Dorayaki

Dorayaki in packaging

Dorayaki (section)

Dorayaki ( Japanese どら焼き ) is a dessert ( wagashi ) of Japanese cuisine . It consists of two pancakes filled with sweet red bean paste ( azuki ) and, if freshly made, served hot. There are other fillings such as chestnut and rice cake .

Etymology and history

Dorayaki were developed in their current form in 1914 in the Usagi-ya confectionery in Tokyo. The part of the name dora means gong . The pancake has a shape similar to a gong. In Kansai , Dorayaki Mikasa are called, referring to the mountain Wakakusa near Nara , which is colloquially called Mikasa.

Web links

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Individual evidence

^ François-Xavier Robert: 101 saveurs du Japon: Voyage gastronomique au pays du Soleil Levant . Dunod, Paris 2015, ISBN 978-2-10-072814-5 , pp. 105 .

[1] François-Xavier Robert: 101 saveurs du Japon: Voyage gastronomique au pays du Soleil Levant . Dunod, Paris 2015, ISBN 978-2-10-072814-5 , pp. 105 .