Chestnut Manju
- 10 grams Butter
- 30 grams Egg
- 100 grams Flour
- 30 grams Sugar
- 1/5 tsp Baking soda
- 1/5 tsp Water (to dissolve the baking soda)
- 180 grams Shiro-an
- 8 Sweet simmered chestnuts
- 1 Egg yolk
- 1/4 tsp Mirin
- 1 dash Poppy seeds
- Put the sugar and the room temperature butter in a bowl and cream.
- Gradually add in the egg and blend into the mixture.
- Heat the bowl on a double boiler and stir until the sugar dissolves.
- Add the dissolved baking soda.
- Remove from the double boiler and add in the flour.
- Cover the dough in plastic wrap and let chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
- Meanwhile, wrap each chestnut in shiro-an.
- Dust the counter with flour and roll out the dough into a cylinder with your hands.
- Use a knife to divide into 8 sections.
- Spread out the dough, place the white bean paste covered chestnut in the center, and wrap it up.
- Combine the egg yolk with the mirin and coat the manju.
- Top with poppy seeds.
- Bake for 25 minutes in a preheated 180C oven.
butter, egg, flour, sugar, baking soda, water, chestnuts, egg yolk, mirin
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/154784-chestnut-manju (may not work)