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Japanese Sweets, Girls Day Treats, Sakuramochi / 桜餅
2014.03.03 [CULTURE,FOOD,WHAT'S NEW]
桜餅 / Japanese Sweets, Girls Day Treats, Sakuramochi
桜色の餅や生地で餡(あん)を包んだ和菓子。桜の葉で包まれるのも特徴。
桜餅には、長命寺(江戸風)と道明寺(上方風)とがあり、作り方も形も異なる。
長命寺は焼いた生地に餡をくるんだもの、道明寺(写真)は、もち米を 荒めにひいた道明寺粉で作られる。
桜餅は、江戸時代から「ひな祭り」の際に雛壇に供えられる和菓子でもある。
(Photo:Tomoaki Kojima)
Sakuramochi are traditional Japanese sweets of red bean paste filling, covered in a soft shell of
pounded rice, and wrapped in the leaf of a cherry tree. There are different types of Sakuramochi made,
the Chomei-ji (Edo Style) and the Domyo-ji (Kansai style) The differences are, the Chomei-ji type is wrapped
in a cooked crepe like covering, while the Domyo type (pictured) is made from a sticky, glutinous rice.
Since the Edo period, sakuramochi was one of the sweets offered on the tiered stands as part of the Girls Day Festival.
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