Strawberry Yuu-Hime Mochi Dumplings
- 6 Strawberries
- 120 grams Sweet white bean paste (shiro-an)
- 1 tsp or (to taste) Matcha
- 50 grams Shiratamako
- 100 ml Water
- 80 grams Castor sugar, or superfine or baker's sugar
- 1 Cornstarch (for dusting)
- Wash the strawberries, take off the hulls and carefully pat them dry with paper towels.
- Add the matcha to the shiro-an.
- When it's well mixed, divide into 6 portions.
- Invert a strawberry and cover 2/3 with the white bean paste.
- If the bean paste is soft, use a paper towel as shown here.
- Form the part that will face forwards into a V. They should be cone-shaped.
- Spread plenty of cornstarch onto a large cutting board.
- Put shiratama flour into a heatproof container, and add water little by little.
- Add sugar and mix well.
- Cover loosely with plastic wrap, and microwave for 2 minutes (at 600w).
- Take it out and mix well.
- Microwave for another minute.
- When it puffs up, take it out and mix again.
- It's done when it turns shiny as shown in the photo.
- Take the dough out onto the cornstarch.
- If you can drop the dough on the board so that it's as flat as possible, the following steps will be easier.
- Dust the top of the dough with cornstarch.
- Spread the dough out by pressing with your fingers and lifting it until it's about 30cm x 20cm in size.
- It's hot to start with, but cools down quickly.
- When the dough has cooled completely, cut off the rough edges to straighten them and slice the dough into 6 pieces.
- Wrap a piece of dough around each paste-covered strawberry as if you were dressing it in a kimono.
- The ends stretch out a lot, so arrange them however you like.
- You can wrap it round and round to make a baby princess.
- I stretched out the end of the dough to the back, to look like a long train on a princess kimono.
- When it's shaped like this, it's easier to eat.
strawberries, sweet white bean, matcha, shiratamako, water, sugar, cornstarch
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/167870-strawberry-yuu-hime-mochi-dumplings (may not work)