Candied azuki beans are one of the most important ingredients in the world of wagashi. Good candied azuki beans are fluffy in texture and not too sweet, delicious just on their own. I recommend trying to make these yourself.
- Ingredients -
Azuki beans - 200 gCold water - 600 gFine Japanese sugar - 600 g
・Fine Japanese sugar can be substituted with rock sugar. Note that rock sugar will take longer to completely dissolve in water - replenish any water that evaporates in the process.
・I suggest using fresher azuki beans (as estimated from the expiry date)
- Directions -
1. Rinse the azuki beans and place them in a pot with cold water. Bring to a boil.
2. Add cold or iced water to lower the temperature of the water to 50°C, before bringing it to a boil again. Repeat this step thrice.
3. Drain off the water and replace it with new, clean water. Place a drop lid over the azuki beans and simmer until the beans are cooked through. Drain off the cooking water.
4. In a second pot, bring 600 g of water and 200 g of sugar to a boil until sugar has completely dissolved, forming a syrup.
5. Gently pour the syrup over the azuki beans, bring to a boil, then remove from heat.
6. Set the azuki beans and syrup aside to cool in the fridge for at least 8 hours.
7. Strain out the syrup and add 200 g of sugar to it. Bring to a boil until sugar has dissolved.
8. Pour the syrup back over the azuki beans, bring to a boil, then remove from heat.
9. Set the azuki beans and syrup aside to cool in the fridge for at least 8 hours.
10. Repeat steps 7 to 9 once more.
11. Transfer the candied azuki beans into clean containers for storage.
・The candied azuki beans must be kept refrigerated. Alternatively, drain off the syrup and freeze the beans.
・For a stickier final product, add mizuame to the azuki beans during the final round of boiling.
・As freshly-cooked azuki beans are fragile,
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