Today I went grocery shopping and spotted this (あわしま堂) Awashimado Red Bean & Peach Cream Dorayaki (桃クリームどら焼).
As sakura season approaches, sakura and other seasonal flavors become available.
To be honest, when I bought this dorayaki (どら焼), I thought it was peach blossom flavor and not peach cream. Still, I was happy to try it.
Product Details
“たまごをたっぷりと使用したこだわりの生地で、桃クリームと小豆粒あんをはさみました。”
Google Trans: “Peach cream and adzuki bean paste are sandwiched between a carefully selected dough that uses plenty of eggs.“
~Awashimado (あわしま堂) website.
Awashimado (あわしま堂)
The company began as a private confectionery business by Kinzuna Katsusaburou (木綱勝三郎) in 1928. Kinzuna Masaru (木綱勝) starts selling wholesale after taking over of the business in 1948. After building their first factory, the Awashimado company was established in 1968. Since the new millennia, they’ve expanded their operations across Japan.
You can learn more about the Awashimado (あわしま堂) company on their website.
What is Dorayaki
(どら焼き)?
Dorayaki (どら焼き) is a Japanese food pastry composed of 2 pancakes filled with red bean paste. There are a variety of dorayaki but it’s common for it to always have red bean or some kind of bean paste with cream or fruit compote. The original dorayaki was invented in 1914 in Ueno by Usagiya and was only 1 layer.
You can learn more on the Wikipedia website.
Taste
The pancake was fluffy and the adzuki bean were sweet. The peach cream added a light creamy flavor to the pastry as a whole. However, I thought the peach flavor was lacking. I wished the peach flavor was stronger because that’s the main reason why I bought the pastry.
Location
I got these at Maruetsu.
Check out the Maruetsu website for more information.
Cost
This cost me $139JPY ($1.02USD).
Prices may vary per purchase location and/or change without notice.
Nutritional Facts
1 serving per container | Serving Size: 1 Pastry | Calories: 239 | Total Fat: 7g | Sodium: 0.2g | Total Carbohydrate: 40.1g | Protein: 4.4g
Check out the Awashimado (あわしま堂) website for more details.
Ingredients
Sugar (Manufactured in Japan, Thailand, etc), liquid eggs, wheat flour, adzuki beans, starch syrup, margarine, liquid egg yolk, processed fats and oils (vegetable oil, reduced starch syrup), processed fats and oils (reduced starch syrup, vegetable oil, dried egg white), processed fruit (white peach, sugar, starch syrup), vegetable oil, sugar-mixed glucose fructose liquid sugar), fermented milk powder, honey, agar, liquor, salt/sorbit, modified starch, leavening agent, glycine, emulsifier, stabilizer (polysaccharide thickener), thickener, processed starch, CMC, fragrance, alcohol, acidulant, calcium lactate, coloring (carminic acid, carotene).
Allergens
Wheat | Egg | Milk| Soy | Peaches.
Would I buy Awashimado Red Bean & Peach Cream Dorayaki?
No, I wouldn’t buy it again.
Worth Trying?
No, I don’t think it’s worth trying.
Final Thoughts
I wish I could say it was great but to me the peach flavor was very mild compared to the red beans. I wish there was more peach in the cream, perhaps more of a peach compote mixed in the cream.
(あわしま堂) Awashimado Red Bean & Peach Cream Dorayaki (桃クリームどら焼)!
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