Colombian Cholado (Shaved Ice with Fruit)

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A cholado is a tall glass of shaved ice layered with chopped fruit, fruit syrup and condensed milk, finished with a wafer. It comes from Jamundí and Cali, in the Valle del Cauca, and it is street food: assembled to order and eaten straight away, before the ice melts. Makes four.

Prep Time15

Total Time15

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Colombian

Keyword: cholado, cholao, raspao

Servings:

Calories: 661kcal

Author: Angela Giraldo

Ingredients

15 medium strawberries, chopped small
1 teaspoon white sugar for macerating the strawberries
2 bananas, chopped small
1 mango, chopped small
2 kiwis, chopped small
Ice cubes, about 2 cups per glass crushed or shaved; a snow cone machine is ideal
Raspado syrup, any flavour cherry, passion fruit or blackberry; bottled snow cone syrup works
Condensed milk for lining the glass and finishing on top
4 wafer cookies to decorate
4 pieces mango to decorate
4 pieces apple to decorate

If you want to make the syrup at home

2 cups blackberry pulp
½ cup water
¾ cup sugar

Instructions

Put the chopped strawberries in a small bowl with the sugar. Stir and leave them to macerate while you cut the rest of the fruit: they release juice and sweeten as they sit.
Crush or shave the ice in a food processor or blender. You want a fluffy snow rather than chunks.
Line the inside of each glass with condensed milk, letting it run down the sides.
Fill each glass about three quarters full with the ice.
Pour the syrups over the ice.
Top with a quarter of each fruit per glass.
Cover the fruit with more condensed milk.
Decorate with the mango and apple pieces, the wafer cookies, a straw and a spoon. Serve immediately: the ice starts melting straight away.

For the syrup

For the syrup, if making it: combine the water, fruit pulp and sugar in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
Keep cooking until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture has thickened into a syrup. Let it cool in the refrigerator before using.

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