Chocolate Banana Daifuku
- 70 grams Milk Chocolate
- 2 tbsp Heavy cream
- 1/2 tsp Honey (optional)
- 2 small bananas
- 1 dash Lemon juice
- 70 grams Shiratamako
- 45 grams Sugar
- 90 ml Water
- 20 ml Water for preparations
- 1 Katakuriko (for the workspace)
- Break the chocolate into fine pieces and melt with the heavy cream and honey (over low heat).
- Lay a sheet of plastic wrap on a small metal tray and pour in the mixture from Step 1.
- Spread it out thinly to about 13 x 16 cm.
- After it has cooled slightly, put it in the refrigerator to chill completely.
- It takes some time for the chocolate to harden.
- It'll probably take about 30 minutes?
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- Cut the banana into 2 cm pieces and sprinkle lightly with lemon juice.
- Set aside in the refrigerator.
- Don't use the ends.
- When chilled, gently cut into thin sticks from on top of the wrap.
- Cut into 8 pieces, 2 cm wide.
- Wrap the banana slices in the chocolate to make 8.
- Chillin the refrigerator to cool.
- If it becomes difficult to work with, chill it in the fridge.
- Put the shiratamako in a heatresistant bowl and add water a little bit at a time while mixing and smoothing it out.
- If you put in too much water at once, it'll become difficult to mix.
- Once the lumps have disappeared, add the sugar and mix some more.
- Then cover it with saran wrap and microwave it for 1.5 minutes (500 W).
- Take it out, mix it well with a spatula or your hand, wrap it again, and microwave for 3 intervals of 30 seconds, stirring each time.
- If it becomes hard, adjust the consistency with water.
- Take it out while it's hot and stir it until there are no clumps and it becomes semi-translucent and smooth.
- If necessary, microwave it for a little bit more time.
- In a large tray, coat with katakuriko, lay Step 10, coat with more katakuriko, then cut into 8 portions.
- Cover your hands with katakuriko, flatten Step 8 into a circle and wrap around the chilled Step 5 filling.
- Work fast here.
- Line them up with the seams down and refrigerate to chill (the chocolate melts easily so be careful).
- After chilling for 10 minutes, you have delicious chocolate banana daifuku.
- These were an experiment.
- The chocolate and banana shows through for a pretty finish.
milk chocolate, heavy cream, honey, bananas, lemon juice, shiratamako, sugar, water, water
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/153747-chocolate-banana-daifuku (may not work)