Daifuku is nothing more than stuffed mochi. This Japanese dessert is often served with tea. Here is a traditional recipe for daifuku, a famous Japanese delicacy.
Daifuku, but what is it? This Japanese pastry stuffed mochi What means “happy cake”. Pasta made from glutinous rice flour coat undercut of your choice. Although the ingredients are unknown to our French cuisine, the daifuku recipe is known. extremely simple as well as so greedy.
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Ingredients
- 100 g glutinous rice flour (Asian grocery stores like shiratamako)
- 150 ml water
- 60 g powdered sugar
- 200 g anko (red bean paste)
- Potato, corn or cornstarch
Training
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To start this Japanese dessert recipe, combine glutinous rice flour and powdered sugar in a bowl.
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Gradually add 150 ml of water. Mix everything with a whisk. The dough should be smooth and uniform.
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Put water in a saucepan to boil. As soon as the water boils, put the bowl with the dough and cook in a water bath. Cover everything with a lid and simmer for 10 minutes.
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Staying mindful of the preparation, prepare the side dish of your choice for daifuku. In this recipe, we will detail the traditional Japanese daifuku recipe with anko. Prepare small balls of anko (red bean paste).
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At the end of steaming, remove the bowl and check the appearance of the dough. Daifuku dough should be thicker, slightly shiny and soft.
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Sprinkle potato, corn, or corn starch onto a clean work surface. Feel free to pour it generously.
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Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough on top of the cornstarch. After the dough is rolled out, cut out discs with a diameter of 8-10 cm using a cookie cutter or a glass.
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To assemble a daifuku, take a disk of dough in your hand. Add a scoop of red bean paste to the middle of the disk. Carefully cover the mochi de anco with the pastry and turn it over so that the clasp is not visible.
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Repeat the operation to do all the daifuku.
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Serve this typical Japanese dessert with tea! Pamper yourself !
You can change the taste by changing the filling. Daifuku is traditionally made with anko, but you can change the ingredient and replace it with fruit (such as strawberries, apples or kiwis), ice cream (in which case it must be frozen), matcha dough, etc.