Easy Japanese Apple Mochi Recipe

For the filling:

Melt butter in a pan.

Add apple cubes and fry until lightly brown.

Add sugar and caramelize apples. Stir in Kikkoman soy sauce.

Refrigerate.

For the Japanese mochi dough:

Place glutinous rice flour and sugar in a heatproof bowl, mix and gradually add water until a thick dough forms.

Put the dough for 2 minutes (640 watts) in the microwave, stir and heat again for 1 minute.

Sprinkle work surface with cornflour, pour the mochi dough on it, roll out 2-3 mm thin with plenty of cornflour and let it cool down. Cut out 2-4 circles with the help of a cookie cutter (approx. 7 cm).

Place one portion of prepared apple cubes on each circle, fold the dough over it, press down well and turn over.

Arrange on plates and serve garnished with mint leaves.