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Ingredients
- Apple: 1 large
- Sweet Potato/Satsuma Imo: 1 medium
- Lemon juice: 1/4
- Sugar: 1 tablespoon
- Gardenia seed/Kuchinashi no Mi: 1
Directions
- -Peel the sweet potato, cut in four legthwise and across again every 2 cm. Leave aside in clear cold water.
- -Peel the apple, cut into 8 wedges and slice again every 5 mm. Drop in a stainless pot. Add lemon and sugar. Cover with lid and simmer on a low fire until softened.
- -Cut the kuchinashi no mi/Gardenia seed in two and insert it in a small cooking bag (gauze as for bouquet garni).
- -In a different pan, drop the sweet potato with ebnough water to boil them. Add the kuchunashi no mi/gardenia seed. Boil until the sweet potato is soft enough to be easily skewered with a bamboo/wooden toothpick.
- -Throw the water of the sweet potato out. Keep cooking the sweet potato to let their water evaporate.
- -Add ï¼/ï¼ of the apple to the sweet potato and mix well.
- -Serve the sweet potato topped with the cooked apple.
- <strong>NOTES:</strong>
- -Roast some some walnuts and top the dessert with them!
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Recipe | %DV |
|---|---|
| Recipe Size 275g | |
| Calories 216 | |
| Calories from Fat 3 | 1% |
| Total Fat 0.33g | 0% |
| Saturated Fat 0.07g | 0% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 0mg | 0% |
| Sodium 53mg | 2% |
| Potassium 498mg | 14% |
| Total Carbs 54.56g | 15% |
| Dietary Fiber 6.8g | 23% |
| Sugars 33.66g | 22% |
| Protein 1.92g | 3% |
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March 21, 2011First off, are you ok? were you affected by the tragedy in Japan(as if you couldnt be) second, I cant find gardenia seed at my co-op and havent seen them at the asian market.Is it important for the recipe?Is thier a substitute?Are they called by another name you know of?
thanks-Sarah(I want to make this badly,looks delic!)
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