Matcha Pancakes, Matcha Cookies & Matcha Itself
What better way to kick off the matcha post category than with a triple of matcha items? 4 stars.
Nishio Matcha Pancake Mix
Found at the Japanese supermarket. The directions are in Japanese, too, so if you get these and need a bit of help:
Ingredients
- 1 bag of pancake mix
- 2 medium-sized eggs
- 120ml milk
- 1 tbspn salad oil (for a milkier flavour, substitute with 1 tbspn butter)
Instructions
- Add pancake mix, eggs and milk and mix well. Then add salad oil and mix further.
- Heat a frying pan and grease it.
- Remove frying pan from heat and place on a wet towel, allowing it to cool slightly. Wipe off excess oil, pour pancake mix in a round shape, then return to low heat for about 2min 30sec.
- When bubbles begin to form on the pancake, flip and continue cooking for about 1min 30sec.
Thoughts
These turned out to be very easy to make - the pancake mix was very cooperative and practically arranged itself into perfectly round shapes on the pan.
Flavour was pretty incredible - they definitely did not skimp on the matcha powder. These were fantastic, would buy again, 100% recommend.
Clover Bakery & Cafe Matcha Cookies
You can get these delightful, buttery treats at Clover Bakery & Cafe in San Jose. They also sell these amazing Mentai Masago buns and mini fresh cream strawberry shortcakes that would be a crime to miss out on.
Material Matcha
Finally, the matcha itself. I got the powder from a Kickstarter project that has long since ended, but you can still check out their business at Material Matcha. The matcha in the picture is MMU02, their balanced and well-rounded offering. Have yet to have a bad cup, and the design is certainly very elegant.