Patbingsoo AKA Korean shaved Ice

Shaved Ice is more of an asian dessert as it is not too common in America, but nonetheless its an amazing way to refresh yourself and cool off. There are a couple different styles of shaved ice but the one we are going to focus on today is the korean take on this chilly treat.
There are so many ways to make patbingsoo but there are a couple core ingredients all across the board that gives it such a unique taste.

Key Indgredients
Red Beans
If you couldnt tell from the picture already, patbingsoo is slathered with sweetened red beans. The red beans give a nice rounded taste of sweet and savory and adds a nice thick texture to the soft and flaky ice.

Fruit
As with almost every dessert, fruit complements the dessert with both sweet and sour. Most commonly used fruits are strawberries, kiwiis, bannanas, and watermelon. Another important thing about the fruit is that it also adds to the visual appeal to patbingsu from all the tropical colors


Misutgaru
Misutgaru, a powder mixture of roasted rice nuts and beans, is actually one of the more hidden ingredients in patbingsoo as only a dash of it is used, but it changes the flavor so much. You can the taste the underlying nutty taste in patbingsoo if you pay attention enough.


 Rice Cake
This ingredient is more for texture than taste as it is really chewy and when combined with fruit and redbean, brings about a nice savory taste to the whole dessert. They are perfectly sized as they are just tiny nuggets of soft chewy ricecakes.


All of these ingredients combined make patbingsoo a cool refreshing dessert that has a variety of tastes and textures that everyone is sure to enjoy. You can usually find places to eat patbingsoo at your local korean bakery which are few and far in between, but if you do find a place you are in luck!