This was so much fun to make! Give it a try if you like baking ;)

[No Music] How to Make Sakura Anpan
https://youtu.be/OkRxHwMrYvg

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Ingredients:

For the dough:
300g bread flour
30g oil
20g cane sugar
3g salt
150g water
5g beet
3g dried yeast

For the sakura an paste:
150g navy beans
100g cane sugar
15g pickled cherry blossoms

Instructions:

1. soak navy beans overnight. bring to a boil.
2. add water a few times, drain and rinse. bring to a boil again and keep simmering until tender. add water as needed.
3. blend beet and water with a blender. then strain. add dried yeast.
4. combine all the ingredients for the dough and knead well.
5. let it ferment until it doubles in volume.
6. strain the navy beans. add cane sugar and pickled cherry blossoms(rinse and drain beforehand).
7. keep heating until you get the desired texture.
8. divide the dough into 10 equal pieces.
9. roll out the dough into round shape. put sakura an paste and wrap it with the dough(use 20g sakura an paste for each)
10. make a slit evenly at five points. make it into sakura shape.
11. let it ferment for 30 - 60 mins
12. bake at 320F/160C for 12 mins

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「材料」

パン生地
強力粉　300g
オイル　30g
きび砂糖　20g
塩　3g
水　150g
ビーツ 5g
ドライイースト　3g

桜餡
手亡豆　150g
きび砂糖　100g
桜の塩漬け　15g

「作り方」

１、手亡豆を一晩浸水し、鍋に移して沸騰させます。
２、差し水を数回して、一度茹で汁を捨てて水ですすぎます。新しい水でまた沸騰させ、柔らかくなるまで弱火で煮ます。必要に応じて水は足してください。
３、ビーツと水をブレンダーにかけ、漉してからドライイーストを加えます。
４、パン生地の全ての材料を混ぜ合わせ、よく捏ねます。
５、二倍に膨らむまで一次発酵させます。
６、煮た手亡豆を裏ごしします。水にさらした桜の塩漬けときび砂糖を加えます。
７、適度な固さになるまで煮詰めます。
８、パン生地を１０等分します。
９、生地を丸型にのばし、桜餡を乗せて包みます。（桜餡は１つ20gずつ）
１０、５箇所に切れ込みを入れ、桜の花の形に成形します。
１１、３０〜６０分ほど二次発酵させます。
１２、１６０℃で１２分ほど焼きます。

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Equipments & etc:

Camera : Sony A7RII
Lens : FE 35mm F1.4 ZA [SEL35F14Z]
Lens Filter : Kenko variable NDX 82mm
Mic：RODE Videomic Pro Rycote
Monitor : Atomos Ninja Assassin
Tripods：SLIK carbon 923 pro/ SLIK carbon 823 pro/ SLIK mini pro 7/ RRS TP-243 Ground-Level Tripod
Slider : Libec ALX S8 KIT
Software : Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Music : Mellow Acoustic Piano 14 - Johan Hynynen
Music by Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com)

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