Strawberry Red Bean Mochi


These are some sweets that I remember from my childhood. My aunt used to make these great strawberry and red bean mochi (or sometimes peanut butter mochi) for special occasions. There was also a bakery near my house that would make excellent versions of these sweets too.

These are easy to make a very impressive looking. They're not for everyone, but if you like mochi you will surely like these. 

Ingredients
  • 8 oz sweet rice flour (like Mochiko)
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • red bean paste
  • small strawberries
  • kinako flour or cornstarch
Directions
  1. Mix sugar, rice flour and water together in a heatproof glass bowl that will fit in your steamer. This should be liquid.
  2. Place bowl in steamer and steam until entire mixture is translucent and sticky. Stir every 5 minutes or so until done.
  3. Remove bowl from steamer and pour mixture out onto a cutting board or butcher paper dusted with cornstarch. Let cool a few minutes
  4. While mochi is cooling (or before), flatten some sweet read bean paste and wrap around strawberries.
  5. Cut small pieces of the mochi, flatten sightly with well dusted hands and wrap around strawberry and red bean paste. Let cool completely before eating.



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Five years ago: Almond Rochers

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