Yukimi Daifuku (Mochi Dumplings Filled with Ice Cream)
- 50 grams Shiratamako
- 100 grams Castor sugar (superfine or baker's sugar)
- 100 ml Water
- 150 grams to 200 grams Ice cream
- 1 Cornstarch (to form the dumplings)
- Put plenty of cornstarch on a large cutting board.
- Put the shiratama flour in a heatproof container, and add water slowly.
- When the flour and water have been thoroughly combined, add the sugar and stir it in.
- Cover loosely with plastic wrap and microwave (at 600W) for 2 minutes.
- Take it out and mix with a wooden spatula.
- Microwave for another minute and mix again.
- When the dough becomes shiny like this, it's good.
- Moisten a wooden spatula, and drop the dough on top of the cornstarch bed made in step 1.
- Flatten it as much as possible.
- Dust the top of the dough with cornstarch, and flip over.
- Lift up the edges with your hands.
- It will stretch out a lot, so don't lift it too high, and spread out the dough.
- It's very hot at first, so be careful.
- Repeat step 6, and neaten the dough with your fingers as you spread it to 2 to 3 mm thick.
- When the dough has cooled down completely, cut it out using a small soup bowl or the equivalent.
- Remove the surrounding dough.
- If you are going to freeze the dough at this point, go to step 10.
- If you're going to make the dumplings right away, go to step 11.
- To freeze the dough, put a piece of plastic wrap between each piece of dough, wrap tightly and freeze.
- To wrap: Put a ball of ice cream in the middle of a piece of dough.
- To make a neatly shaped dumpling, use a portion of ice cream that's as rounded as possible.
- Pull up the edges to the opposite sides and pinch together securely.
- Freeze the dumplings as soon as they're wrapped, and take them out when serving.
- They look like this when they're cut.
- I tried using a mini-yukimi daifuku case.
- I cut out the dough for these with a 8cm diameter cup.
- A big success!
- They came out so evenly!
- If you have a Yukimi daifuku case (to mold the ice cream), the dumplings will turn out very nicely.
shiratamako, sugar, water, cream, cornstarch
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/167830-yukimi-daifuku-mochi-dumplings-filled-with-ice-cream (may not work)