In this instructional video, Lesley Pascual‑Bartolo demonstrates how to make her original Red Velvet Pastillas, a Filipino confection that combines a white cream‑cheese base with a red velvet‑flavored component. She details the two separate mixtures, listing precise ingredient amounts, preferred brands (e.g., Milk Magic skim milk, I Am Bourke or Swiss Valley cream cheese, condensed milk or creamer, lemon or calamansi juice, vanilla extract, red food coloring, cocoa powder), and explains the role of each ingredient in flavor and texture. Lesley walks through the mixing process, emphasizing uniformity, the need to air‑dry the mixtures until firm enough to mold, and the technique of flattening, folding, and rolling equal‑part portions into balls. She shares practical tips on achieving the right consistency, color intensity, and flavor depth, and adds personal preferences such as using a larger “macho” ball size. The tutorial concludes with a confident invitation to enjoy the finished pastillas and a blessing for viewers’ future endeavors.
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Ang adding red velvet pastillas ay middle one component. Para magingsimple, yung red na part tapos yung white na part. So unay natin yung white na part, basically yung may cream cheese. Taylang anate ng 1/2 cup na skim milk. Ang brand na ginagamit ko ay Milk Magic. Blue, yung nakalagay na fat niya, kasi skin milk din yon, shakay yung ampek na na bibili ko sa divisoria meron dinon sa All About Baking. So yung adding 1 cup na skin milk, dada ganatin na 2 ounces na cream cheese. Ang ginagamit ko naman na brand I Am Bourke, okay, Swiss Valley. Tapos, ayan, lightly mix. Kaspari natin ng lahyana, 1 tablespoon of condensed milk. Simoksimok. Milk, halo-halo. And para mi extra tanginess or acid, lahyana natin na 1 cup of lemon juice or calamansi juice. Stir it for a while to make it uniform in flavor. Di sha ganun ka take mahirap sha imold ba pero eto, tolad mo na share ko dun sa recipe ko na coffee pastillas. Talo gay ko dun sa paas. Ah, kaya ano lang eto ma air out, magfi firm up sha. Dasa ka ni sha pweding imold. Ah, to kasarap na eto. Oh, excited na ako. Ano, isa eto fully Philly Delice original na recipe. Para sa red napakelang le tate 1/2 cup skim milk powder, 1/4 cup condensed milk. Condensed milk, you can use condensed creamer or condensed milk. I prefer condensed creamer. It's more delicious. Mix it well. Add 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract. Red velvet, the flavor is based on That's why it's not that redish brown because of the cocoa powder. It's better to use shampoo that's more pigmented, that's why it's more red. But I'm using red na food color, natural cocoa powder kasi redish brown. I don't have any natural cocoa powder, for me, alkalized na eh. Isabi lang ng natural cocoa powder, acidic pa sha. Actually, that thing we cook gets you flavor now, red velvet. Red velvet cake, appreciate the depth of flavor from the cocoa, from vanilla, and even from Kung kasi yun eh, ang red velvet na flavor, aside from cocoa, yung vanilla, chaka yung butter. So yung butter, ay, galin sa milk. Make sure na mahalo nyo ito. Again, hindi pa sha moldable at this point, kailangan nyo sha ipair out. Bagunang, bagunatin. Tena, ang dalawa ng components ng ating red velvet pastillas, ang white na part at ang red na part. Ayan lang lati siya ma-air out para magfirm up sha at mama'ya imo mold na tayo. Ayan, sumejoy na buta na ako ng bimby, dahl meron pa akong anasinit na kawain pero pedin natin irol na yon ayan mas firm na yung ating cream cheese part. So, para emold ito, po hatayo na equal part, equal parts na red, white. Así, flatten nyo sha, flatten. Após, you fold. Ay, ya, na fold nyo. Petin nyo sha, you roll into a ball. Right, nyo pa yo. Yan. Okay, so go in lang 'to for the rest of your pastillas. Pero di na ho di 'to white sugar, eh. Pweding yun sha. Yan na 'to. Ah, pansarap 'net 'to. Add panigurado pa 'to ko. May yung pasuk da hel ka hay basha. Isang original recipe 'to. 'To sa fully Filipinas. So ako, I prefer yung mas Macho malaking ball pero kumpam benta. Siguro peding teta nya na holding chan. So ito na ang ating— ay, ay, ma-focus. Ay, ma-focus. So ito na ang ating Red Velvet pastillas. God bless any pag may negocio may un pasco.
