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Ogura toast
Toast with sweet red bean
Ogura tōsuto (小倉トースト): thick Nagoya café toast with butter and sweet azuki bean paste
Walk into a kissaten coffee shop in Nagoya before 11 am, order a coffee, and the "morning service" brings a thick slab of toast spread with butter and a mound of ogura-an, coarse sweet azuki bean paste. The hot, salty butter melting into the cool, grainy beans is the whole point. The common mistake is thin sandwich bread: it goes limp under the paste, so use a 3–4 cm slice of shokupan or soft white bloomer. Chef's tip: butter the toast the second it comes out, then spread the bean paste only on half of each slice so every bite gets a different balance of salt and sweet.
- Total time
- 8 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 2
Ingredients
- 2 slices thick-sliced white bread (shokupan)3–4 cm thick
- 1 oz salted buttersoft
- 4 oz sweet azuki bean paste (tsubu-an)coarse-style, from a tin or homemade
- 2 tbsp whipped cream (optional)
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Method
0/3 doneStep 1: Toast 2 slices thick-sliced white bread (shokupan) under a hot grill or in a toaster for 4–5 minutes, turning once, until deep golden outside but still soft in the middle when pressed.
5 minStep 2: Spread 1 oz salted butter over the hot toast straight away so it melts into the crumb.
Step 3: Spoon 4 oz sweet azuki bean paste (tsubu-an) on top, spreading it over half or all of each slice. Add a spoon of 2 tbsp whipped cream on the side if you like, and serve at once with coffee.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 390 kcal
- Protein
- 9 g
- Carbs
- 58 g
- Fat
- 14 g
- Fibre
- 5 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does ogura toast take?
- About 8 minutes in total: 3 minutes to prepare and 5 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 2 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- What can I use instead of salted butter?
- The same weight of ghee or coconut oil (for frying and most baking).
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