Pastillas Recipe
This Vegan Pastillas Recipe is made with just 5 ingredients from pantry staples. They are the perfect treat for a little something sweet.
Servings: 45 Pieces
Equipment
- Sauce Pan
Ingredients
- 1 Can Coconut Condensed Milk
- 2 Tablespoons Cashew Butter
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Bean Paste
- 1 Teaspoon Orange Zest
- ½ Teaspoon Salt
- ¼ Cup Sugar for rolling
Instructions
- Combine the coconut condensed milk, cashew butter, vanilla paste, orange zest and salt in a small sauce pan. Mix well.
- Cook the mixture over medium/low heat for 15 minutes letting it bubble, while stirring constantly. Don't stop stirring or the cashew butter will burn
- After 15 minutes transfer it to a bowl and leave it to cool at room temperature. Once at room temperature leave it to chill in the refrigerator overnight.
- The next day line a small plate with plastic wrap and sprinkle some sugar all over the plastic. Divide the mixture into 18 small Pastillas balls
- Place ¼ cup of sugar in a small bowl and roll the balls in the sugar to coat.
- After rolling in sugar you can reshape the into a more oval shape like a Pastillas.
- Place on a platter and serve right away.
Notes
The cashew butter can be replaced with other butters to make different flavored Vegan Pastillas.
- Use Ube Cookie Butter to make Ube Pastillas
- Use Pistachio Butter to make a Pistachio Version
- For a peanut version use Peanut Butter
- If you love chocnut you can make use Chocnut Butter.
