Daifuku with Kumquats

Name: Daifuku with Kumquats
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 50 grams Shiratamako; 50 grams Sugar; 80 ml Water; 100 grams Sweet cooked aduki beans (store bought is fine); 4 Candied kamquats (cut in half) ※ Refer tofor DIY; 1 Katakuriko

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When I saw daifuku with sandwiched strawberries and aduki beans at a Japanese confectionary shop, I thought that they'd be nice with other fillings! After I went home, I made my own daifuku with leftover shiratamako, cooked aduki beans and candied kumquats, which I had made. It was a great success.

You have to work with the dough very quickly before it cools. While it's hot you have to be careful not burn yourself, so leave to cool enough to handle. If you use too much katakuriko, you might have difficulty shaping the dough into ovals. Recipe by yaburie

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Ingredients

4 servings

50 gramsShiratamako
50 gramsSugar
80 mlWater
100 gramsSweet cooked aduki beans (store bought is fine)
4Candied kamquats (cut in half) ※ Refer tofor DIY
1Katakuriko

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Steps

1

≪Preparation≫If the cooked aduki beans are too wet, put in a sauce pan and heat to evaporate excess moisture. Leave to cool. Drain the kumquats in a colander.
2

Combine shiratamako and sugar in a heatproof bowl and mix together with a wooden spatula, adding water little by little.
3

After it's mixed, loosely cover with plastic wrap and microwave at 500W for 1 minute.
4

Take out the bowl from the microwave and stir the mixture well. Cover with plastic wrap and heat for another minute. Repeat twice (heat for 3 minutes in total).
5

Stir the mixture in a bowl well. When it becomes smooth, place on a shallow container dusted with katakuriko.
6

Dust your hands with katakuriko and divide the dough into 4 portions. Divide the aduki beans into 4 portions and roll into balls.
7

Place a portioned dough on the palm of your hand and stretch into an oval shape with another hand. Put the portioned aduki beans and kumquat onto the dough and fold over the dough.
8

If you have sudden visitors or feel like eating Japanese confectionary, you can make these very quickly. It's best eaten immediately although the dough will not harden with time.
9

If you put strawberries, you will have strawberry daifuku. This looks like a strawberry covered with snow.