SAKEKASU SOFT CREAM

Sakekasu soft cream is an speciality in my  hometown, Yamanakaonsen at Ishikawa prefecture.

It is made from Japanese Sake lees. Japanese Sake lees  is the leftover bits from the sake making process.

We use sake lees in different ways. It is the solid white substance that remains after pressing the main fermenting mash used to make Japanese sake

It is so sweet and tasted a little Japanese Sake.

According to the Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan , this consists of 51 % water , 23 % carbohydrate , 13 % protein , lipids and ash in addition to peptides , amino acids , vitamins and yeast ; meaning that has come to be reevaluated as a health food.

In addition to the suitability to mass-production , the second method also has the advantage of much cheaper ingredient costs because sakekasu is a by-product of sake production .