Pineapple-An Manju
- 180 grams Shiro-an (sweet white bean paste)
- 40 grams Jam
- 100 grams Cake flour
- 1 Whole egg
- 30 grams Powdered sugar
- 10 grams Unsalted butter
- 1/4 tsp + 1/4 teaspoon Baking soda + water
- 1 for dusting Cake flour
- 1/2 Egg
- 1 tsp Mirin
- 1 Poppy seeds
- Divide the shiro-an for "pineapple-an" into 12 equal portions.
- Roll each of them up.
- You are going to wrap about 1/2 of teaspoon of the jam in the shiro-an.
- Flatten the shiro-an balls into circles.
- Dent the center with your finger and place the jam on top.
- Gather the outside shiro-an little by little to wrap the jam.
- Gently adjust the shape and it is done.
- Wrap each of them with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator.
- For the dough Add the egg and sugar in a food processer and press start.
- Add the butter and blend.
- Dissolve the baking soda with the water and add to the food processer, then add flour and blend the dough.
- The dough should come together like this.
- Dust some cake flour in a shallow container.
- Place the dough in it and divide it into 2 pieces.
- Divide the dough into 12 equal pieces.
- Roll the dough which is about the softness of your earlobe into a circle.
- (If it is wrinkly, pat it with your hand to spread it.)
- Wrap the shiro-an with the dough by gathering its edges.
- Place each dough seam-side down.
- Apply the egg wash.
- Top them with the poppy seeds.
- Bake them in the oven at 180C for 15 minutes and they are done.
- This is the cross section
flour, egg, powdered sugar, butter, flour, egg, mirin
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/155818-pineapple-an-manju (may not work)