Taka's Japanese Blog: Mochi Icecream ( For my first post I want to talk about Mochi)

                 Mochi Icecream has a dough like outer shell and an icecream filling that can
           come in many different flavors, shapes, and colors. Mochi was first made in Japan
           by the Lotte company in 1981 , Yukimi Daifuku is another name for mochi., but usually
           has chocolate filling and a strawberry inside.

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                            Mochi Recipe
What to buy: Red bean ice cream is a milky dessert flavored with adzuki beans, and can be found in most Japanese markets or specialty food stores. Or you can make your own.
Instead of using a tablespoon to fill our mochi, we used a 1/2-ounce ice cream scoop.
Game plan: For optimum mochi texture, let the ice cream balls sit at room temperature for 15 minutes before serving.
This recipe was featured as part of our New Year’s, Japanese Style story.
INGREDIENTS
30 (3-inch) Basic Sweet Mochi
1 pint Red Bean Ice CreamINSTRUCTIONS
1. Place a baking sheet lined with parchment or waxed paper in the freezer for 15 minutes, and the mochi in the freezer for about 10 minutes, to chill before forming mochi ice cream.

2. Remove 1 sweet mochi circle from the freezer and place 1 tablespoon of the ice cream in the center. Pinch mochi over ice cream to close and immediately place on the baking sheet in the freezer. Repeat with remaining mochi and ice cream.

3. When finished filling all mochi, cover the baking sheet and allow ice cream to firm at least 8 hours and up to 12 hours before serving. Once ice cream is frozen, you can transfer filled mochi to a resealable plastic bag or a plastic container and store in the freezer up to 2 weeks.                   http://www.chow.com/recipes/11206-mochi-ice-cream
　