Confectionery from Local Vegetables

Sweets made from local vegetables.

Local vegetables in Kanazawa are sold under the brand "Kaga Vegetables". Many of these vegetables are also used for making confectionery. "Satsumaimo" - Sweet Potatoes, "Utsugi Akagawa Amaguri Kabocha" - Red skinned, sweet chestnut- flavored pumpkin produced in Utsugi, "Kinjisou" - Kinjisou spinach and Kaga Renkon" - Lotus Roots, to name a few. The sweet potatoes can be combined with red bean paste to create cream puffs. The red skinned pumpkins can be used for cakes. "Kinjisou" - Kinjisou spinach can be used for making jelly and its color can be extracted to decorate cakes or pudding.