Also known as: Japanese Shaved Ice, Kakigōri, Kaki Gori
About this dish
A mountain of feather-light shaved ice drenched in sweet syrups such as strawberry, matcha or condensed milk, often with red beans.
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Ingredients
🧊Block ice, or ice frozen from filtered water
🍓Syrup: 200g strawberries simmered with 80g sugar, or matcha syrup
🥛Sweetened condensed milk
🫘Sweet red beans (optional)
⚪Shiratama mochi balls (optional)
Method
Serves 3
1
Make the syrup and chill it well.
2
Shave the ice as finely as possible with a shaved-ice machine, letting it fall into a tall, loose mound.
3
Pour syrup over the ice as you build it, so it soaks through the middle.
4
Drizzle with condensed milk and add red beans or mochi.
5
Eat straight away before it melts.
✓ What Makes it Authentic
Kakigori dates back to the Heian period, when ice was a luxury for the court; today it's a summer festival treat, with shops flying a red-and-blue 'kōri' flag.
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