Chestnut 'Manjū'
Chestnut 'Manjū'

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Chestnut 'Manjū' is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Chestnut 'Manjū' is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

Great recipe for Chestnut 'Manjū'. 'Manjū' is one of traditional Japanese sweets. There are many different types of 'Manjū'. Every region seems to have its own local specialty 'Manjū'.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook chestnut 'manjū' using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chestnut 'Manjū':
  1. Make ready <Pastry>
  2. Prepare 2/3 cup Self-Raising Flour
  3. Make ready 2 tablespoons Sugar
  4. Take 1 Egg
  5. Prepare <Filling>
  6. Prepare 50 g Shiro-an (White Beans Paste) *See my recipe ‘Shiro-an’ to find how to make from canned butter beans
  7. Make ready 6-8 Tinned Chestnuts *OR roasted Chestnuts
  8. Get <Coating>
  9. Prepare 1 Egg Yolk
  10. Prepare 1 teaspoon Mirin

There are many varieties of manjū, but most have an outside made from flour, rice powder, kudzu and buckwheat and a filling of anko (red bean paste), usually made from boiled adzuki beans and sugar. Manjū is sometimes made with other fillings like chestnut jam. In Hawaii, one can find Okinawan manjū that are made with a. Combine the egg yolk with the mirin and coat the manju.

Steps to make Chestnut 'Manjū':
  1. Roughly chop up the Chestnuts and combine with ‘Shiro-an’. Divide the filling into 8 balls.
  2. Mix Flour, Sugar and Egg and make the mixture into dough. Divide the dough into 8 balls, flatten out each ball by pressing it down, and make them large enough to wrap the filling.
  3. Place one ball of filling in centre and draw the edges up to enclose. Repeat with the remaining dough and filling.
  4. Preheat oven to 180C. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
  5. Place the 'Manju' on baking paper with the sealed side down and brush the Egg Yolk & Mirin mixture over the top. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes until deep brown colour.

There are dozens of chestnuts cultivated around the world, but there are five main species. When it comes to bone health, we think that good bone health is only be achieved by calcium content. The calcium itself not only works in providing the healthy bones but the copper helps in the absorption of iron which is essential for the development of bones. Also, the magnesium content in chestnut increased mineral bones density. Manju is one variety of the myriad of Japanese sweets, or wagashi, available for enjoyment.

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