The Essense of Spring: Homemade Sakura Salt and Sakura Butter
The First Signs of Spring Although the days are still cold, little by little we can feel spring approaching. As the plum blossoms finish their season, the next flowers...
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The Essense of Spring: Homemade Sakura Salt and Sakura Butter
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Tea Marinated Pork - Hojicha Roast Pork Recipe -
What is Hojicha? Hojicha is a type of Japanese green tea. 焙じ茶(Hoji-cha), Hoji means roasting and Cha means tea, so it is roasted green tea. As it is roasted, the leaves...
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Matcha White Brownie Recipe
Have you had any matcha sweets? Have you made them by yourself? What I love about matcha sweets is I can enjoy a nice flavor of matcha and also enjoy sweet...
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Sakura Biscuits Recipe
After the cold winter, a nice season has started here in Japan. It is getting warm and having a nice breeze while day time is also getting longer. Sakura(cherry blossoms)...
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How to Enjoy Anko, Japanese Sweet Bean Paste
Have you seen these ones? These are called dorayaki, a sweet, traditional Japanese snack made with a reddish brown paste sandwiched between two soft pancakes. This paste is called "anko" 餡子 or "an" 餡...
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Hojicha Roll Cake Recipe
Can you see what this is? This is Hojicha powder. Hojicha powder is finely ground Hojicha leaves. It is superfine and smooth like Matcha. You can make a cup of...
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Traditional Japanese Candy Wagashi Sweets Recipe - Kohakuto
Kohakuto (or Kohakutou) is a traditional Japanese candy (wagashi) that has a firm jelly texture on the inside and a crunchy shell on the outside. It can be enjoyed with...
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Sakura Sugar Cookie Recipe
This simple recipe for sugar cookies with sakura blossoms comes from Gabriela Sorgenfrey (whose Instagram account is filled with her exploration of tea and beautiful Japanese wagashi sweets).
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Sakura Mochi Recipe (easy-to-make recipe using microwave)
Sakura mochi 桜餅 is a Japanese sweet made of sweet pink-colored rice cake with a red bean paste filling, wrapped in a salted sakura leaf. Recipe by Reiko Taichi (Servings:...
