Strawberry Mochi
By: Køkken69
Published: Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 4:58pm

Ingredients




Prune Paste            170g

Glutinous Rice flour 70g

Water                     110g

Potato starch for coating

small strawberries, 4 washed and hulled

Preparation

1 Combine glutinous rice flour and water in a bowl. Mix well. Microwave at 600W for 1 min. Stir the mixture again. Microwave again for 1 min. 2 Cool down dough. Coat dough with potato starch, then flatten using hands. Divide into 4 even pieces. 3 Place 40g of Prune Paste on a cling wrap film. Place 1 strawberry in the middle. Roll the paste to cover the strawberry. Chill the filling for a few minutes. 4 Place each filling ball in the middle of each piece of dough. Cover the Prune Paste dough , gently using your fingers, stretch the dough over the Prune paste balls. Coat rice ball with potato starch and serve immediately

About


This is a Japanese dessert with a refreshing twist. I felt it would be interesting to try something different for Valentine's Day, pairing it with Champagne.