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Taiyaki

A fish-shaped waffle with sweet bean paste in the middle, eaten walking.

Taiyaki
Photo: Ocdp, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. A photo of the dish, not of these exact recipes.

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How to make taiyaki

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In a fish mould

30 minutes · serves 6 · Medium

What you need

  • 150g plain flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 40g sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 180ml milk
  • 1 tbsp melted butter
  • 250g sweet red bean paste

What you do

  1. 1Whisk the dry ingredients, then the egg, milk and butter, into a batter a little thinner than pancake batter.
  2. 2Heat and oil both sides of the mould well.
  3. 3Fill each side about a third, drop a spoon of bean paste in the middle of one, then top both with more batter.
  4. 4Close it and cook 2 minutes, then flip and cook 2 minutes more.
  5. 5They should be crisp at the fins and soft in the body. Eat hot.

Custard, in a waffle iron

25 minutes · serves 4 · Easy

What you need

  • Same batter
  • Thick custard or chocolate spread
  • Butter for the iron

What you do

  1. 1Not fish-shaped, and nobody will mind.
  2. 2Batter, filling in the middle, more batter, close, 3 minutes.