Anmitsu

Quick meaning: Anmitsu is a noun meaning A Japanese dessert made of small cubes of agar jelly and served in a bowl with anko, boiled peas, often gyūhi and a variety of fruits such as peach slices, mikan, pieces of pineapples, and cherries, usually coming with a small pot of sweet black syrup which one pours onto the jelly before eating.

Meaning

A Japanese dessert made of small cubes of agar jelly and served in a bowl with anko, boiled peas, often gyūhi and a variety of fruits such as peach slices, mikan, pieces of pineapples, and cherries, usually coming with a small pot of sweet black syrup which one pours onto the jelly before eating.

Example Sentences

Serve the anmitsu with the kuromitsu syrup on the side.

It also comes with dessert — seasonal potato manju and fruits anmitsu.

Not so close it felt like she could pluck a star out and take a bite. Would it taste sweet and buttery like Isao’s freshly baked loaves? Or was it cold and icy, tasty as jellylike blocks of anmitsu?

Dessert might tempt with butterscotch and white miso pudding next to a dollop of green tea ice cream, or an anmitsu of green tea ice cream, strawberry lychee kanten, adzuki beans and matcha yokan sweet bean paste jelly.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include imagawayaki, pocky, mochi, dango, balushahi, kulfi.

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