Anko Pie in all over Japan
“Anko pie” is a Japanese pastry filled with sweet red bean paste, called anko. The paste is made from azuki beans and sugar, and it has a subtly sweet, earthy flavor. The pie crust is usually light and flaky, similar to puff pastry. It’s a popular snack in Japan and is often enjoyed with green tea.
1. Peanuts Pie
A classic peanut-flavored, similar category of “red bean paste pie”
"Peanuts Pie” made by Nagomi no Komeya in Narita City, Chiba Prefecture, is a version of ‘Peanuts Monaka’, bean-jam filled wafer, a popular souvenir unique to Chiba, in which the monaka dough is replaced with a pie crust. The unique package features a peanut character, representative souvenir of Chiba, a specialty peanut producing region. ‘Peanuts Monaka’ has a history of more than 20 years and is now a standard souvenir there. Even...
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2. Kurumille
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Handmade style mini pies filled with walnut filling.
Kurumille, made by Ichiroku Honpo in Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, which is also famous for producing Ichiroku Tart, is an "Anko pie" like confection made with pie crust and filled with walnut bean paste. The package appears to depict a walnut flower, although it looks like a tulip. A cute illustration with a warm look. The round pie, the size of the palm of your hand, feels handmade in the way it...
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3. Toyaman
Exquisite harmony of pie crust and "Sarashi-An"
I bought "Tomiyaman" from "Libran", a confectionery company that operates mainly in Toyama Prefecture. The company is also the confectioner that produces "Kankontan" a major souvenir from Toyama. In the past, this confectionary has won the "Gold Prize" at the National Confectionary Exposition. A pie crust folded into a rectangular shape appeared. Inside the pie was a red bean paste, or "Anko pie" as it is called. The azuki red bean paste...
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4. Tefūkin-no-Sirabe
Layers and layers of pie crust are a true accordion!
"Bizenya" that main store is located in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture, is a very long-established confectionery shop that has been in business for more than 230 years, since its founder established a confectionery shop in the Tokaido Denmajuku of the Okazaki Domain. I bought "Tefukoto-no-Shirabe" a popular product of "Bizenya". Pie dough wrapped with red bean paste, the dough folded neatly into a square. The top of the pie crust is also...
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5. Northman Sio-Lemon
Northman" unexpectedly limited flavor "Salted Lemon”
A "salted lemon flavor" was released from "Northman", the famous red bean paste pie by Senshūan, a long-established confectionery in Hokkaido. "Northman" is a traditional sweet bean paste pie loved in Hokkaido for a long time, and I love it too. It looks no different from the usual Northman. It has a flat shape and a bit of weight. The pie crust looks delicious as usual. When I cracked it open, I...
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6. Hokka-idou
Takeshiro Matsuura, godfather of "Hokkaido"
Rokkatei's "Kitakamichi" is a so-called "red bean paste pie. The name "Hokka-idou(北加伊道)" was first given to what is now "Hokkaidou(北海道)" by Takeshiro Matsuura, an explorer from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji era. Hokkaido was still called "Ezochi" at that time. Takeshiro Matsuura is said to have repeatedly interviewed local people while respecting the culture and language of the Ainu people, and kept a journal while walking in various...
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7. Northman
This is the best anko (red bean paste) pie in Hokkaido!
The famous pie manju "Northman" by Senshuan, a long-established confectionery in Sapporo. It is as famous as Yama-oyaji. This is also one of my personal favorites and one of the sweets I used to eat often in the past. Delicate pie crust made with many layers of dough and plenty of butter. The golden brown surface looks delicious. Inside is koshian (sweet bean paste). It is also exquisitely delicious. You can tell...
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