Our pair of seasonal canelés for this month are “Kintoki Carrot” and “Kuri Kinton”.With kintoki carrot canelés, you would enjoy the rich afternote and sweetness of kintoki carrots from its dough and sweet paste.Kuri-kinton canelés, inspired by a traditional pastry with mashed sweet potatoes and chestnuts, are fulfilling with paste of sweet potatoes and chestnuts put inside and on top.In Japanese, there are many words with “Hatsu” or “Zome”, both meaning “the first” or “to start”, for things we do or see the first time in the new year. Words such as Hatsu-hinode: the sunrise on the New Year’s Day, Hatsu-moude: the first visit to a shrine, Hatsu-yume: the first dream you have of the year, Hatsu-dayori: the first letter, Hatsu-warai: the first laughter, Kaki-zome: the first calligraphy of the year, Mai-zome: the first dance and so on.We could imagine that the importance of refreshing our mind and recalling original intention once in a while is passed through words from the old days.Cherishing “the first times” again in this January sounds precious.

1月の季節のカヌレは「金時にんじん」と「栗きんとん」です。「金時にんじん」は金時人参の生地の中に人参餡が入り、人参の風味と濃厚な甘さの余韻をおたのしみ頂けます。「栗きんとん」は中と上に栗とお芋の餡が入った食べ応えのある一品です。年が明けて最初にみたものやすることに”初”という文字が付きます。初日の出、初詣、初夢、初便り、笑初、書初め、舞初め…など多くの言葉があります。すべてのことに気持ち新たにという思いが、昔から言葉を通して受け継がれているのかもしれません。 いろいろな”初”を意識して過ごす1月もいいですね。

今日1月8日(五)開始カヌレ堂與doudou皆開始正常營業。1月的季節可麗露是「金時紅蘿蔔」與「栗金飩」。「金時紅蘿蔔」是在金時紅蘿蔔基底之中放入紅蘿蔔餡，是能夠享受紅蘿蔔濃厚甜味的可麗露。「栗金飩」則是裡面與上頭皆放入與芋頭餡混在一起的栗子，是絕對能滿足味覺的可麗露。在日本，迎接新的一年後首先看到的東西或做的事都會加入”初”這個字。例如初日の出、初詣、初夢、初便り、笑初、書初め、舞初め…等等。透過從前的這些單詞讓人們繼承了所有事情都以新的心情去看待的態度。好好體會各種”初”來度過1月吧。