Futako Sato-imo Tart

High-grade taro "Futako sato-imo" arranged into a Western-style tart

“Futako Sato-imo” from the area of Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture, is a variety of taro with a unique strong stickiness and melt-in-your-mouth texture, and is a favorite brand of taro used especially in Japanese cuisine.

High-grade taro is a favorite ingredient of Kyoto’s ryotei restaurants, and the “Futako sato-imo” tart is made by “Kagiya Confectionary Shop” which has a store in Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture. This long-established confectionery has been making a wide range of Japanese and Western-style confections since 1933 and has been loved by the local people.

Kagiya Confectionery takes a variety of approaches to making confections from “Futako Sato-imo” a specialty of Kitakami City. The ability of the confectioner to transform a local specialty into a Western confectionery ingredient is a true testament to the skill of the confectioner. The taro is still not visible from the outside.

When I split it in half, I could see the dicot paste in the bottom of the cup-shaped biscuit.

The fluffy cake at the top, the sticky “Futako sato-imo” paste at the bottom, and the crispy biscuit that envelops the outside combine to create a tart with an interesting texture. The stickiness of the “Futako sato-imo” was used to make the tart, and the result was a delicious treat.