Anmitsu

Name: Anmitsu
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 4g agar powder and 500ml water; Sweet red bean paste (anko); Fruit such as tinned peaches, mandarins and cherries; Small shiratama mochi balls; Kuromitsu (brown sugar syrup)

あんみつ/AHN-mee-tsoo/

Also known as: Mitsumame with Anko, Japanese Agar Jelly Dessert

About this dish

A traditional dessert bowl of cubes of agar jelly with sweet red bean paste, fruit, mochi and brown sugar syrup.

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Ingredients

🟦4g agar powder and 500ml water

🫘Sweet red bean paste (anko)

🍑Fruit such as tinned peaches, mandarins and cherries

⚪Small shiratama mochi balls

🍯Kuromitsu (brown sugar syrup)

Method

Serves 4

Dissolve the agar in the water and boil for 2 minutes.

Pour into a tray and leave to set, then cut into small cubes.

Boil the shiratama balls until they float, then cool in iced water.

Arrange the jelly cubes, fruit, mochi and red bean paste in a bowl.

Pour over kuromitsu just before eating.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Anmitsu was popularised in Tokyo's Ginza in the 1930s and is served at traditional tea houses called kanmidokoro.

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