Green Tea Kasutera Green Tea Bread Recipes

MATCHA GREEN TEA BREAD

Steps:

• Place flour, 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons sugar, green tea powder, yeast, and salt in a mixing bowl and mix by hand. Make a well in the center and pour in 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons milk and beaten egg. Mix to form a soft dough.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured work surface. Knead until dough becomes smooth and is no longer sticky, about 5 minutes. Knead and mix 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons butter into the dough.
• Continue to knead until dough is smooth and elastic and no longer sticks to the work surface, about 15 minutes. Smooth dough into a ball and place in a mixing bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and let dough rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
• Lightly grease a loaf pan. Remove dough from the bowl and punch out accumulated air. Place on a lightly floured surface and use a rolling pin to roll dough into a large rectangle slightly wider than the length of the loaf pan and as long as possible. Roll dough tightly, Swiss-roll style. Pinch dough to seal the seam tightly. Place seam-side down in the prepared pan and cover with plastic wrap. Let dough rise a second time until it fills 80% of the pan, 45 to 60 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 30 to 35 minutes.
• Remove bread from pan immediately and let cool completely before slicing, about 30 minutes.

GREEN TEA JAPANESE SPONGE CAKE - KASUTERA

Steps:

• Separate the egg whites from yolks into two large bowls.
• Whisk sugar, honey, vanilla, green tea powder, and salt into egg yolks until everything is mixed together.
• Place bowl in a large pan of hot water.
• With an electric mixer, beat about 5 minutes on medium-high speed until pale yellow and doubled in volume.
• Gently fold in flour.
• In the large bowl, beat egg whites in electric mixer on a low speed 1 minute, increasing speed to medium-high until eggs are foamy.
• When the eggs are foamy, sprinkle in one tablespoon of sugar and cream of tartar.
• Beat until the egg mixture is stiff.
• Using a spatula, fold the egg whites gently so the bubbles in eggs are not destroyed.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Use parchment to line the bottom of two loaf pans.
• Grease the parchment.
• Pour batter into pan.
• Place pans on middle rack of oven 35 to 45 minutes or until golden brown. When done, cake sides will pull away from pan slightly; top will be flat and feel spongy when pressed with finger.
• Cool for 20 minutes.
• Run a small knife between edge of cake and pan. Remove from pan carefully.
• Pull off parchment and cool completely.
• Cut, serve and enjoy!