Wagashi "Komug-Manju" Ume (Plum flower)
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Chef :
Yu-Art Kichijoji
Wagashi "Komug-Manju" Ume (Plum flower)
This is a recipe for making a basic Japanese sweet "Manjyu " with a drawing of Ume (Plum flower) on it. Ume (Plum flower) is a popular and joyous flower in Japan. It tells us that spring has come!
Cooking instructions
* Step 1
Ingredients for 6 pieces.
* Step 3
Pour the sugar into the water.
* Step 5
Mix the flour and the baking powder.
* Step 6
Put them into the mixture(sugar + water). Mix them.
* Step 7
Stretch and fold the dough several times. Pull it together. *Stop mixing the flour into the water mixture when the dough becomes like "squeezing an earlobe". *Add a little more flour when the dough is too sticky.
* Step 9
Wrap the bean paste balls with the dough. Make them round. (Put dusting flour on your hands.)
* Step 10
Make paints. Green: Mix Matcha, plain flour & water. Red: Mix res food coloring, plain flour & water.
* Step 11
Paint plum flowers and branches with the paints.
* Step 12
Put them in a steamer. Spray Water.
* Step 13
Steam 10minuite over high heat.
* Step 14
Cool them with covering cotton cloth. It's finished!
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