Sweet Azuki Swirl Loaf
Sweet Azuki Swirl Loaf

Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, sweet azuki swirl loaf. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Today I was making 'An Pan', that is a Japanese sweet bread roll filled with Sweet Azuki (Red Bean) Paste. Suddenly my 'laziness' kicked in and I wanted to make something easier. Today I was making 'An Pan', that is a Japanese sweet bread roll filled with Sweet Azuki (Red Bean) Paste.

Sweet Azuki Swirl Loaf is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Sweet Azuki Swirl Loaf is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook sweet azuki swirl loaf using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Sweet Azuki Swirl Loaf:
  1. Take 1/2 cup Warm Milk
  2. Get 1-2 teaspoons Dry Yeast *1 teaspoon takes longer time to proof
  3. Take 1 & 3/4 cups Bread Flour *and extra for kneading
  4. Get 4 tablespoons Caster Sugar
  5. Get 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  6. Take 1 Egg *lightly whisked
  7. Prepare 20 g Butter *melted, plus extra to grease loaf tin
  8. Prepare 1 cup (or more) Sweet Azuki (Red Bean) Paste *Tsubu-an OR Koshi-an
  9. Prepare 1 tablespoon Mirin for glazing *You can save some Egg and use it for glazing

Place Azuki Beans in a saucepan and cover them with a plenty of water, and cook until the beans are swollen and plump. Azuki (Red Beans) Paste is a very popular ingredient for Japanese sweets. It can be used for the European style sweets as well. Sweet bread roll filled with Azuki Paste is called 'An Pan' and it has become quite famous.

Steps to make Sweet Azuki Swirl Loaf:
  1. Make Sweet Bread Dough. Place Warm Milk and Dry Yeast in a bowl, mix gently and set aside.
  2. Combine Bread Flour, Sugar and Salt in a large bowl. Make a well in the centre and pour in the yeast mixture, Egg and Butter. Mix well to form a soft dough. Knead for 2 to 3 minutes, gradually adding extra Flour as required, until smooth and elastic.
  3. Cover with a plate or plastic wrap, and set aside in a warm place for 1 hour or until doubled in size. Grease a loaf tin with Butter.
  4. Turn the dough onto lightly floured surface and roll out to a large long rectangle with the width same as the length of the loaf tin. Spread the Sweet Azuki Paste.
  5. Tightly roll up and place in a greased loaf tin. Set aside in a warm place for about 45 minutes.
  6. Preheat oven to 180°C. Brush Mirin (OR saved Egg) over the top for glaze, but this is optional. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes. When the top gets too dark, cover with a sheet of foil.
  7. Remove from loaf tin to wire rack to cool.

You can find my 'An Pan' recipe on this website. Azuki Paste matches Matcha flavour so well. Suddenly my 'laziness' kicked in and I wanted to make something easier. So, instead of wrapping the Azuki paste with the dough, I rolled it, placed it in a loaf tin, and baked it. If you have been to Kyoto, Japan, you might have tasted this famous sweet.

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