Espasol is known as one of those Philippine Sweet Delicacies which is made of rice flour and coconut milk. It is dusted with toasted rice flour and wrapped in either banana leaves or paper.
I normally see and buy Espasol whenever we go to the province of Laguna where it is originated. It is one of those ‘pasalubong’ which is sold by vendors who goes up any provincial bus and sells to passengers before (and sometimes during) the trip.
Special Espasol- ½ cup toasted sweet rice flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 cups coconut milk
- 1 ½ cups toasted grated coconut
Procedure- toast glutinous rice flour until color turns light brown
- on a separate pan, toast grated coconut until the color turns light brown
- again, on a separate pan toast sweet rice flour until color turns light brown
- get a new pan and pour in the coconut milk, bring to boil
- add sugar and stir for about 10 minutes- add grated coconut and stir for another 5 minutes- add glutinous rice flour and stir until thick- remove from heat and cool down- dust a clean flat surface with sweet rice flour- using a rolling pin, flatten the mixture to desired thickness (or thinness)
- divide the mixture into smaller parts
- roll to sweet rice flour
- cut a rectangular wax paper and wrap a piece
- do this until the rest are wrapped- serve and enjoy
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