How to Make Yummy Sakura (Cherry Blossom) Manju

How to Make Yummy Sakura (Cherry Blossom) Manju Delicious, fresh and tasty.

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Salt pickled sakura cherry blossoms of highest quality with a beautiful dark pink color.

These flowers are ideal for making cookies, sakura cheese, chiffon cake or jelly.

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You can have Sakura (Cherry Blossom) Manju using 9 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Sakura (Cherry Blossom) Manju

1. Prepare of Cake flour.

2. You need of Baking powder.

3. You need of Water.

4. Prepare of Red food colouring.

5. Prepare of Granulated sugar.

6. You need of Anko (I used tsubu an).

7. It’s of leaves Pickled sakura leaves.

8. Prepare of Pickled sakura blossoms.

9. You need of Flour for dusting.

Out of all the amazing things to do in Tokyo, cherry blossom viewing ranks at the top of the list, even though it's famously unpredictable from year to year.

Here in Japan, the season of Sakura(Cherry blossoms) is very short and the blossoms are very easy to be fallen by wind or rain.

Cherry blossoms are also a symbol of a new start, such as graduation, entering a new school or starting new employment.

Ohmura Park is a cherry blossom viewing spot located in Ohmura City, Nagasaki Prefecture.

Sakura (Cherry Blossom) Manju instructions

1. Soak the pickled sakura blossoms in water (not listed in the ingredients) for about one hour. Pat them with a paper towel to remove excess water..

2. Rinse the pickled sakura leaves briefly to remove the salt. Pat them with a paper towel to remove excess water. Remove the stem from the leaves..

3. Divide the anko into 5 portions and shape into balls. Wrap with the rinsed sakura leaves..

4. Prepare 5 sheets of parchment paper cut into small square (4 x 4 cm)..

5. Combine the cake flour and baking powder in a bowl. Mix them with a whisk until smooth and fluffy..

6. Put the water and red food colouring in a small container, and stir well. Put the granulated sugar in a bowl. Add the water and dissolved red food colouring into the bowl. Mix them well..

7. Add the dry ingredients you combined at Step 5 at once into the bowl. Fold it in until the dough comes together. Dust your working surface, and place the dough on it. Knead lightly, and divide into 5 portions and shape into balls..

8. Bring water to a boil in the steamer..

9. Roll the ball you made at Step 7 into a round circle (8cm in diameter), making the centre a touch thicker than the edges. Put the anko wrapped with the leaf you made at Step 3 at the centre of the dough. Wrap the anko and leaf with the dough, and close the ends tightly..

10. Roll out the dough on a dusted working surface if you like. It would be easier to roll out..

11. Place the dough on the sheet you prepared at Step 4. Reshape the dough. Place the sakura blossoms you prepared at Step 1 on top of the dough. Line a damp tea towel on the bottom of the steamer, and place the dough on it. Steam on high heat for 8 minutes..

12. If you use a metal steamer, make sure to wrap the steamer lid with dry cloth to prevent any water droplets..

13. When the manju is cooked, turn off the heat. Enjoy!.

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The most well-known species is the Japanese cherry, Prunus serrulata, which is commonly called sakura (桜 or 櫻; さくら).

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Cherry blossom, or sakura as it's known in Japan, is a big part of Japanese culture.

People from all over the country (and the world!) come together to celebrate the blooming of the flowers, by visiting parks and throwing big picnics called hanami, and eating special blossom-themed food.