Japanese Ice Cream

Three, no Four flavours of Japanese Ice Cream

2009-09-02T13:10:00.000+10:00

Yes, I know there are four ice cream containers but I can not remember what the 4th one was. Any way the three Japanese ice cream flavours are Melon Ice Cream, Cheese Ice Cream, Dark Sugar Ice Cream.

Hang on I do know the flavour of the fourth Japanese ice cream, it is just pain old Vanilla.

All were nice, the Dark Sugar one was excellent, like a burnt caramel flavour.

Japanese Icecream Glico Palitte

2009-08-29T12:57:00.002+10:00

No Mochi Ice Cream recipe today. This wonderful looking ice cream is from the Japanese company called Glico. It is a huge soft serve with hard chocolate on it. I like how they made to be all striped by the chocolate running down the ice cream grooves. Nothing special about the ice cream taste, it was nice but the best thing is the looks.

How To Make Japanese Mochi Ice Cream Recipe

2009-04-13T00:23:00.002+10:00

I have finally got around to having instructions on How To Make Japanese Mochi Ice Cream At Home. It is really simple, any one can make this classic Japanese Ice Cream dessert, just follow this step by step recipe.

Everyone loves delicious mochi, right, little golfballs sized ice-cream covered by sweetened mochi. You bite into one... first chewy sweet bliss followed by the creamy cool ice-cream heaven.

A lot of store bought mochi are OK, like Mikawaya (they say they invented the Mochi Ice Cream), some are really nice ice cream, some not so nice but have you tried to make it yourself? It isn’t really hard and I am sure it is cheaper to just buy the Japanese ice cream mochi but it’s fun to do.

Mochi Ice Cream Recipe (around 8 servings)

Sweet rice powder 50g
Sugar 100g
Water 100ml
Ice cream 150-200g
Cornstarch as needed

1 spread cornstarch onto a cutting board (use plenty so the mochi dough does not stick to the cutting board)

2 Place the sweet rice powder into a bowl, glass is best, and add the water little at a time until it is mixed well. Then add the sugar and mix it well again.

3 Next, cover the bowl with plastic food wrap (leave a breather gap) and cook in the microwave - medium for 2 minutes. Mix with a wooden spoon (dip it in water) and cook for around one more minute.

4 You can tell the dough is ready when it turns shiny and smooth.

5 Dip your spoon in water then spread the sweet rice dough onto the cutting board as flat as possible. Remember the dough is hot so take care.

6 Cover the dough with corn starch and then flip it over. Then pull and stretch the edges and make the dough thinner.

7 Keep pulling and stretching until the dough is around 2 or 3 millimetres thin.

8 Leave to cool a little and when the dough is cool enough, cut it into rounds , use a bowl for the size.

9 You are left with nice round mochi sheets.

10 To freeze the dough, cover each layer of mochi sheet with plastic wrap and dusted with cornstarch then put it into the freezer.

11 Put the ice cream onto the centre of the mochi sheet. For a nice round mochi use an ice cream scoop. Mmm, strawberry.

12 Fold and join the edges and then back in the freezer until it’s eating time!

This is how your mochi ice cream should look, Strawberry and Green Tea Mochi. It's best to eat these when they're slightly thawed, or else it's like biting into a little ball of rock and we all know that would be no fun:)

TIP, you can use a mochi ice cream container ( the tray from mochi you have bought in a store) to help form the shape .

Wonderful World Of Japanese Ice Cream

2009-01-23T18:06:00.000+10:00

A Japanese cafe with a huge, huge range of soft serve ice cream. The flavours? Try vanilla, blueberry, vanilla & green tea, banana, caramel, Hokkaido melon, mikan orange peel, vanilla & chocolate, vanilla & strawberry, chestnut, black sesame and sweet potato … few!! And not in the photo - cappuccino, tofu, peanut and grape.

The photo looks like the shop assistant has a funny ice cream hat, doesn’t it.

