Name: Mitsumame (Fruit, Agar-Agar and Beans in Syrup)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 2 pinches coarse salt; 200 g (7 oz) tsubuan*; 110 g (3¾ oz/½ cup) dried adzuki bean; 1 tablespoon caster (superfine) sugar; 500 ml (17 fl oz/ 2 cups) water; 2 teaspoons agar-agar; 4 cherries in syrup; 4 tablespoons black sugar sauce; 4 x 1.5 cm (⅝ in) rice balls, ungrilled and without syrup; ¼ apple, cut into 4 slices; 1 mandarin, peeled

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 50

Appears in

Tokyo Cult Recipes

By Maori Murota

Published 2015

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Ingredients

110 g (3¾ oz/½ cup) dried adzuki bean
2

Method

For the jelly, place the agar-agar and water in a saucepan on a medium heat. Bring to the boil, stirring with a wooden spatula. When it boils, keep cooking and stirring for 2 minutes, then add the sugar and stir to dissolve. Remove from the heat and pour into a 15 cm (6 in) square mould or baking tin. Allow to cool at room temperature, then place in the refrigerator. Once the jelly has set, unm