2020 Great British Bake Off - Japanese Week
This year bake off is having so much fun with new and exciting weeks. This week was Japanese inspired. It is so nice to see different cultures depicted on the television. Unfortuneatelu, a lot of Japanese food is made with sesame and nuts, but I do love inspiration. I didn't have matcha in the house - to be honest I thought I could be allergic to it, but my mum says its just powdered green tea, so I will track some down and give it a taste test - I used spinach to give it that ‘greeny’ look and it was amazing. This recipe uses egg, but I think you can substitute with banana or apple sauce (I will try that next to see, so stand by).
SIGNATURE:
Japanese steamed buns with filling
TECHNICAL:
Matcha crêpe cake
SHOWSTOPPER:
Kawaii cake
“Burger off”
Ingredients
80g Fresh leaf spinach
1 egg
25g vegan butter (or any butter)
2tsp vanilla extract
1tsp baking powder
45g Oat flour
pinch of salt
85g coconut milk (or any milk)
Greek yoghurt (or any white yoghurt)
Strawberries
Honey for drizzle
Method
In a blender add the spinach, egg, butter, vanilla, baking powder, oat flour, salt and lastly the milk. (In this order)
Blend until everything is incorporated and no spinach lumps
Spray a pan on medium/high heat. - needs to be hot before you add the mixture.
When hot, pour some of the mixture - thinly and spread around the while pan.
When you see bubbles on the top all over, use a spatula and flip.
Repeat for the whole mixutre. (should be about 4 crêpes)
In each crêpe, add the yoghourt on one half, the add the strawberries on top of the yoghurt and fold the other half over it.
Repeat for all crêpes.
Place on plate and drizzle with honey.
“I hate matcha. You might as well eat grass”
MATCHA BENEFITS
High in anti-oxidants
Boosts brain function
Concentrated green tea for best beneficial plant compounds
50% less caffeine than coffee - plus it has compounds that your body can absorb it slowly.
* Health line &. Women’s health magazine
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Watch it here - The Great British Bake Off (Will be on the US Netflix 3 days after the UK)
