A traditional Japanese rice snack, brought straight to your home and kitchen!

Ingredients:

For the dough:

• 110g glutinous rice flour
• 30g cornstarch
• 30g granulated sugar
• 170ml milk
• 20g unsalted butter
• Red food colouring

For the filling:

• 250g heavy cream
• 50g cream cheese
• 30g vanilla instant pudding
• 150g fresh strawberries (chopped)

Instructions:

Dough:

1. In a clean bowl, mix the glutinous rice flour, cornstarch, sugar, milk, and red food colouring well.
2. Cover with plastic and make a few holes with a toothpick
3. Cook in the microwave for 3.5 minutes
4. Let it chill, then add the butter and knead well
5. Dust your working surface with more glutinous rice flour; knead the dough until it becomes very stretchy. Divide the dough into 6-8 equal pieces and roll them into round flat sheets

Filling:

1. In a clean bowl, mix softened cream cheese and sugar, then add heavy cream and pudding
2. Beat them together till stiff peaks form

Assembly:

1. Place a piece of dough over a small shot glass, pressing the centre slightly in. Pipe in the filling, some strawberry pieces, then cover with more whipped cream
2. Wrap the mochi ball up, removing excess dough (you can mix the remainders back together to make more balls)
3. Put into cupcake liner and serve