Macapuno ideas? (aka mutant coconut)

[moh]

I couldn't resist buying a bottle of mutant coconut. Now I am trying to find a way to use it. I don't have all the stuff I need for halo-halo, so I am looking for some other ways to use this item.

I am thinking of making an altulfo mango salad in sweet syrup, layering vanilla ice cream, macapuno and mango salad in a parfait glass. Any other suggestions?

[moh]

Thanks everyone! I am much less intimidated by this new product! I will definitely try some version of pie and the ice cream combo. Appreciate all the suggestions!

[JungMann]

Macapuno-rum ice cream
Macapuno cream-filled jelly roll
Macapuno cream pie
Macapuno custard
Added to fruit salad (especially the kind with the condensed milk dressing)
Really macapuno and any rich dairy seems to work wonders!

[guate]

Besides eating it straight out of the jar when I was a kid (well, maybe a little more recently too..) the only other way I have ever had macapuno is served over coconut ice cream. Yum!

[Sam Fujisaka]

Buko pie!

Brings back almost 30 years ago riding the BLTB bus between Los Banos and Manila--those guys would hop on with their stack of boxed buko pies yelling, "bukopiebukopiebukopiebukopiebukopiebukopie!!!" Course, the other guys would also jump on yelling, "balutbalutbalutbalutbalutbalutbalutbalut....penoy!"

[moh]

A buko pie could work... I've been googling a few recipes. I have macapuno in a syrup in a jar, and so I am assuming I would not need as much sugar. Do you or anyone else have a recipe? I saw some recipes that seemed to be flan -like, and some which call for fresh coconut and coconut water, which I assume is not the same thing... Still, I have to find some way to use this stuff up, so perhaps I shall start experimenting.

Thanks Sam! This looks like a great idea. But I'll pass on adding balut. I consider myself adventurous, but I don't know if I will ever have the guts to try balut!

[Sam Fujisaka]

Yes, less sugar (if you have enough macapuno to make a pie). Just make it about like an apple pie.