Ice cream & chilled desserts

2 recipes

A finished shirokuma: a mound of shaved ice with condensed milk, canned fruit, two cherry eyes and a red bean paste nose
Japan

Shirokuma: Kagoshima Shaved Ice with Condensed Milk and Fruit

Shirokuma is Kagoshima's shaved ice under condensed milk, fruit and sweet red beans. Learn the assembly order, how to keep it from melting, and what to buy.

Japanese kakigōri layered with cooked azuki, fruit and mizore syrup
Japan

Kakigōri: Japanese Fruit Shaved Ice with Cooked Azuki (かき氷)

How to make one bowl of Japanese fruit kakigōri: finely shaved ice layered with a condensed milk and clear mizore syrup mixture, cooked azuki at the bottom, mandarin, watermelon, kiwi, chunky pineapple sauce and a cherry on top. Covers one-serving amounts, the assembly order, safe use of a shaved-ice machine, ice texture, variations, and the story of ice houses and shaved ice in Japan.