Japanese Green Tea and Taro Soft Ice Cream

2009-01-12T17:42:00.000+10:00

Back to our real favourite style of Japanese Ice Cream, soft cream. We like it much better than regular ‘hard’ ice cream.

This is a yummy combination of Japanese Matcha ice cream (Green Tea of course, and green in colour) and Taro ice cream (I think it is called sato potato and it was a very, very pale purple/lilac colour).

Taro ice cream is much like Ube ice cream, same kind of root potato vegetable except Ube is more purple and tastes faintly like a vanilla sweet potato.

McDonalds Japanese McFlurry Ice Cream

2009-01-05T17:11:00.000+10:00

Here are a couple of photos from a Japanese McDonalds. I haven’t seen the double sized Mega Big Mac back at home but it looks like it would be good.

The McFlurry was good, just like the Oreo ones back home except this one on special also had caramel flavoured bits as well.

All pretty nice but I guess not a real Japanese Ice Cream is it?

Portable Soft Serve Machine Japanese Style

2008-12-27T17:46:00.000+10:00

This Japanese Ice Cream is like your own portable soft serve machine :) . As you can tell by the photo it is a little flexi bag thingy full of soft serve ice cream that you squeeze out into a bowl or cone .. or even just squeeze and suck it out if you can’t wait.

This one is Lotte brand and was Red bean and vanilla flavour and I have seen a chocolate chip vanilla ice cream one as well.

Cute Little Japanese Ice Cream Truck

2008-12-14T22:36:00.000+10:00

Not much to really say about this except isn’t it a great photo of a Japanese Ice Cream vendor. You see a fair few of these ice cream vans around the place and , usually, they have the best Japanese soft cream. I posted a different photo a while back of an Ice Cream bus.

I wish I had a nice Cherry Blossom soft cream right now!

Green Tea Ice With Red Bean and Ice Cream Only In Japan

2008-12-06T17:22:00.000+10:00

Nice looking Japanese ice cream dessert found at a little cafe. This delicious looking thing is green tea ice, topped with nice sweetened red beans and then on top of all that a good scoop of vanilla ice cream.

It is a bit of a strange concoction, I am not that great a fan of shaved ice and ice cream together but many Japanese (and, I have heard, Hawaiians) are. For me the recipe of creamy ice cream and watery ice just doesn’t gel.

Japanese Green Tea, Black Sesame and Chestnut Ice Cream Trio

2008-11-29T21:10:00.000+10:00

This is an extra special Ice Cream from a tiny little Japanese restaurant. All the flavours were made at the restaurant and were really creamy.

So what do you think theses flavours are, Green Tea ice cream of course but the other two? The dark one looks like a simple chocolate ice cream but is actually Black Sesame and the other vanilla looking one it is chestnut. Superb. The chestnut ice cream was really great and I would like the recipe but it’s not as nice as the Japanese Haagen Daz Mont Blanc ice cream.

Serving Ice Cream, Japanese Style

2008-10-31T12:23:00.003+10:00

Just a little quickie post.
The wonderful ice cream blog Serving Ice Cream emailed me a little while ago with a little interview asking all about Japanese Ice Cream , Japanese Ice Cream recipes and why I have the blog, stuff like that.
I gladly answered and you can read about on their site. By the way don't just read that, there is a ton more info, history, ice cream trucks ... everything ice cream!

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Japanese Ice Cream Faces

2008-10-09T05:35:00.003+10:00

Japanese Ice Cream Faces, no it is not an ice cream flavour or Japanese ice cream recipes but a little web site from a lovely Japanese girl that makes little sculptures in her ice cream.
I guess she is very talented and because it is ice cream she would really have to work fast before the Japanese ice cream melts. She says there is one must do rule - eat the ice cream after you make the face, don't waste it. :)
Cool.

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Pino Japanese Bite Sized Ice Cream

2008-09-01T18:41:00.003+10:00

These little Japanese Ice Creams are delicious. Each Pino is just a little mouthsized portion of flavoured ice cream dipped in chocolate.
I like the mango one better the the green tea, the mango ice cream has a nice fresh taste.
Here is a little video advert for Japanese Pino ice cream and a photo of the two flavours I have tried. My Friends! And I must add look at her strange Japanese clothes.

