Minutas Salvadoreñas ~ Snow Cones
This delicious summertime treat recipe comes with 3 types of syrup in it. If you do not want to make your own syrup you can buy it premade.
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Ingredients
- Shaved ice snowy texture
For the mango syrup
- 2 mangoes pealed and diced
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup water
For the strawberry syrup
- 2 cups strawberries crushed
- ¾ cups sugar
- 1 cup water
For the coconut syrup
- 1 cup grated coconut
- ¾ cup sugar
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup evaporated milk
Instructions
Mango syrup
- Peel mangoes, cut the meat off the pit and dice it. Add mango meat to a small pot.
- Add sugar, vanilla extract, and water. Stir to mix.
- Bring to simmer over medium heat and turn the heat down to medium-low to low. Cover, leaving a crack for the steam to escape, and cook for about 30 minutes. Stir occasionally.
- Once it's cooked, strain through a fine strainer. Press gently on some of the meat to get juices out.
- Let cool completely.
Strawberry syrup
- Boil the water in a large, non-stick saucepan.
- Over medium heat, one minute after boiling, add the sugar, stirring constantly until boiling and thickening.
- Add the crushed strawberries and mix well.
- Stir another 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat and let cool completely.
Coconut syrup
- Boil the water in a large non-stick coated saucepan.
- Over medium heat, 2 minutes after boiling, add the sugar and mix.
- Add the grated coconut and evaporated milk.
- Cook for 20 minutes over low to medium heat and allow to cool completely and thicken.
Assembly
- Place shaved ice in the bottom of a glass or saucer.
- Drizzle liberally with cooled syrup, as desired.
- Serve immediately.
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