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Using Honey of the Yamada Bee Farm
Lily Bulb Cooked in Syrup Small Rich Dried Sardines,
and Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Sweetened Chestnuts and Honey



Lily Bulb Cooked in Syrup

Ingredients <4 servings>
4 lily bulbs
Syrup
* 2/5 cup honey
* 40 g sugar
* 3/5 cup water


1
Remove the dirt and excess parts outside the lily bulbs,
cut off the root hairs, and tip of ramentum from the outside.
2
Steam 1 until they become soft.
3
Cook the syrup, add the hot 2, turn off the heat,
allow to cool, and macerate the flavor.



Small Rich Dried Sardines

Ingredients <4 servings>
50 g small dried sardines
1 tablespoon dice almonds
2 tablespoons pine nuts
White sesame, as needed
Sauce
* 3 tablespoons honey
* 2 tablespoons sugar
* 3-1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon sake


1
Fry the small dried sardines in a pan over low heat until they break with a snap.
2
Roast the diced almonds and pine nuts in an oven
over low heat until they become aromatic.
3
Put the sauce in the pan and boil it down slowly.
Add 1, 2, and the white sesame by pouring it into the sauce, mix briefly, and spread out on a pan.



Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Sweetened Chestnuts and Honey

Ingredients <4 servings>
500 g sweet potato
1/2 cup honey

3 tablespoons sugar
2 gardenia nuts
5 chestnuts cooked in syrup
1/4 cup syrup for chestnuts cooked in syrup

Cheesecloth bag


1
Cut the sweet potato into round slices about 3 cm thick,
peel the skin thickly, and soak in water.
2
Add 1 in a pot, pour water that just covers potatoes, and gardenia nuts
that are mashed and folded into a cheesecloth bag, and cook until the potatoes become soft.
3
While the potatoes of 2 are hot, strain them.
4
Add the honey, sugar, and syrup for chestnuts cooked in syrup to the pan, and boil.
slowly add the potatoes of 3 and mix carefully without burning.
Cut the chestnuts cooked in syrup into small pieces, add them, and knead until the chestnuts become warm.
If the potatoes appear a little too soft, turn off the heat.