Editing Anmitsu

{{Short description|Japanese dessert}}
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| name             = Anmitsu
| image            = Anmitsu in Isezakicho.jpg
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| country          = [[Japan]]
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| course           = [[Dessert]]
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| main_ingredient  = [[Red alga]]e or [[seaweed]], [[water]] or [[fruit juice]]
| variations       = [[Mitsumame]], cream anmitsu
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'''Anmitsu''' ({{lang|ja|あんみつ}}, rarely {{lang|ja|餡蜜}}) is a ''[[wagashi]]''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220522010727/https://www.eitarosouhonpo.co.jp/SHOP/9969488.html 榮太樓 和菓子屋のあんみつ 抹茶みつ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20240224033952/https://www.wakanet.co.jp/products/139 和菓子屋の角カップあんみつ黒糖]</ref> (Japanese [[dessert]]) that dates to the Meiji era.<ref name="japan-talk">{{Cite web|url=https://www.japan-talk.com/jt/new/anmitsu|title=What is Anmitsu?|website=Japan Talk|access-date=2019-10-28}}</ref>

It is made of small cubes of [[agar]] jelly, a white translucent jelly made from [[red alga]]e.<ref name="japan-talk"/> The agar is dissolved with [[water]] (or [[fruit juice]] such as [[apple juice]]) to make the jelly. It is served in a bowl with sweet [[azuki bean]] paste or ''[[Red bean paste|anko]]'' (the ''an'' part of ''anmitsu''), boiled [[pea]]s, often ''[[gyūhi]]'' and a variety of [[fruit]]s such as [[peach]] slices, ''[[mikan]]'', pieces of [[pineapple]]s, and/or [[Cherry|cherries]]. The anmitsu usually comes with a small pot of sweet black syrup, or ''mitsu'' (the ''mitsu'' part of ''anmitsu'') which one pours onto the jelly before eating. Anmitsu is usually eaten with a spoon and fork.

A few variations on this dessert do exist. [[Mitsumame]] is anmitsu without bean paste, the ''mame'' meaning the peas that are served with the syrup and agar jelly instead. Cream anmitsu is anmitsu with [[ice cream]] on top. [[dango|Shiratama dango]] are also commonly used as toppings.

==See also==
*[[Kakigōri]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Wagashi]]