Kinka-mochi
Ingredients
(makes 4)
Plain flour : 100g
Boiling water : 70ml
Black sesame seeds, toasted and ground : 2 tablespoons
Dark brown sugar : 20g
Water : 1/2 teaspoon
Miso paste : 10g
Kinka-mochi is a traditional sweet in Aomori and Iwate prefectures. With mochi made from wheat flour and a filling of brown sugar with sesame or walnuts, these easily-made treats are sometimes made as offerings for the festival of O-Bon. With an intoxicating salty-sweet filling, they are incredibly delicious freshly cooked.
Method
- Put flour in a bowl, add boiling water all at once, and stir with chopsticks (photo 1). When cool enough to touch, knead for 3 minutes then enclose in plastic wrap and set aside (photo 2).
- Mix the ground sesame seeds and brown sugar in a separate bowl, then stir in the water.
- Divide the dough from step 1 into four portions. Make each into an oval shape. Spread on the miso and then the sugar-sesame mixture (photo 3).
- Bring a pot of water to the boil and put mochi in. Once floating, cook for 2-3 minutes then rinse with cold water and drain (photo 4).
