Description
This Hojicha Purin recipe offers a creamy, silky Japanese-style custard pudding infused with the unique smoky and toasty flavor of roasted hojicha green tea, balanced with a bittersweet caramel sauce.
Ingredients
Scale
- For the caramel: 80 g (1/2 cup) granulated sugar
- For the purin: 375 g (1 1/3 cups) whole milk
- 100 g (1/2 cup) heavy cream
- 3 large eggs
- 4 bags Hojicha tea (or 8 g loose leaf tea)
- 60 g (1/3 cup) granulated sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C).
- Prepare the caramel: Heat 80g sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring frequently until sugar melts and turns dark amber. Immediately remove from heat and pour into molds, coating the bottom.
- Prepare the custard: Heat milk and heavy cream until simmering. Turn off heat, add tea bags, and steep for 10 minutes. Remove tea bags, squeezing out liquid.
- Bring the hojicha milk mixture back to a simmer.
- In a heatproof bowl, whisk eggs with 60g sugar until combined.
- Temper the eggs by slowly adding about half of the hot hojicha milk mixture while whisking.
- Pour the egg mixture back into the pot with the remaining milk. Cook over low heat for 30 seconds, then remove from heat.
- Strain the custard through a fine mesh strainer into the egg bowl.
- Portion the custard evenly into the prepared molds.
- Remove any surface bubbles with a lighter or spoon.
- Place molds in a deep baking dish and fill with hot water halfway up the sides.
- Bake for 35 to 45 minutes, or until the center is jiggly but barely set.
- Refrigerate until completely chilled, at least 2 to 3 hours.
- To serve, loosen edges and flip molds onto serving plates.
Notes
- Baking time may vary depending on mold material and size.
- For best results, serve the hojicha purin the same day or the next day.
- Whole milk is recommended for the signature creamy texture.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Japanese
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 221 kcal
- Sugar: 25.4 g
- Sodium: 192 mg
- Fat: 10.4 g
- Saturated Fat: 4.8 g
- Carbohydrates: 25.3 g
- Protein: 8.2 g
- Cholesterol: 205 mg