As the end of the year approaches, many restaurants are starting to release new menus to welcome the festive season, including drinks and bakery items. But if you’re still unsure of how to create your own menu, Matchazui has compiled ideas and recipes for green tea drinks and desserts, so that green tea lovers can try to change up their menus and make them more fun.
Let’s start with hot matcha latte, a recommended menu of many shops that adds color to the Christmas festival. It’s easy to eat by adding cute snowman marshmallows. The method is not difficult because we start by making square marshmallows according to the marshmallow recipe of the favorite shop. Make them large enough to cut into small rounds. Use a toothpick with one pointed end to break off and dip the toothpick into melted orange white chocolate and draw a nose on the marshmallow. For the eyes, put 2 tablespoons of dark chocolate chips and 1/4 teaspoon of coconut oil in a small plate and microwave in 20-second increments, stirring a little at a time, until the dark chocolate is completely melted and smooth. Use a pointed toothpick to dip into the melted dark chocolate and smear it on the snowman’s eyes and mouth. Let the snowman chocolate set at room temperature before serving with your favorite hot matcha latte.
Next up is the Matcha Cookie Christmas Tree. Start by beating 1 cup unsalted butter, 2 tablespoons matcha powder, and 1 ½ cups sugar until fluffy. Add 1 egg yolk and 1 teaspoon vanilla and mix until combined. Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt and set aside in another bowl. Place all ingredients in a bowl and mix until combined. Cover the dough and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
Cut dough in half or quarters and roll out to about 1/6 – 1/4 inch thick. Cut out Christmas tree molds and place on prepared baking sheet. Bake each batch for 7 – 9 minutes. Decorate with white chocolate, microwaved for 20 seconds, or mix in a little red chocolate for a different design.
The intensity of the Christmas tree color depends on the amount of matcha powder added. Add some cuteness by tying it with a bow or packing it in a clear plastic bag to show off the cookie pattern.
A technique to make Christmas cookies more cute is when pressing the dough into the shape of a Christmas tree. You can press it into the shape of stars of various sizes so that after baking, you can arrange them in alternating layers, with each layer connected with a little white chocolate. Stick the star on top with almonds and sprinkle a little icing. You’ve got a green tea cookie menu for this Christmas season.
Another menu that just seeing it makes you think of a Christmas tree is Matcha Mont Blanc. You can use the regular Mont Blanc recipe, but just replace the chestnut cream on top with green tea cream and decorate with colorful icing cookies. It becomes a green tea Mont Blanc that will impress anyone who eats it.

In addition to the tea menu above, which is a sample to give your tea shop some initial ideas for customizing their menu, there are many other green tea menus that can be sold during Christmas, such as Matcha Hot Chocolate or Matcha Macaron, or even Matcha Cake, which emphasizes red color with strawberries.
But if you’re not good at making desserts that require a lot of techniques, try adapting the no-bake green tea dessert menu (see more at shorturl.at/dpDS7) into a Christmas style. It’s another interesting idea. Especially if there are new menus and year-end campaigns with interesting promotions or activities, it will encourage customers to visit the shop even more (see more at shorturl.at/ceqKP). Because it’s not necessary for every shop to launch new menus during this festival. It might be difficult for some shops to always come up with new menus. Because according to Japanese belief, simply buying green tea to give to each other during various festivals is considered a blessing for good health (see more at shorturl.at/bcCHK).
Source
https://encha.com/pages/matcha-recipes
https://www.stephaniesuen.com/2018/12/08/mini-matcha-christmas-tree-sugar-cookies/
https://steemit.com/food/@alwayssmile/elegant-noble-french-dessert-mont-blanc
https://hostthetoast.com/matcha-cookie-christmas-tree-stacks/




































































