Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, sakura (cherry blossom) manju. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Sakura (Cherry Blossom) Manju is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Sakura (Cherry Blossom) Manju is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have sakura (cherry blossom) manju using 9 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Sakura (Cherry Blossom) Manju:
- Prepare 60 grams Cake flour
- Take 1/2 tsp Baking powder
- Make ready 20 ml Water
- Get 1 dash Red food colouring
- Take 30 grams Granulated sugar
- Get 100 grams Anko (I used tsubu an)
- Get 5 leaves Pickled sakura leaves
- Get 5 Pickled sakura blossoms
- Take 1 Flour for dusting
Steps to make Sakura (Cherry Blossom) Manju:
- Soak the pickled sakura blossoms in water (not listed in the ingredients) for about one hour. Pat them with a paper towel to remove excess water.
- Rinse the pickled sakura leaves briefly to remove the salt. Pat them with a paper towel to remove excess water. Remove the stem from the leaves.
- Divide the anko into 5 portions and shape into balls. Wrap with the rinsed sakura leaves.
- Prepare 5 sheets of parchment paper cut into small square (4 x 4 cm).
- Combine the cake flour and baking powder in a bowl. Mix them with a whisk until smooth and fluffy.
- Put the water and red food colouring in a small container, and stir well. Put the granulated sugar in a bowl. Add the water and dissolved red food colouring into the bowl. Mix them well.
- Add the dry ingredients you combined at Step 5 at once into the bowl. Fold it in until the dough comes together. Dust your working surface, and place the dough on it. Knead lightly, and divide into 5 portions and shape into balls.
- Bring water to a boil in the steamer.
- Roll the ball you made at Step 7 into a round circle (8cm in diameter), making the centre a touch thicker than the edges. Put the anko wrapped with the leaf you made at Step 3 at the centre of the dough. Wrap the anko and leaf with the dough, and close the ends tightly.
- Roll out the dough on a dusted working surface if you like. It would be easier to roll out.
- Place the dough on the sheet you prepared at Step 4. Reshape the dough. Place the sakura blossoms you prepared at Step 1 on top of the dough. Line a damp tea towel on the bottom of the steamer, and place the dough on it. Steam on high heat for 8 minutes.
- If you use a metal steamer, make sure to wrap the steamer lid with dry cloth to prevent any water droplets.
- When the manju is cooked, turn off the heat. Enjoy!
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