Autumn Recipes
- Houji Pumpkin Pie
- Green Breeze Mac 'n' Cheese (with Nori)
- Halloween Nori & Cheese Sandwich
- Halloween Nori & Cheese Pizza
- Green Breeze Latte
- Houji Latte
Houji Pumpkin Pie
Ingredients:
- 4 tsp KukiHoujiCha or 2 teabags Shizuoka HoujiCha
- 1 9-inch unbaked pie shell
- 1 can pumpkin (16 oz.)
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
(14 oz.) - 2 eggs
- 4 tbsp heavy cream
- Preheat oven to 425 F.
- Grind KukiHoujiCha into powder if using KukiHoujiCha.
- Mix together pumpkin, condensed milk, eggs and heavy cream in large bowl.
- Add KukiHoujicha or Shizuoka HoujiCha (open tea bags and pour tea leaves into bowl), mix well.
- Pour into shell, and bake 15 min.
- Reduce oven temperature to 350 F, and bake for about 45 min.
Green Breeze Mac 'n' Cheese (with Nori)
Ingredients:
- 7 packets Green Breeze (7 g = 3 1/2 tsp)
- 8 oz elbow macaroni
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp flour
- 2 1/2 cups milk
- 2 cups Parmesan cheese, grated
- Kizami nori
- Salt, pepper
- Cook macaroni in boiling water as directed on package. Drain and rinse with water. Set aside.
- In sauce pan, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in flour and cook until hot and bubbly.
- Add milk and mix until creamy.
- Stir in cheese and Green Breeze. Cook until cheese is melted. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Add macaroni and toss to coat.
- Top with Kizami nori. (or cut a full sheet nori into small pieces)
Halloween Nori & Cheese Sandwich
Ingredients:
- 1 sheet Nori
- 2 slices bread
- 1 tbsp mayonnaise
- 2 slices cheese or 1/2 cup grated cheese
- Fold Nori in half 3 times.
- Cut out Nori bats with scissors. (Click here for a template)
- Spread top side of each bread slice with mayonnaise.
- Top each with cheese.
- Toast until cheese melts and browns.
- Place Nori-bats on bread.
(You can see the bats move on the hot cheese!)
Halloween Nori & Cheese Pizza
Ingredients:
- 1 sheet Nori
- 1 pre-made pizza crust
- Pizza sauce, as needed
- 2 cups shredded cheese
- Fold each Nori in half 3 times.
- Cut out Nori bats with scissors. (Click here for a template)
- Spread pizza sauce on pre-made crust and top with cheese.
- Bake until cheese melts.
- Place Nori-bats on bread.
(Try and cut out Nori "HAPPY HALLOWEEN"!)
Green Breeze Latte
Ingredients:
- 1 packet Green Breeze (1g = 1/2tsp)
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1 tbsp sugar
- Put Green Breeze, sugar and milk in tea cup, mix well.
- Heat in a microwave on high for about 2 minutes.
- Mix well again and enjoy!
Try different ingredients - honey, brown sugar, soy milk, etc.
Houji Latte
Ingredients:
- 2 Takaokaya Houji-Cha tea bags
- 3/4 cup hot water
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 cup milk
- Pour hot water in tea cup.
- Infuse 2 bags of Takaokaya Houji-cha for 3 min.
- Add sugar and milk.
- Stir well.