Comment faire de l'Uji Kintoki (recette de glace pilée au matcha) à la maison

Gather all of the ingredients together. 

Keep the ice cubes in the freezer until making the actual shaved ice.

In a small bowl, combine the hot water, sugar, and matcha powder and mix well. Keep mixing it until all of the sugar has completely melted. Make sure that the matcha powder has evenly combined as well. 

Wrap it in a piece of saran wrap and put it in the refrigerator to cool down and proceed with the next steps of the recipe. 

Tip: You can make the matcha syrup in advance and keep it in the refrigerator for whenever you are ready to use it. Feel free to double or triple the measurements to make however much matcha syrup you need. 

Combine shiratama glutinous rice flour and water in a bowl. 

Press the mixture with your fingers until it comes together and there are no loose bits of flour. 

Divide the dough into 3 or 4 pieces. Form each piece into a bite-sized ball. 

Press the center of the ball with your finger to make an indentation. This will allow the dango to cook faster.  

Note: If the texture of the dango dough is too hard or it doesn’t hold together, add water little by little until it comes together and forms a smooth dough.

Bring a small pot of water to a boil and then add in the Shiratama Dango and cook them for 2-3 minutes. When they begin to float, take them out from the pot and add them directly to a bowl of ice water to cool down. 

Tip: You can also make Shiratama Dango ahead of time. Just keep it soaking in plenty of water in an airtight container until you are ready to use it.

Add your ice cubes to a blender to make shaved ice. Make sure that your blender has an “Ice Crush” feature, otherwise the ice may break your blender’s blades. 

Blend the ice until you achieve an evenly fluffy consistency that looks like snow. It took us about 10 seconds to reach this with our blender. 

Note: We are using a Nutri Bullet blender in this recipe. Please also note that you cannot re-freeze the ice once you have shaved it. 

Pour the Matcha syrup over the shaved ice. Decorate the shaved ice with the sweetened red beans, Shiratama Dango and pour over as much condensed milk as you would like. Add a scoop of green tea ice cream to add another layer of flavor to the dessert if you’d like. 

All that’s left to do is enjoy it before it melts!

Tip: If you want to add more toppings, we recommend matcha or vanilla ice cream or matcha jelly.