For My Family's Homemade New Year's Feast! Creamy Kinton (Sweet Potatoes with Chestnuts)
- 2 large potatoes Japanese sweet potatoes ( if possible "Kintoki" variety potatoes with red skins)
- 2 Gardenia Seeds (optional)
- 1 pack Chestnuts with Syrup
- 1 ladleful Boiled water from the sweet potatoes
- 1 pinch Salt
- Here are the ingredients.
- For the candied chestnuts, pour the syrup into a cup and set aside.
- Cut the sweet potatoes into 3cm slices and peel thickly.
- They're hard, so be careful while taking the skin off.
- The peel tastes good if you julienne and cook them with sugar and soy sauce, so save them.
- Here is a recipe for sweet potatoes cooked in sugar and soy sauce..
- Once peeled, cut into 1 - 2cm pieces and soak in water.
- When the bitter taste comes off and the water becomes cloudy, change the water.
- Repeat this 3 times.
- Cut the gardenia seeds into half and place in a dashi stock pack.
- Put the washed potatoes from Step 4 and the gardenia seeds into a large pot.
- Fill with enough water to just cover the potatoes and turn the heat on high.
- Once it boils, turn the heat to medium and boil until a toothpick pokes through easily.
- Remove the gardenia seeds and drain the water in a colander placed over a bowl.
- Don't throw away the water used for boiling.
- Strain the potatoes while they are still hot.
- Or you could put them in a blender until smooth.
- Return them to the pot and add one ladle of the water used for boiling.
- Turn on the heat.
- Gradually add the syrup from the candied chestnuts that you separated in Step 1.
- Mix it in until the whole thing becomes plump.
- When the liquid evaporates, add a pinch of salt and the candied chestnuts.
- Slowly stir it in and once the chestnuts are warmed, it's complete!
- If you place it in an airtight container you can store it in the freezer.
potatoes japanese sweet potatoes, gardenia seeds, chestnuts, ladleful, salt
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/171116-for-my-familys-homemade-new-years-feast-creamy-kinton-sweet-potatoes-with-chestnuts (may not work)