Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, monaka-style adzuki bean cracker sandwiches with the aroma of pickled plums and shiso leaves. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Monaka-style Adzuki Bean Cracker Sandwiches With the Aroma of Pickled Plums and Shiso Leaves is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Monaka-style Adzuki Bean Cracker Sandwiches With the Aroma of Pickled Plums and Shiso Leaves is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook monaka-style adzuki bean cracker sandwiches with the aroma of pickled plums and shiso leaves using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Monaka-style Adzuki Bean Cracker Sandwiches With the Aroma of Pickled Plums and Shiso Leaves:
- Make ready 12 Crackers (I used Ritz crackers)
- Prepare 1 small can Canned boiled adzuki beans
- Prepare 1 large Umeboshi (I recommend honey umeboshi)
- Make ready 3 to 4 Shiso leaves
- Get 1 tbsp A: Sugar
- Get 1 grams Powdered kanten
- Take 1 Butter (optional)
- Take 1 Cheese (optional)
Steps to make Monaka-style Adzuki Bean Cracker Sandwiches With the Aroma of Pickled Plums and Shiso Leaves:
- Take the pit out of the umeboshi and mince the flesh. Finely chop the shiso leaves.
- Put the boiled adzuki beans, umeboshi and A ingredients (sugar, powdered kanten) in a saucepan and mix together. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly.
- It will become thick after 3-5 minutes. Remove from heat before it becomes too thick and stir in the finely chopped shiso leaves.
- Let cool, and the "Plum Shiso Bean Paste" is done. Put in as many shiso leaves as you like.
- Sandwich the filling between crackers and that's it Garnish with more shiso leaves…
- Variation 1: Spread with butter for an anko butter sandwich.
- Variation 2: Spread with cream cheese for an anko cheese sandwich.
- These are the crackers I used this time.
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