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Soy Glazed Sweet Potato and Cheese Imagawayaki with Natto Caramel

Breakfast-inspired imagawayaki filled with roasted sweet potato, aged cheese, and finished with fermented natto caramel for ultimate comfort and immune benefits

Total Time
1h
Servings
6
Difficulty
hard

Time Breakdown

Prep:35min
Cook:25min
Cuisine: japanese
Meal Type:
dessert
Tags:
imagawayakifermented-foodsbreakfast-dessertcomfortwinter

Ingredients (6 servings)

  • 7.14 ozall-purpose flour
  • 6 gbaking powder
  • 1.43 ozsugar
  • 2 largeeggs
  • 1.05 cupsmilk
  • 10.71 ozJapanese sweet potato, roasted and mashed
    satsumaimo
  • 2.86 ozaged cheddar cheese, grated
  • 1 tbspsoy sauce, reduced sodium
  • 1 1/3 tbspmirin
  • 1.79 oznatto, finely chopped
    fermented soybeans
  • 2.86 ozbrown sugar
  • 2.03 fl ozheavy cream
  • 2 tbspvegetable oil, for cooking

Instructions

  1. 1

    Roast whole sweet potato at 200°C for 45 minutes until tender. Cool, peel, and mash smooth. Mix with grated cheese and set aside.

    8min
  2. 2

    Prepare natto caramel by cooking brown sugar until amber. Add chopped natto and cream, cook 3 minutes. Strain if desired for smooth texture.

    8min
  3. 3

    Make glaze by simmering soy sauce and mirin until reduced by half and syrupy. Cool slightly.

    5min
  4. 4

    Whisk flour, baking powder, and sugar. Beat eggs and milk separately, then combine wet and dry ingredients until just mixed. Rest batter 10 minutes.

    8min
  5. 5

    Heat imagawayaki pan or aebleskiver pan. Oil wells, fill 1/3 with batter, add filling, cover with more batter. Cook 3-4 minutes per side.

    15min
  6. 6

    Brush hot cakes with soy glaze, drizzle with natto caramel. Serve immediately while exteriors are crisp and interiors are molten.

    3min

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