Correction of The Name of Desserts which I Blogged Last December

Posted on Jun 6, 2013 in Hiroko's Blog

In December 2012 I have blogged about mochi ice cream and posted the recipes to make mochi sweet. Now I should correct the name of the mochi sweet which I introduced to you. It is not “mochi” sweet but is “gyuhi” sweets – sweets made from shiratamako flour. To make shiratamako flour glutenous rice is rinsed, soaked, ground and dried. The flour comes in fairly large granules. Here is the another trial of my gyuhi sweet – colored...

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Mochi Ice cream

Posted on Dec 19, 2012 in Hiroko's Blog, Recipes

In the past I thought that gooey texture found in Japanese (daifuku-)mochi (soft rice cake filled with sweetened azuki beans) won’t be appreciated by the American. Then, one day several years ago on my visit to our dear friend Alan and Fran (very traditional American), in Palo Alto, California, I surprisingly found that Fran stocks mochi ice cream in their freezer. They love the unique texture of the mochi ice cream. If you are a fan of mochi ice cream try this...

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