Strawberry Mochi Recipe (いちご大福 - Ichigo Daifuku)

By No Recipes · 60 min

Ingredients

Instructions

1. Wash and dry the strawberries thoroughly with paper towels. Remove the leafy ring but keep the core, then trim any remaining stem with kitchen shears.
2. Flatten 1 tablespoon of the sweet red bean paste into a disk with your fingers. Set a strawberry in the center tip-up and press the paste up the sides, leaving the tip exposed. Repeat with the rest, then cover and set aside.
3. In a microwave-safe bowl, whisk together the mochiko, evaporated cane sugar and milk powder.
4. Add the sweetened condensed milk and about a third of the whole milk, and whisk into a smooth paste. Whisk in the remaining milk until smooth and free of lumps.
5. Microwave at 600 watts for 2 1/2 minutes.
6. Whisk, breaking up large lumps (a few small ones are fine). Microwave at 600 watts for another 3 1/2 minutes.
7. Knead with a stiff silicone spatula until smooth and elastic.
8. Transfer to plastic wrap, shape into a square, unwrap and dust generously with potato starch. Cut into 9 even pieces.
9. Roll one piece to about 3 inches in diameter with a small rolling pin and rest it in your palm.
10. Place a bean-paste-covered strawberry in the center tip-down. Stretch the mochi edges up over it and pinch them closed, working around to seal.
11. Roll gently between your hands into a round shape. Repeat the last two steps with the remaining strawberries.

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