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Green Tomato and Wasabi Ice Cream Recipe

2008-08-20T08:56:00.000+10:00

I was aked if there were any Green Tomato Ice Cream recipes but I couldn't find any. There are lots of Green Tea ice cream recipes though!
Anyway, I thought I will make my own Green Tomato and Wasabi Ice Cream. Tomato is a fruit so I guess it isn't so wierd as ice cream and the wasabi gives it just a little bite.

Ingredients

2-3 Green Tomatoes
400ml cream
3 egg yolks
100g castor sugar
1 tsp Wasabi paste

Method

Wash then peel the green tomatoes (drop in boiling water for a couple of minutes then plunge in ice water to peel skin easily).
Blend and strain tomatoes to make a green tomato puree.
Pour the tomato puree into a saucepan and simmer until it has reduced to 150ml
Once the tomatoes have reduced, place in a container in the freezer until cold.
Add the cream,egg,sugar and wasabi in a saucepan and cook over very low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spatula until the mixture starts steaming and thickens slightly. Set aside in the refrigerater until cold.
When both mixtures have cooled, pour the puree into the egg mixture and lightly whisk to combine.
Pour into the ice cream machine and process.
Enjoy!

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Yokohama Ice Cream Expo

2008-08-14T08:23:00.000+10:00

Japanese Ice Cream fans enjoyed the Yokohama Ice Cream Expo with thousands of people visiting. The organiser, Manabu Matsumoto, said that the beef tongue ice cream from Miyagi Prefecture was the most popular Ice Cream at the expo.

"We have ice cream from all over Japan – from Hokkaido in the north to Okinawa in the south – but beef tongue has been the one that people keep coming back for," he said.

More than 125 varieties of ice cream have been available in the two week festival, including cheese, octopus, prawn and a garlic variety called Dracula's Premium Ice Cream. Another strange or different Japanese Ice cream was flavoured with very finely sliced pieces of pearl from Japans traditional pearl-growing region, mmm crunchy!
Most were selling for around Y300 to Y800 ($2.75-$7.00) for a little tub of ice cream. Most of these ice creams were real acquired tastes.
Many Japanese regions attempt to cash in on local produce, by inventing ice creams that incorporate their tastes, like the Jellyfish Ice Cream from Rakuten, complete with chunks of Jellyfish!.

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Marunaga Japanese Plum Flower Ice Cream

2008-08-12T11:58:00.005+10:00

These little Japanese ice creams from Marunaga look absolutely fantastic. I haven't tried one, yet, but I am betting that they would be yummy. There are two flavours, both with Red Bean in the middle. I think I would like the Vanilla with nice sweet, tender Red Beans rather than the Green Tea with Red Bean.
And the shape of these little ice creams is meant to be shaped like a flower from a plum tree, pretty.
Marunaga say they were good enough to win a Gold medal in Europe for these Vanilla ice creams and people wrote in for Green Tea flavour so they started making that as well.

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Simple Japanese Red Bean Ice Cream Recipe

2008-08-06T11:15:00.006+10:00

I haven't posted many Japanese Ice Cream recipes so I am starting to from now.
This ice cream recipe is really good - Japanese Red Bean Ice Cream. I have made Red Bean (azuki) ice cream before but it was a big effort to make, this ice cream recipe is very simple. So here you go a very simple Red Bean Ice Cream to make and enjoy at home. Double Yum :)

Ingredients
1/2 cup sugar
3 egg yolks
1 cup milk
1 1/2 cups sweetened red bean paste
1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream

Method
1) Beat sugar and egg yolks in a large bowl until it's pale and yellow then set aside.
2) Bring the milk to a boil in a heavy saucepan and then turn off heat.
3) Slowly whisk hot milk into the yolk and sugar mixture. Pour the entire mixture back into the heavy saucepan.
4) Put the saucepan on a very low heat and stir constantly, till it thickens. Do not let it boil! (You are basically making a custard here)
5) Take the mixture off the heat and whisk in the red bean paste really well. Strain the whole mixture into a large bowl to remove lumps.
6) Let it cool for a few minutes and then stir in the cream. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
7) Process according to your ice cream maker's instructions.
8) Important step - share with friends and enjoy this great Japanese Ice Cream!

