Korean Mugwort Rice Cake Latte
Quick answer
- Total time
- 18 min
- Level
- Medium
- Servings
- 2 servings
- Ingredients
- 6
About this dish
Ssuk-tteok latte is a Korean dessert drink that tops a warm mugwort milk base with chewy bite-size rice cakes.
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Dark brown sugar dissolves into the milk to provide a deep, almost caramel-like sweetness, layered further with a spoonful of condensed milk. The sweet rice cake pieces are briefly microwaved to soften before being placed on top, so they remain pleasantly chewy even as they sit in the hot latte. Each sip and bite brings together the grassy fragrance of mugwort, the molasses-like richness of brown sugar, and the sticky, satisfying pull of glutinous rice cake.
Ingredients
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Instructions
Read the steps as a cooking flow: prep, heat, seasoning, doneness control, and finish.
- 1Prep
Cut 80 g sweet rice cake into 1.5 cm cubes and spread them in a microwave-safe dish.
Microwave for 20 seconds, then press one piece gently to check that it feels soft, warm, and still springy.
- 2Season
Sift 2 tablespoons mugwort powder into 450 ml cold milk in a saucepan.
Whisk from the bottom until the powder is fully dispersed, because heating before smoothing out the mixture can set small lumps.
- 3Control
Place the pan over medium-low heat and warm for about 3 minutes, stirring slowly and scraping the bottom.
When tiny bubbles gather around the edge, lower the heat before the milk boils or foams over.
- 4Season
Add 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar and a pinch of salt, then stir for 1 more minute.
The latte base is ready when no sugar grains remain and the color looks evenly deeper.
- 5Control
Reduce the heat to low, add 1 tablespoon condensed milk, and stir just until blended.
Turn off the heat right away, since prolonged simmering can dull the milk flavor and make the drink heavier.
- 6Finish
Pour the latte into cups until they are about eighty percent full, then top with the warm rice cake pieces.
Serve hot with a spoon before the rice cake firms up again in the cooling drink.
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- Key technique
- Ssuk-tteok-latte tops warm mugwort milk with chewy rice cakes and deep, caramel-like brown sugar notes.
- Finish cue
- Microwave for 20 seconds, then press one piece gently to check that it feels soft, warm, and still springy.
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18min, 6 ingredients
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