recipe

Ayuyaki

Difficulty：★★★☆☆

Ayuyaki

Ayuyaki is considered a seasonal confection enjoyed from early summer through summer.
This time, we made ayuyaki generously filled with gyuhi and red bean paste!
By squeezing the batter with a batter dispenser, the ayuyaki can be baked easily and evenly.

Ingredients

Eggs：540g
Cake flour Violet (NISSHIN SEIFUN)：600g
Superfine sugar：570g
Corn syrup Sorbit L-70 (Mitsubishi Corporation Life Sciences Limited)：30g
Honey：60g
Water➀：180g
Water➁：240g
Baking soda：4.5g

How to make the batter

Add superfine sugar, corn syrup, and honey to beaten whole eggs and mix using a mixer.

Add superfine sugar to the beaten whole eggs and mix well.

Add the corn syrup and honey, then blend.

Add the sifted cake flour and mix, then add Water ➀ and blend in the mixer. Let the batter rest for at least one hour.

Mix at low speed to prevent the flour from scattering.

Let the batter rest for at least one hour.

After resting the batter for at least one hour, dissolve the baking soda in Water ➁ and use it to adjust the batter consistency before baking.

Add the dissolved baking soda to the batter and mix.

Adjust the batter just before baking.
The final viscosity of the batter should be approximately 10 dPa/s. In this case, it measured 8 dPa/s.

How to cook the batter

Set the Tabletop Pancake Cooker to 165℃.
Apply oil (Bitakatto SL) on the copper cooking surface.
Dispense the batter into an oval shape, cover, and bake for approximately 1 minute and 20 seconds.
Place the gyuhi on top, then fold in half by hand and form the tail and finish.
(Total baking time: approximately 2 minutes)

Squeeze the batter into an oval shape using a batter dispenser.

Cover and bake for about 1 minute and 20 seconds.

Place the gyuhi on top without flipping the batter.

How to Brand

Heat the branding irons over a gas burner.
Brand the face and tail fin of the ayu to finish.

Examples of Finishes

Fill generously with gyuhi and red bean paste.

Mini ayuyaki are also ideal for eating on the go ♪

This time, we tried making ayuyaki in various sizes!
We had fun shaping them like ayu and using branding irons we don’t usually use ♪
Please try making ayuyaki filled with chewy gyuhi and sweet red bean paste!