Adzuki/red bean paste ideas?

[purplepoppy]

I want to use them in a cake or dessert but feel they need to be paired with something. Green tea particularly matcha seems a common match but I'm looking for other ideas that would compliment it.
Any suggestions

[Lliam]

I'm wondering if something savory would compliment it?

savory bread pudding (from BRIT+CO)
apples + chard + pancetta + white cheddar

1 regular-ish sized baguette, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
2 cups chard leaves cut into chiffonade (set stems aside for another use)
3/4 - 1 cup diced pancetta
6 oz good quality white cheddar
1 gala apple thinly sliced, cored and halved
8 eggs
2 1/2 cups whole milk
2 tablespoons dijon mustard
1 teaspoon salt
***If you happen to have a cast iron skillet that is big enough, you can use it for this entire process. Otherwise, you will need a saute pan and a casserole for baking.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. If using casserole, lightly butter bottom and sides.

Over medium heat, brown pancetta until nice and crispy. Remove to a paper towel to drain.
Remove any excess fat from the pan, leaving enough to cook chard. Add chard to the pan and cook for a minute or so, just until chard begins to soften. Remove chard from the pan.

In a large mixing bowl, combine eggs, milk, dijon, and teaspoon of salt. Whisk together well.

In casserole, or skillet, place half of the bread in an even layer. Top with half of the chard, pancetta and cheese. Repeat with the remaining ingredients. Pour egg mixture over the top and let sit for about 30 minutes. (You can also do everything up to this point the night before. Top with plastic wrap and pop in the fridge overnight. Make sure to let it come up to room temp for about 30 minutes before baking )

Top with apple slices. Bake on the middle rack for 45-55 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes.

[purplepoppy]

Sounds good

[t-8900]

I actually didn't think beans were popular in your country but now seeing them in breakfasts, on toast, this stuff, is there a recent trend in beans in your country over the last decade or something? I never would have associated beans with brits

[goaded]

Heinz baked beans have been around forever. Beaz Meanz Fartz!

[t-8900]

@goaded yeah looks like. I never would have guessed to be honest. I always associated brits with higher levels of meats and potatoes and such and boat loads of dessert items to have with tea! i also hear they got a curry trend over there now too.

[goaded]

Oh, Fish and Chips dropped off the #1 spot decades ago, it's Chicken Korma, these days, iirc. (Both are delicious!)

[t-8900]

@goaded huh never heard of Chicken Korma
*looks it up*
okay WOW that looks good!

[purplepoppy]

Curry isn't a British trend it's been standard everyday food for decades, arguably centuries. Adzuki beans aren't commonly used but they are easily available

[purplepoppy]

Baked beans in tomato sauce are more popular with children

[t-8900]

wow I'd have never guessed curry had been big like that for so long. Obviously i understand with the history and all but didn't know it was adopted like that. When I think of your food I mostly picture the ground meats and blood sausage and stuff like that lol. Then I think Haggis because it plays a role in a side dish called scrapple here in the NE part of the states which I dearly love. I really want to try a proper English Breakfast in the UK with the good ingredients that are used over there. Here in the USA a lot of our stuff is copycat or highly processed so it's like you never know if you're getting authentic or pale shadow to the real deal.

[purplepoppy]

Unless your going somewhere decent most of the cafes and pubs serve "budget" ingredients for their English breakfasts

[t-8900]

@purplepoppy if I'm going to the UK its gonna be once since time and money constraints. So it's gotta be among the best your country has to offer tbh. Any suggestions? If I travel I'd be wanting to visit Nottingham, Hastings (for the history) and Yorkshire

[purplepoppy]

York is worth a visit for the history and it's a nice place to wander around. Easy jump off point for places like Whitby too. To the west Shrewsbury and chester are the gems. Wales and cornwall are similar but you won't get charged£20 for a cup of tea in Wales

[t-8900]

thanks for the tips! Is it bad I honestly have no desire to visit London anymore? Not since all the bad news I heard about it. Does one need an special papers when crossing over in the Wales or Scotland or will and American passport be all I need?

[purplepoppy]

Lol no there's no real border apart from a line on a map. Sometimes there's a sign saying welcome to wales but a lot of the time you won't realise you've crossed the border.

[t-8900]

I'll just be making notes of this lol. so its just like in the states then.

[goaded]

I was mistaken, it's chicken tikka masala, not korma.

There was a recipe for curry in an 1747 English cookbook, and fish and chips are far more modern, the first recipe book containing chips was from 1817!



www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/The-British-Curry/
www.rmg.co.uk/.../history-fish-chips-timeline

[t-8900]

I actually love Indian food so I'd tear all this up! Thanks for sharing some history with me. 👍

[Anonymous]

Froth some coconut milk with vanilla and cinnamon. Pour over 2 shots of espresso.

[Wiredone]

I have no idea what that stuff is so I couldn't help you