.

[Zee_]

wow ube! love from the Philippines! 🇵🇭 🇵🇭 🇵🇭

[francesgalegenova]

This looks so good! I'm a happy Filipino here watching this 😍

[jandavidarquisola]

SO MUCH LOVE FROM THE PHILIPPINES!!! 😊🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭😊

[MaymayRostata]

Whoooaaa!!! Another favorite of Filipinos. Looking forward for more UBE recipe.

[jacy]

Thank you Jemma! I'm filipino and don't even know how to make it!

[maddyPOV]

Thanks Gemma love this easy recipe- I just made it for my parents and they loved it!

[itsarah]

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[HaydeeSCruz]

Hi! Gemma I am cooking Ube jam but adding a coconut cream is new to me so definitely will try your recipe it will taste more delicious.

[Cherinomura]

And we Filipinos are waving!!!!🇵🇭 Thank you Gemma for featuring this!

[jachelinecayetano]

That's just how we cook it. It has evap, condensed and coconut milk. We put lemon zest too. We used to cook that with my grandmother on holidays here in the Philippines. I love ube halaya.

[paulacanilang]

Ubeeee and cheese is the best combo here in Philippines. 💜💛 looking forward to the next Ubeeee videos :)

Thankyou for being such an inspiration Chef! 💕