2013-01-20

wagashi: japanese sweets -1

Here is some of Japanese sweets I had so far.
I love azuki beans and sometimes buy boiled azuki in tin from Sainsbury and make 'anko': a paste made from the bean and sugar and tiny bit of salt. We use it in our sweets. In London I spread it on toast with butter. I know it's quite shocking for you to make the beans sweet, but please try if you like to taste a bit of Japan!
My anko paste is OK, I was quite happy with it most of the time, but once I have anko here I know it wasn't quite right. So I'm just ONLY trying to remind me what it should really taste like while I'm here!

滞在中は、イギリスで手に入らないものに自然と目がいってしまいます。
特に和菓子には目がないので、ほぼ凝視しています。イギリス生活も、最初は干菓子を持ち帰って満足していたのですが、ここ最近は、戻る直前に主菓子を買い、向こうに着くと同時に冷凍して、少しずつ頂きます。もちろん、風味は多少落ちてしまうけれども、向こうで食べることのありがたみと相殺して、大満足のひと時です。
そういえば、私のフラットには菓子皿がない、、、!今年の制作目標の一つです。

2 comments:

  1. I have the privilege of watching my grandma made red bean paste in Chinese New Year.

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  2. in Chinese new year is the bean paste for moon-something cake?? what would you use that in/with?

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