Asian shaved ice is usually a pile of very finely shaved, snow-like ice topped with fresh fruit, bean pastes, glutinous rice balls, peanuts or other toppings and finished with a thick pour of condensed milk. This is a slightly lighter at-home version that uses cooked down coconut milk for the condensed milk. <br /> <br />Unfortunately, the ice component requires an ice-shaving machine or high-powered blender if you really want to do this right. Using the “ice crush” setting on my Blendtec yielded extremely fluffy ice–just be sure not to overprocess it (or it will turn into a giant ice block) and use it right away, because it melts quickly. I’ve read that some Asian vendors use “milk ice” to get a finer consistency–if you just have a decent-quality blender, you might try freezing some milk (any kind) in an ice cube tray and blending a combination of milk cubes and regular ice cubes.

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