INGREDIENTS

• • 1 Tbsp Aiya’s Culinary Grade Matcha
• • 3 ½ oz cream cheese
• • 1 oz dried fruit
• • 8 thinly sliced bread pieces
• • Oil (for frying)
• • Granulated sugar

DIRECTIONS

• 1. Set the cream cheese out to soften. Chop up the dried fruit.
• 2. Sift the Matcha into the softened cream cheese and mix.
• 3. Mix the dried fruit into the Matcha and cream cheese.
• 4. For maki sushi style preparation, place each piece of bread on some plastic wrap or, if you have it, a sushi mat. Spread some of the cream cheese mixture in the center of the bread and then tightly roll it.
• 5. For cheese puff style preparation, spread a thin layer of the cream cheese mixture all over one side of each slice and then roll it into a ball, tucking the spread side to the inside.
• 6. Heat the oil (350°F for best results) and carefully place the bread into it, frying until it turns golden brown.
• 7. Roll in granulated sugar to coat while still hot.