{"id":132631,"title":"Melon Bingsu","modified":"2026-06-13T11:17:47+02:00","plain":"One of Korea’s most popular desserts. This summer, bring Korean cuisine to your table! \n\n\n\nBingsu (\ube59\uc218) is a Korean shaved-ice dessert\u2014a kind of icy Korean sorbet or snow cone piled with toppings. It goes by many names.\n\n\n\nWhen I was little and discovering Asian cuisine in all its forms in New York, there was only one type of bingsu served in Koreatown: patbingsu (\ud325\ube59\uc218). Alongside hotteok, bingsu is one of Korea’s great sweet classics.\n\n\n\nToday, though, there are so many different kinds of bingsu\u2014it’s amazing how many variations have appeared: \n\n\n\n\nwith different fruits (known as kwail bingsu \uacfc\uc77c\ube59\uc218), \n\n\n\nwith matcha (Nokcha bingsu \ub179\ucc28\ube59\uc218), \n\n\n\nwith mango, \n\n\n\nwith coffee, chocolate, cookies, and more. \n\n\n\n\nNokcha bingsu with green tea\n\n\n\nThe original patbingsu (shaved ice with red beans) was made with sweet red beans (danpat \ub2e8\ud325), probably the key ingredient in classic Korean bingsu apart from the ice itself. After that, misugaru (\ubbf8\uc218 \uac00\ub8e8 multi-grain powder) and sweetened condensed milk are probably the next two essentials. \n\n\n\nDiscover the recipe for Gyeongdan, Korean mochi\n\n\n\nBut don’t worry\u2014I know you, so the recipe here is ultra-simple. You can flavor the condensed milk any way you like; think of this recipe as a template for making a bingsu that suits you. For example, why not make a delicious mango bingsu?\n\n\n\n\n\n\tMelon Bingsu\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t1 melon, halved600 ml whole milk4 tablespoons sweetened condensed milk\t\n\t\n\t\tCombine the whole milk and sweetened condensed milk in a bowl.Pour the mixture into an airtight freezer bag. Lay it flat in the freezer for at least 4 hours.Using a spoon or melon baller, scoop out plenty of melon balls. Hollow out the remaining melon shell so it can be used as a bowl, then set aside.The mixture in the bag should now be completely frozen.Remove the bag from the freezer and crush the frozen mixture by rolling over it with a rolling pin.  Once crushed, spoon the shaved ice into the melon shell and top with the melon balls. \t\n\t\n\t\tFlavor the shaved ice however you like\u2014matcha is a great option.\n\t\n\t\n\t\tDessert, SnackCor\u00e9ennebingsu, glace cor\u00e9enne, melon bingsu","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}