Patbingsu (Shaved-Ice Dessert)

Name: Patbingsu (Shaved-Ice Dessert)
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 960 ml Ice cubes (or a block of frozen milk); 190 g Sweetened red-bean paste (pat); 95 g Chewy rice cakes (injeolmi or small tteok); 150 g Fresh fruit (strawberry, banana, mango); 3 tbsp Condensed milk; 1 tbsp Toasted soybean powder (kinako/misugaru), optional

A mountain of fluffy shaved ice crowned with sweet red beans, chewy rice cake, fruit and a pour of condensed milk — Korea's essential summer cool-down.

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Recipe by Korean home kitchens · 🏺 Traditional

Korean home-style / 한국 가정식 — A shaved-ice dessert topped with sweet red beans, chewy rice cake and syrup. Ice desserts have deep roots in Korea, where royal ice stores kept ice through the summer; the modern red-bean patbingsu took shape in the twentieth century and now appears in countless café variations.

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Original Recipes by Mashed Kwon's Corner Maangchi

⏱ 20 min🍽 2 servings🔥 400 kcal🇰🇷 South Korea

Vegetarian

Steps

Shave the ice into fine, snow-like flakes with a shaved-ice machine, or pulse ice cubes in a blender until powdery.
💡 Freezing sweetened milk into a block and shaving that gives the creamy 'snow ice' texture cafés use.
Pile the shaved ice into a wide, chilled bowl in a tall, loose mound.
Spoon the red-bean paste over the top and tuck the rice cakes around it.
Arrange the cut fruit over the ice for color and freshness.
Drizzle generously with condensed milk, dust with soybean powder, and eat at once before it melts.

💡 Tips

Chill the serving bowl in the freezer first so the ice holds its shape longer.
Skip the condensed milk (use a fruit syrup) if you need it dairy-free.
This is endlessly customizable — matcha, mango, injeolmi and coffee versions are all popular.