Sakura Mochi Chocolate
I made this sakura crazy recipe of my own to recreate the "sakura mochi" chocolate made by the Tirol company in Japan.
Gyuuhi turns out chewier if you replace 5 g of shiratamako with 5 g of cornstarch, so find your preferred consistency and work with what you like best.
You will probably have a bit leftover from the gyuuhi and chocolate. Use them for taste testing. For 6 pieces, each about 10 ml. Recipe by Makunouchi
Ingredients
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3 to 5 Salt-preserved sakura buds (for chocolate)
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1 Salt-preserved sakura leaf (for gyuuhi)
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For gyuuhi (rice dough):
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25 grams Shiratamako
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15 grams White sugar
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5 grams Trehalose
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45 ml Water
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1 for dusting Katakuriko
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For sakura chocolate:
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60 grams White Chocolate
Cooking Instructions
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1
Soak the sakura buds and leaf in water for a while to remove some of the salt. Dry the sakura buds out in a microwave and rub them with your finger tips until they become powdery. Drain the leaf and chop finely after removing the stem.
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2
Place the shiratamako, white sugar, and trehalose in a heatproof bowl, and mix well with a whisk. Add the chopped sakura leaf and water, and combine.
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3
Loosely cover the heatproof bowl from Step 2 with plastic wrap, and microwave for a minute (at 700 W). Remove from the microwave, and mix with a spatula. Microwave for another 30 seconds, then mix again.
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4
Spread out the katakuriko in a tray and set the dough on top. Make the dough into a stick shape smaller than the mold diameter, and loosely cover the tray with plastic wrap.
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5
Place the finely chopped chocolate in a bowl, and warm up using a double boiler (a little under 60℃). Remove the melted chocolate from the double boiler. (The chocolate temperature should be about 45℃.)
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6
Place the sakura buds in the bowl from Step 5, and mix with a spatula. Let cool while stirring constantly, with the bottom of the bowl exposed to cold water (about 15℃). (The chocolate temperature should be about 25℃.)
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7
Warm up the chocolate again in a double boiler (about 35℃). (The chocolate temperature should be about 28 to 30℃.) Pour the chocolate into the molds about halfway up, and gently tap the molds a few times.
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8
*Store the remaining chocolate in a warm place and set aside. The bottom of the bowl should be barely touching the hot water underneath.
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9
Cut the stick from Step 4 with a pair of kitchen scissors (into appropriate thickness). Place the slices one by one into each mold from Step 7, and gently tap the molds again...
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Fill the molds with the remaining chocolate, covering the gyuuhi. Gently tap again... Store in a cold place to harden the chocolate.
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Chocolate shrinks slightly when hardened. Add more chocolate and let cool again if necessary.
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Scrape off excess chocolate from the molds with a spatula, and refrigerate for about 20 minutes. Take the chocolate out of the molds, and it's done.
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Place the chocolate on top of the sakura leaf, de-salted and dried. The aroma of the leaf should transfer a bit to the chocolates.
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"Kinako Mochi Chocolate"
https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/170967-kinako-mochi-chocolate
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"Matcha Chocolate"
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