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Ingredients
- 660 grams Sweet potatoes (Anno-imo variety)
- 10 pieces Chestnuts in syrup (store-bought)
- 2 Gardenia seeds
- 50 ml Candied Japanese chestnut syrup
- 50 ml Mirin
- 50 ml Water from boiling the sweet potatoes
Method
- Peel the potatoes rather thickly and soak in water for 10 minutes.
- Wash the potatoes well under running water and put in a pan.
- Fill with a water to cover 1 cm above.
- Next, add crushed gardenia seeds put into an empty tea bag.
- Boil until they can be poked through easily with a skewer.
- Reserve the broth in another container and discard the gardenia seeds.
- Blend the still-hot potatoes and the ingredients marked in a food processor until smooth.
- Soften the mixture to your liking by adding potato broth.
- Mix in the candied chestnuts and it's done.
- I used this in my Osechi (the New Year's feast) (see picture).
