Taste of Fall, Kuri Kinton (Chestnut Paste)
Taste of Fall, Kuri Kinton (Chestnut Paste)

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Their most famous treat is kuri kinton, directly translated as chestnut golden mash, a soft and slightly sweet treat with a fragrant aroma. We asked one of Shogetsudo's staff members about the secret to the great taste of their kuri kinton. Great recipe for Authentic Kuri-Kinton (Chestnut Paste). Also adjust the consistency of the chestnut paste to taste, since it may vary depending on your food processor.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have taste of fall, kuri kinton (chestnut paste) using 3 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Taste of Fall, Kuri Kinton (Chestnut Paste):
  1. Take 350 grams without the shells Boiled chestnuts
  2. Take 70 grams Sugar
  3. Make ready 2 tbsp Honey

Kuri (chestnuts) used in the dish are called Kanroni, and they are cooked and macerated in heavy syrup. Chestnut Kanroni is usually sold in a small jar at Japanese markets. Kuri Kinton is a traditional Japanese New Year's food (osechi) made from sweet potato and chestnuts. Each osechi dish has a symbolic meaning, and Japanese often return to their hometowns and gather to have osechi on New Year's Day.

Instructions to make Taste of Fall, Kuri Kinton (Chestnut Paste):
  1. Boil the chestnuts in a pressure cooker.
  2. While the chestnuts are still hot, cut in half with a knife and scoop out the insides with a spoon.
  3. I smashed them with a masher, but they didn't get that smashed, so I thought of putting them in a food processor, but ended up using a blender.
  4. Mix with the sugar (1/5 of the chestnut amount) and honey in a pot over low heat.
  5. Put saran wrap on a scale and measure out 20 g (or any size you like) of the mixture.
  6. Wrap up in the saran wrap and you're done.

Kuri Kinton is a traditional Japanese New Year's food (osechi) made from sweet potato and chestnuts. Each osechi dish has a symbolic meaning, and Japanese often return to their hometowns and gather to have osechi on New Year's Day. Kuri Kinton 栗金飩 is one of the items of osechi-ryōri, traditional Japanese New Year/ oshougatsu foods. It is a sweetened and mashed Japanese sweet potato with sweet chestnuts. The characters for kinton literally mean 'group of gold', so with the golden color of this sweet, it represents a wish for wealth and financial success.

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