Lovely New Year's Treats! Bunny Buns
- 30 grams Yamato-imo (Japanese sticky potato), grated
- 70 grams Caster sugar
- 70 grams Joshinko
- 300 grams Smooth sweet red bean paste
- 1 Red food coloring
- Roll the red bean paste into 10 balls, each weighing 30 grams.
- Add sugar to the grated potato, and use a wooden spatula to mix together.
- (If you add a tiny bit of red food coloring, that'll make it a very cute pink.)
- Add flour, and mix with the wooden spatula.
- When the mix forms a dough, start using your hands to mix.
- If the dough gets too hard, add a bit of water.
- It should be about as soft as your earlobes.
- Divide it into 10 equal portions and roll into balls.
- Wrap the bean paste in the dough.
- Roll each ball out to a circle about the size of your palm, and place the bean paste in the middle.
- Wrap the bean paste by stretching the dough around it.
- Cover the an entirely with the dough.
- If you stretch the dough from the sides, the bean paste won't show through from the top.
- The dough will be very thin, so take care not to tear it when you're wrapping the bean paste.
- If you're having trouble, try making 20% more dough.
- Form the finished balls into barrels, arrange in a steamer and mist with water.
- When steam starts to rise, put them in the steamer and steam for 8-10 minutes.
- Heat the tip of a metal skewer over a flame until it's red, then sear the tops of the buns to make the ear pattern.
- Dissolve the red food coloring in water, and use a toothpick to make the eyes.
sugar, smooth sweet red bean paste, red food coloring
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/143516-lovely-new-years-treats-bunny-buns (may not work)