Sweet Potato Pumpkin And Adzuki Jelly Dessert Macrobiotic Food

SWEET POTATO, PUMPKIN AND ADZUKI JELLY DESSERT (MACROBIOTIC)

Steps:

• (Cooking Instructions for Adzuki Beans. If you are using a can of cooked adzuki beans, go to step 3.) Soak adzuki beans for 1-2 hours. Drain water and place in a pan with about 2 cups of fresh, cold water and a pinch of salt.
• Cover and bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce to a simmer, tilting the lid slightly to allow steam to escape, and leave to cook for up to an hour, or until tender. Drain.
• Add 2 Tbsp liquid sweetener of your choice to the cooked adzuki beans and mix well.
• Cut sweet potato and squash (wish skin on) into large chunks and steam until tender.
• Cut the steamed sweet potato and squash into smaller chunks (about 3/4 inch square) and place them in an 8 - 8 inch square dish. I left the skins on but you can remove if you like.
• Cut chestnuts in half (if using) and add them to the pan.
• Spread adzuki beans on top.
• Place 2 cups of cold water and 2 tsp of agar-agar powder in a pan and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and stir constantly for 2 minutes to dissolve the powder. Turn off the heat.
• Dissolve 4 Tbsp of sugar and immediately pour into the square pan.
• Let it cool and refrigerate for a few hours until set.
• Infuse love, slice and serve!

SWEET POTATO CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Stir flour, 1/2 cup butter, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon and the egg yolk mixture to form a ball. Pat about 2/3 rds of the dough on bottom only of 10 inch springform pan (with side removed) to make bottom crust 1/8 inch thick.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes or until crust just begins to brown around edge.
• Reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees.
• Attach side to pan. Pat remaining dough about 1 inch up inside of pan.
• Beat sweet potatoes, 1 tablespoons butter, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon nutmeg and vanilla in medium bowl with electric mixer on low speed until blended; set aside.
• Beat cream cheese and 1 cup sugar at medium speed about 1 minute or until smooth.
• Beat in sweet potato mixture on low speed about 1 minute until blended.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time.
• Pour batter into springform pan.
• Place springform pan in larger pan.
• Pour very hot water into larger pan to 1/3 the height of springform. pan. Bake 1 hour 30 minutes or until center is set, adding very hot water to larger pan as needed.
• Pecan Crumb Topping.
• Mix flour, brown sugar, butter and cinnamon in small bowl until crumbly. Stir in pecans.
• Sprinkle Pecan Crumb Topping over cheesecake.
• Bake about 30 minutes or until topping is set.
• Cool.

KABOCHA SQUASH AND SWEET POTATO SOUP WITH ADZUKI BEANS

Steps:

• In a medium size pan, place adzuki beans and cover with enough water. Bring it to boil, turn off heat and drain.
• Add about 3 times the amount of water as beans and cook for 50 - 60 minutes until the beans are soft. (If you have a pressure cooker, it only takes about 13 - 15 minutes under pressure). Drain the water.
• In a soup pot, put onion, kabocha squash and sweet potato. Cover with enough water and cook until vegetables are soft.
• Puree the vegetables using a blender, food processor or hand blender. Add salt.
• Serve with cooked adzuki beans and chopped parsley on top.

SWEET BAKED PUMPKIN

Steps:

• Mix apples, raisins, walnuts, brown sugar and pumpkin pie spice together in a bowl.
• Stuff the hollowed out pumpkin with the apple mixture and place in a shallow baking dish.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 1 1/2 hours or until the apples and pumpkin are soft.
• Serve hot from the pumpkin over ice cream.

KABOCHA (JAPANESE PUMPKIN) PIE WITH A COCONUT FLOUR CRUST

Steps:

• COCONUT FLOUR PIE CRUST:.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• In medium bowl, beat butter, eggs, and salt together with a fork.
• Add coconut flour. Mix well, until there are no clumps.
• Gather dough into a ball, then pat it into a 9-inch greased pie pan.
• Prick dough with a fork several times.
• Bake for 9 minutes, then let cool.
• PIE FILLING:.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• In a large bowl whisk egg.
• To puree pre-roasted squash, use a food processor, electric mixer or blender. Peel off and discard skin. Depending on size of device used, puree squash in small batches to avoid lumps. Puree should be smooth and slightly silky.
• Add heavy cream and kabocha puree to the bowl; mix well.
• Add coconut flour; mix until there are no more lumps.
• Add spices, sea salt and sweetener of choice; mix well.
• Pour mixture into premade pie crust.
• Carefully place pie on middle rack in oven.
• Bake 20-30 minutes or until a fork inserted into center comes out clean.
• Allow to cool for 10 minutes.