# Anmitsu

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{{Short description|Japanese dessert}}
{{Infobox food
| name             = Anmitsu
| image            = Anmitsu in Isezakicho.jpg
| image_size       = 300px
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| country          = [Japan](/source/Japan)
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| creator          = 
| course           = [Dessert](/source/Dessert)
| served           = 
| main_ingredient  = [Red alga](/source/Red_alga)e or [seaweed](/source/seaweed), [water](/source/water) or [fruit juice](/source/fruit_juice)
| variations       = [Mitsumame](/source/Mitsumame), cream anmitsu
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}}

'''Anmitsu''' ({{lang|ja|あんみつ}}, rarely {{lang|ja|餡蜜}}) is a ''[wagashi](/source/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](/source/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](/source/agar) jelly, a white translucent jelly made from [red alga](/source/red_alga)e.<ref name="japan-talk"/> The agar is dissolved with [water](/source/water) (or [fruit juice](/source/fruit_juice) such as [apple juice](/source/apple_juice)) to make the jelly. It is served in a bowl with sweet [azuki bean](/source/azuki_bean) paste or ''[anko](/source/Red_bean_paste)'' (the ''an'' part of ''anmitsu''), boiled [pea](/source/pea)s, often ''[gyūhi](/source/gy%C5%ABhi)'' and a variety of [fruit](/source/fruit)s such as [peach](/source/peach) slices, ''[mikan](/source/mikan)'', pieces of [pineapple](/source/pineapple)s, and/or [cherries](/source/Cherry). 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](/source/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](/source/ice_cream) on top. [Shiratama dango](/source/dango) are also commonly used as toppings.

==See also==
*[Kakigōri](/source/Kakig%C5%8Dri)

== References ==
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Category:Wagashi

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