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Hello Kitty Ice Cream turns into an online game

2008-07-15T18:12:00.000+10:00

I have already talked about Hello Kitty Ice Cream, actually it is a Japanese strawberry mochi ice cream. It is the cute, and yummy, and pink - of course it's pink, it has to be - well this isn't really about Japanese ice cream. There is of course Hello Kitty toys all around the place but soon there is going to be the Hello Kitty online game. A little online community where you chat about Hello Kitty all you like , even about Hello Kitty Ice Cream!

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Strawberry Mochi | Japanese Ice Cream

2008-07-08T19:48:00.000+10:00

Japanese Mochi Ice Cream. This Japanese mochi is Strawberry flavour nothing really amazing about it, it's just the everyday mochi ice creams that you can buy at just about any store.
They are a nice small size, just a little bigger than bite size, two bites and they are gone. These Japanese ice creams are a nice little snack to share with family or a bunch of kids.

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Japanese Sea Salt With Caramel and Cherry Blossom Ice Cream

2008-06-29T07:28:00.001+10:00

Japanese Sea Salt With Caramel and Cherry Blossom Soft Cream. this Japanese ice cream looks great even though it is a bit melted. Sea Salt ice cream is not my favourite but the caramel makes it sweeter and of course Cherry Blossom ice cream is one of my all time favourites.
Not bad but not creamy enough for me.
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Japanese Upmarket Monaka Ice Cream

2008-06-20T19:03:00.000+10:00

Japanese monaka ice cream has gone upmarket. These cute monaka style ice cream really look great with the pretty, crunchy heart shape. Lots of different flavours too. The melon is just like the fruit ice creams you get in the local store shaped in a round melon container.

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Japanese Haagen Daz|the best ice cream?

2008-06-13T06:06:00.000+10:00

Japanese Haagen Daz Mont Blanc ice cream. I keep reading that Haagen Daz makes the best ice cream in Japan but I think it is popular because it is a US company and Japan seems to love anything American. I had their Green Tea ice cream and it was nice but not the best I have had.
This flavour is very very good though, nice and creamy. I had no idea what the flavour should have been as all I know is Mont Blanc is a brand of pens! It is actually a chesnut vanilla ice cream, mmm .
I will buy it again!
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Japanese Ice Cream|Salmon Ice Cream

2008-06-08T21:05:00.004+10:00

Is this the strangest Japanese Ice Cream around? I have already posted about Jellyfish Ice Cream, Oyster Ice Cream and Natto Ice Cream (have you seen or tasted Natto , yuck), well this one is up there with them - Salmon Ice Cream! It is soft serve mixed with dried salmon made into a pebbly texture - that would mean fishy lumps in ice cream ... not for me thank you.
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Japanese Green Tea and Vanilla soft cream

2008-06-05T14:51:00.001+10:00

Japanese Green Tea and Vanilla soft cream. Yes, another green tea ice cream. This one is not so good, no where as creamy as I like , it was too icy or watery. The ice cream flavours were nice it was just the texture. It still looked good though.
Oh well, I guess not every Japanese Ice Cream is nice!
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Japanese Cherry Blossom Sakura Ice Cream

2008-05-27T17:32:00.001+10:00

Japanese Cherry Blossom Sakura Ice Cream is my favourite. I can't find it all the time but when I see it I have to buy some. Cherry Blossom, actually Sakura, ice cream has a really light kind of strawberry flavour, hard to describe it except it's extra yummy.
If you ever see this Japanese ice cream buy it.

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