Té Matcha Mochi with Azuki Bean Filling

Additional Mochi Fillings Options

Black Sesame filling.

Ingredients

Black sesame paste, 4 oz

Molasses , 4 oz

• Pour sesame paste and molasses in a metal pan on medium heat and blend them by folding withsilicone spatula.  After 5 mins, add 1/3 cup of tapioca starch to the mixture and stir.
• When the mixture turns thick, turn off heat and pour the mixture to a foil paper about 11″ X 8″  with a thin layer of starch on its top.
•  Fold in the mixture with the foil paper.
•  Gently roll it and freeze it for half an hour.
• Wait for your mochi are ready to be stuffed.

Matcha Mochi ice cream filling

Ingredients

4 oz heavy vanilla ice cream

1 tsp matcha

Steps:

• Leave ice cream on kitchen counter for 15 mins to melt, and blend in matcha, stirring well with a whisk
• re-freeze the ice cream until hard
• Prepare the mochi dough by flattening and rolled into a thin layer on a quarter size baking sheet, on which a thin layer of starch is dusted.
• Use a 2″ diameter cookie cutter to cut dough into circles.
•  Cool  for 15 mins.

Finish:

• fill 1.5 tsp of ice cream into a mochi circle, squeeze four sides and roll it on a starched surface , quickly put it in a 4 oz sauce cup . Freeze it quick.