Name: Chestnuts in Yam Paste (Kuri Kinton )
Yield: Makes about 2½ cups.
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: ½ cup sugar; 2 seven-ounce bottles of yellow chestnuts in syrup (sold as kuri no kanro ni in Oriental groceries); 1–1¼ pounds yams; 2 tablespoons mińn (syrupy rice wine)

Preparation info

Makes about
2½ cups
.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

At Home with Japanese Cooking

By Elizabeth Andoh

Published 1986

About

Golden, glossy chestnuts in a swirl of sweet, bright-colored yam paste are also a Japanese New Year’s tradition. They are wonderful as a decorative accompaniment to a Western-style roast turkey or baked ham. Try decorating your platter next time with whole chestnuts, piping out the sweet yam paste in circlets around them.

Ingredients

2 seven-ounce bottles of yellow chestnuts in syrup (sold as kuri no kanro ni in Oriental groceries)
1–1¼ pounds yams

Asia
Japan
Side dish
Dessert
Vegan
New Year

Method

Drain the chestnuts, reserving ¼ cup of the syrup. Cut very large chestnuts in half.

Peel the yams and cut them into 1-inch-thick slices before cooking them in water to cover for 15 minutes. They shoul

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