This innocuous looking piece of dough is much more interesting than it looks. This, dear readers, is the not really famous but totally should be famous Japanese white bean paste dough. Also known as White Bean Paste Nerikiri Dough.
This versatile dough made of white bean paste and mochi becomes an edible dessert 'clay' with which you can make so many yummilicious as well as gorgeously shaped and textured sweet desserts. It's amazing, really, the wonderful shapes that can be made: flowers, leaves, pumpkins, animals, etc. The limit is your imagination and ingenuity.
