Making desserts using tea

 

You might be surprised to hear that the tea can also be used as an ingredient for cooking or baking. Green tea contains a whole range of active preventative benefits. However, some of the benefits do not released in the water. By using tea for cooking or baking, these beneficial elements can be absorbed in your body. The tea used for baking or cooking are usually processed tea leaves, powdered tea or concentrated essence. You could use processed tea leaves for making chiffon cakes, pound cakes, cookies, and crackers. For making these items, either green or black tea leaves can be used. To make "Chamochi" "Chadango" "Chamanju" and "Chaame", powdered tea is often used. Powdered tea is handy ingredient for cooking or baking. Matcha is also often used for making desserts such as "Matcha shiratama" "Matcha shiruko" "Matcha ice cream" and "Matcha chocolate" Fine powdered green tea can give vivid green color onto your food. You can also try making "Green tea jelly", "Green tea pudding" and "Green tea bavarois" using the extract. Above introduced items are only few examples. There are lot more possibilities for using tea for making desserts.

(Junji Tsubouchi)