Chestnut 'Manjū'
Chestnut 'Manjū'

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, chestnut 'manjū'. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Roughly chop up the Chestnuts and combine with 'Shiro-an'. Mix Flour, Sugar and Egg and make the mixture into dough. Chestnut Manjū 'Manjū' is one of traditional Japanese sweets. There are many different types of 'Manjū'.

Chestnut 'Manjū' is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Chestnut 'Manjū' is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chestnut 'manjū' using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Chestnut 'Manjū':
  1. Make ready <Pastry>
  2. Make ready 2/3 cup Self-Raising Flour
  3. Take 2 tablespoons Sugar
  4. Prepare 1 Egg
  5. Get <Filling>
  6. Get 50 g Shiro-an (White Beans Paste) *See my recipe ‘Shiro-an’ to find how to make from canned butter beans
  7. Take 6-8 Tinned Chestnuts *OR roasted Chestnuts
  8. Get <Coating>
  9. Make ready 1 Egg Yolk
  10. Prepare 1 teaspoon Mirin

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Steps to make Chestnut 'Manjū':
  1. Roughly chop up the Chestnuts and combine with ‘Shiro-an’. Divide the filling into 8 balls.
  2. Mix Flour, Sugar and Egg and make the mixture into dough. Divide the dough into 8 balls, flatten out each ball by pressing it down, and make them large enough to wrap the filling.
  3. Place one ball of filling in centre and draw the edges up to enclose. Repeat with the remaining dough and filling.
  4. Preheat oven to 180C. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
  5. Place the 'Manju' on baking paper with the sealed side down and brush the Egg Yolk & Mirin mixture over the top. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes until deep brown colour.

Chestnut 'Manjū' Jump to: Recipe Weight Loss Tips Before you jump to Chestnut 'Manjū' recipe, you may want to read this short interesting healthy tips about Foods That Are Good For Your Heart. To make chestnut shaped manju, first make a ball and then gently pinch a point at one end. Dip top of a manju into cold water, and then dip into sesame seeds so the seeds stick to side. Repeat it with the rest of the manju, water, and sesame seeds. Encased in a soft wheat dough, filled with sweet red bean paste, and steamed to perfection, Manju is a classic Japanese confectionery (wagashi).

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