Jelly

Coffee agar jelly. If you use red agar jelly, it will have a color similar to grape juice.

Today, I tried making coffee agar-agar using red-colored agar-agar. The finished product turned out to be a color similar to grape juice, with the black of the coffee and the red of the agar-agar mixing together. The taste was a light coffee jelly with modest sweetness […]

Pound cake

Pound cake with raisins. The batter is soft, so the raisins tend to sink to the bottom.

Today, I tried making a raisin pound cake with extra soy milk, hoping it would make the batter a bit moister. The result was good in that the batter was moist, but unfortunately, the raisins tended to sink to the bottom […]

Dishes

Pork shigure-ni with glass noodles. The glass noodles held their shape and absorbed the broth beautifully.

Today, aiming for a low-calorie meal, I tried adding glass noodles to my pork shigureni. I thought the glass noodles might lose their shape when finished, but they held up surprisingly well. I added the glass noodles about 20 minutes after starting to simmer the dish […]

Dishes

Tsukudani made only with pork and sansho pepper. Quite spicy. Rice is a must.

Today, I tried making tsukudani using only pork. For seasoning, I added sansho pepper. The finished product turned out quite spicy. I wonder if the sansho pepper made the flavor too strong, or if it was because I didn't add any vegetables, leading to too much seasoning […]

Dishes

Pork Shigure-ni. This time, the salty flavor is more prominent.

Today, I tried making pork shigure-ni with burdock root, konjac, and onion. The finished dish had a sweet and savory flavor, but perhaps because I omitted 50g of mirin, the salty taste was more prominent. Pork Shigure-ni Recipe (Ingredients) […]

Pound cake

Okara pound cake with raisins. I aimed for a moist texture by drizzling it with rum.

Today, I tried pouring rum over an okara pound cake with raisins. The finished product had a very moist texture. The sweetness was just right, but with 30g of rum, the aroma was too strong. If you don't like alcohol […]

Pound cake

Okara pound cake with raisins. The raisins add moisture to the otherwise dry cake.

Today, I tried making okara pound cake with raisins. To prevent the raisins from sinking, it's easier to succeed if you increase the viscosity of the batter, so I added okara. The finished product, as expected, had a dry batter […]

Pound cake

Okara pound cake with cheese added afterward. The saltiness of the cheese and the sweetness of the cake don’t quite match.

Today, I tried making okara pound cake with cheese added on top after baking. The finished product had a nice, fragrant cheese aroma, but the balance was a bit off: the cheese part was too salty, while the cake itself was quite sweet due to the sugar. Raw […]

Pancake

Pancakes using a pastry ring 2. I can’t flip them over well.

Today, I tried making pancakes using a pastry ring again. I'm still not used to it, so I'm in the practice stage. The pastry ring is quite tall, so I couldn't flip the pancakes properly and spilled some batter. This time, the spilled batter was […]

Pound cake

Okara and Cheese Pound Cake. A slight cheese flavor lingers in the aftertaste.

Today, I tried making a cheese pound cake with okara. I used 30g of cheese, but the finished product only had a slight cheesy aftertaste. There was no shrinkage during baking, and the inside was moist. Okara-infused […]