ホモテナシ

A relatively simple dough for 練り切り-style sweets, using only steamed flour and 餡. It tends to get used in sweets where you want a rolled out slob for あん.

Recipe

  • 200 gr あん
  • 22.5 gr flour (wheat, buckwheat, …)
  • 5 gr もち粉 or 白玉粉 (which you could also omit, but it gives a bit elasticity, making the sweets nicer to shape)
  • 10 gr sugar

➡️ Mix, steam on wet cloth for 20' on high power, knead and go

Uses

  • My beloved 山苞 and as wrapping for the 山路
  • The 未開紅 plum packages
  • People also use it to make 花見団子, but I think that's just wayne.
  • The ひちぎり (literally pulled and cut) that are common for the 3rd of March are also made with こなし dough. Even with the mugwort blended into it, I still think they are just a very plain, unromantic sweet.