by Kikki » Feb 14, 2021 7:15 pm
Do you have access to an Asian grocery store, like T & T Supermarket? You could probably find dorayaki there, and if you didn't, you definitely can get red bean paste there. Red bean paste doesn't appeal to the average Western palate (though it just tastes a bit odd, in my books, not particularly
offensive...I'll probably never really like it, but I don't hate it, either. It's kinda blah and the texture is meh, to me, like pureeing a can of plain, skinless beans with a bunch of sugar) Any kind of chocolate spread would be nothing like red bean paste, but you could try it, I'm sure it'd taste good. Dorayaki is...kind of like a pancake sandwich, with the pancakes being a less
fluffy, but sweeter and a more eggy version, which produces a denser, chewier pancake, almost like something between a pancake and a crepe. Take two small pancakes, spread them with red bean paste, and clap 'em together, and you pretty much have dorayaki.
You can order dorayaki on amazon.com, btw. Red bean paste can be bought there, too, if you want to try making your own pancakes and using purchased spread. (I'd consider red bean paste a hassle to make, even though the process is simple, it'd be a bit time consuming to get all the skin out and cook it down to a thick paste.)
This recipe is quite easy to follow, and if you can't get red bean paste at an Asian mart or online, you could certainly have a go with Nutella. Most Westerners would probably prefer the Nutella, but it's definitely nothing like red bean paste in texture or flavour.
Do you have access to an Asian grocery store, like T & T Supermarket? You could probably find dorayaki there, and if you didn't, you definitely can get red bean paste there. Red bean paste doesn't appeal to the average Western palate (though it just tastes a bit odd, in my books, not particularly [i]offensive[/i]...I'll probably never really like it, but I don't hate it, either. It's kinda blah and the texture is meh, to me, like pureeing a can of plain, skinless beans with a bunch of sugar) Any kind of chocolate spread would be nothing like red bean paste, but you could try it, I'm sure it'd taste good. Dorayaki is...kind of like a pancake sandwich, with the pancakes being a less [i]fluffy[/i], but sweeter and a more eggy version, which produces a denser, chewier pancake, almost like something between a pancake and a crepe. Take two small pancakes, spread them with red bean paste, and clap 'em together, and you pretty much have dorayaki.
You can order dorayaki on amazon.com, btw. Red bean paste can be bought there, too, if you want to try making your own pancakes and using purchased spread. (I'd consider red bean paste a hassle to make, even though the process is simple, it'd be a bit time consuming to get all the skin out and cook it down to a thick paste.)
[b][url=https://www.justonecookbook.com/dorayaki-japanese-red-bean-pancake/]This recipe is quite easy to follow[/url][/b], and if you can't get red bean paste at an Asian mart or online, you could certainly have a go with Nutella. Most Westerners would probably prefer the Nutella, but it's definitely nothing like red bean paste in texture or flavour.