Chateraise "Strawberry Cream Anmitsu
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Check out all the new Japanese sweets from Chateraise! There are three new Japanese sweets at Chateraise: "Special Benihope Big Strawberry Daifuku with Koshi An", "Special Tochiotome Big Strawberry Daifuku with Grain An", "Strawberry Whipped Cream Daifuku", and "Strawberry Cream Anmitsu".

Big Strawberry Daifuku made with special sweet red-hot peppers and koshi-an

The Daifuku dough is made of habutae glutinous rice and is wrapped with home-cooked koshi-an (sweet red bean paste) made with Hakushu Meisui and red beans from Hokkaido. The strawberries are made from the Benihoppe variety, which has a good aroma, high sugar content, and moderate acidity. The price is 150 yen (tax not included, same as below). It will be available until February 6.

Chateraise "Big Strawberry Daifuku with Specially Selected Benihoppe Seeds and Sweet Red Bean Paste

Big Strawberry Daifuku with Grained Bean Paste made from Specially Selected Tochiotome Seeds

The Daifuku dough is made from Habutae mochi rice and colored pink, and is filled with home-cooked red bean paste made with red beans from Hokkaido and Hakushu's famous water. The strawberries are made from the Tochiotome variety, which has a strong sweetness and a moderate sourness. The price is 150 yen. Available until February 6.

Chateraise "Tokusen Tochiotome Big Strawberry Daifuku with Grained Bean Paste

Daifuku with Whipped Cream and Strawberries

This Daifuku is a creamy Daifuku wrapped in a soft and fluffy Yukihira dough made with Japanese glutinous rice flour and meringue, with whipped cream made with strawberries, home-cooked red bean paste, and fresh Hokkaido cream. The amount of red bean paste in the cream has been adjusted to give it a milky feel, and the cream is light and moderately sweet. The price is 140 yen.

Chateraise "Single Strawberry Whipped Cream Daifuku

Strawberry Cream Anmitsu

This Anmitsu is a combination of colorful ingredients (strawberries, strawberry compote, kiwifruit, whipped cream, white bean paste, home-cooked red bean paste, and salted beans (red kidney beans)). You can enjoy the combination of crunchy agar, sticky white bean paste, whipped cream, and sweet and sour strawberries. The price is 300 yen.

Chateraise "Strawberry Cream Anmitsu