Sakura Sweet Rolls /VIDEO
To my foodie Steemians "Kon'nichiwa!!! " I wanna present to you this famous Japanese bread recipe called "Sakura Anpan".
What is "Sakura Anpan"?
There is something about this sweet roll that became very famous in Japan and even it continued to be popular up to this present day. Sakura sweet rolls or commonly known in Japan as "Anpan" is a traditonal bread originally made by Yasubei Kimura (1875) that is filled with bean paste.
This Anpan bread was then presented to the Meiji Emperor and for luck the Emperor loved the taste of it. In fact he even told Yasubei to send him Anpan everyday. Since then, the bread became famous when Japanese people knew it's the Emperor's favourite they began to like it too.
So I went to the grocery store today to get a pink dragonfruit for my coloring but unfortunately while shooting the video I was astonished that it's a white baby.
How could I....
(Watch this youtube video for full recipe)
Panicking, I thought I really, really needed the color pink, I really want my Sakura to have that girly girlaloo pinkish color. So I found a way. I scrapped the dragonfruit skin which is basicaly pink and blended it together with the fruit and boom! I got a pink coloring for my dough. Haha!
The tragedy didn't stop there. Alright I started baking my Sakura babies and once they hit the oven, deng! They evolved into monster yellowish babies! Why oh why? I'm kind of disappointed but it's fine. My pink babies are gone. Now it's grown into a yellow big sakura. So goodbye to the pink babies.
Well, I'd redo this recipe next time but probably gonna use beet instead to retain its pink color. Haha. Anyways, learning lessons never stop. They just teach you how to get better.
So here's my Sakura Anpan recipe.
INGREDIENTS
- 2 cups spelt flour
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup white kidney beans
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp yeast
DIRECTIONS
- In a medium heat, boil white kidney beans in 3 cups water for 10 mins.
- Drain and wash the beans using a strainer and reboil it again with 2 cups of water for another 5 mins or until tender and soft.
- Meanwhile, in a mixing bowl, add spelt flour and salt and mix well. Set aside.
- Using a blender, add dragonfruit and a cup of water and pulse. Drain the dragonfruit mixture using a strainer and reserve dragonfruit water.
- Add yeast to the dragonfruit water and set aside for 2 mins.
- When the white beans are soft enough, remove from heat and drain it using a strainer carefully pressing down the beans to make a paste. Discard white bean shell residue from the strainer.
- In a low heat, add the bean mixture into the pan, stir and add coconut sugar gently mixing it to combine for 2 mins and remove from heat.
- Preheat oven at 320F / 160C.
- Add the dragonfruit mixture to the flour and and combine. Knead the dough for 5 mins. Let the dough rise in a covered bowl for 20 mins.
- When the dough is ready and doubled its size, form a ball and divide it into 10 equal sizes.
- Roll each slices and form small balls. Flatten it out, add the bean mixture and wrap it to form a bigger ball. Flatten it out again, make five slits, hold each end of the slit and pull it together to shape it into petals. Do it five times to make five petals.
- Bake for 10 mins at 320F / 160C. Top the center of flower sweet rolls with your favorite topping (nuts, cacao, chocolate drops or berries).
See you on the next cookntell.
Love,
Jayne
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Not really a tragedy, I would say, as your anpan turned out beautiful anyway. And looks masarap! Great photogrpahy too!
Thanks for sharing!
thank you @offoodandart for visiting. Are you a Filipino too?
Yes, I am but now residing in the U.S. =D
Kamusta?
Your Sakura Anpan bread look lovely and totally perfect for the spring when beautiful sakura are in bloom everywhere!
Hello @cookwithus Thanks for dropping by. I'd agree with you. Perfect match with a tea on spring time. :) Btw, I visited your blog and I heard about the recent "cookwithus" challenge which is "Cookie Jar" I wanna ask if I can still enter? I definitely would love to join and meet new people and other aspiring chefs. Thanks and see you around! :) Upvoted and followed.
Yes, please enter - this weeks competition closes on Monday mid-day
Also would you mind if we loaded your video onto a new decentralised platform called Viewly? alpha.view.ly
One again you did it again....Love your work. Now even much more since it is so kawaii.......So, as always
PS: Tinnnny, small critic, it is just only my opinion, the mic was to close or mic sensitivity is to hight.
Haha! @soulast I like the way you said it "kawaii" . Thanks for always visiting my blog. I saw your youtube comment too. Haha. You are the 2nd subscriber! I just started everything in social sites and here on steemit last March 18 this year. And I really appreciate your support there. See you on the next video. :) Have a nice day soulast
Its look delicous! I wanna try this one of this days.
Thanks fo visiting @mabethcruz Let me know how it goes! See you arund kababayan. :) Upvoted!
I had to bookmark this, I love trying new foods, and these sweet rolls look incredibly delicious! 😋 Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Hello @jasmink thank you for dropping by. Glad you’ll want to try this recipe. Please tell me how it goes then! Have a nice day! :-)
Excellent @cookntell, I will follow you, I like cooking and I always publish in general in Spanish, I prepare easy recipes more meals than sweetness, I liked this recipe I will try to prepare it.
Thanks for visiting @rvag5 I will take a look at your blog. Looking forward to see your recipe posts. Upvoted and followed. Keep posting and I'll see you around! :) Have a good day!
Will have to try this! Looks yummy and unique!
Thanks @mhm-philippines for dropping by! It's great to see fellow kababayans here on steemit. Uovoted and followed you. See you around! :)
Thank you and God bless!
Delicious looking as always sweets xxx
Thanks beautie! :) @jaynie Got more sweets in the making :)
Amazing food mam... you are a awesome cook i'm sure about it.☺
Thanks @sushovon002 I'm still learning :)
Nice recipe and seems delicious. Good Luck !!
Thanks for dropping by @nassifelias :)
You’re welcome @cookntell. Don’t hesitate to check my blog for interesting and important posts !!