List of Japanese desserts and sweets
In Japanese cuisine, traditional Japanese sweets are known as wagashi. Ingredients such as red bean paste and mochi are used. Many modern day sweets and desserts in Japan are also existent.
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Japanese desserts
- Anmitsu
- Anpan
- Castella
- Chinsuko
- Coffee jelly
- Green tea ice cream
- Hakuto jelly
- Imagawayaki
- Melonpan
- Mochi ice cream [1]
- Sata andagi
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Hakuto peach jelly.jpg
Hakuto jelly is a seasonal dessert in Japanese cuisine available in the summer.
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Mochi ice cream is a Japanese confection made from mochi (pounded sticky rice) with an ice cream filling.
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Sata andagi are sweet, deep fried buns of dough similar to doughnuts
Wagashi
Wagashi is a traditional Japanese confectionery which is often served with tea, especially the types made of mochi, anko (azuki bean paste), and fruits. Wagashi is typically made from plant ingredients.[2]
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Daifuku is a glutinous rice cake stuffed with sweet filling, most commonly anko, sweetened red bean paste made from azuki beans.
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Dango is a dumpling and sweet made from mochiko (rice flour), related to mochi. It is often served with green tea.
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Arare is a type of bite-sized Japanese cracker made from glutinous rice and flavored with soy sauce. Sweet and savory varieties are prepared.
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Hanabiramochi is a Japanese sweet usually eaten at the beginning of the year.
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Manjū is a popular traditional Japanese confection; most have an outside made from flour, rice powder and buckwheat and a filling of anko (red bean paste), made from boiled azuki beans and sugar.
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Kimonaka.jpg
Monaka is prepared with azuki bean jam filling sandwiched between two thin crisp wafers made from mochi.
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Namagashi are a type of wagashi, which is a general term for snacks used in the Japanese tea ceremony. Namagashi may contain fruit jellies, other gelatines such as Kanten or sweetened bean paste.
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Sakuramochi.jpg
Sakuramochi consists of a sweet pink mochi (rice cake) and red bean paste, covered with a leaf of sakura (cherry blossom).
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Tokoroten is prepared with jelly extracted from seaweeds such as tengusa (Gelidiaceae) and ogonori (Gracilaria) by boiling. Pressed against a device, jelly is shaped into noodles.
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Uirō is a traditional Japanese steamed cake made of rice flour and sugar.[3]
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Assorted Yatsuhashi. The flavors, from top to bottom, are tofu, cinnamon, sesame.
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Yōkan is a thick, jellied dessert made of red bean paste, agar, and sugar. It is usually sold in a block form, and eaten in slices.
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See also
Japanese sweets and desserts
Related topics
References
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- ↑ Gordenker, Alice, "So What the Heck is That?: Wagashi", Japan Times, 20 January 2011, p. 11.
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