Name: Salmon Roll - Maki Sushi
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Ingredients: 300g of Japanese uncooked Rice; For the sushi vinegar; 50g rice vinegar or apple cider vinegar; 18g sugar; 7g fine salt; 3 sheets of nori; For the filling; 1/2 onion - thinly sliced - Soak in water for 10 minutes; 1/2 to 1 avocado - sliced; a dash of lemon juice; 180g to 200g salmon tartare; some mayonnaise; For the dipping sauce; Soy sauce; Wasabi

February 23, 2021

Salmon Roll – Maki Sushi

Salmon Roll - Maki Sushi

Serving Size

3 Sushi Rolls

Prep Time

40 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Total Time

1 hour, 10 minutes

Ingredients

300g of Japanese uncooked Rice

For the sushi vinegar

50g rice vinegar or apple cider vinegar
18g sugar
7g fine salt
3 sheets of nori

For the filling

1/2 onion - thinly sliced - Soak in water for 10 minutes
1/2 to 1 avocado - sliced
a dash of lemon juice
180g to 200g salmon tartare
some mayonnaise

For the dipping sauce

Soy sauce
Wasabi

Instructions

1. Start by cooking your rice. Meanwhile make the sushi vinegar : In a cooking pot add vinegar, sugar and salt. Cook until almost boiled and sugar and salt are completely melted. Remove from the heat and set it aside.
2. Transfer the cooked rice into a heat-safe bowl, and pour the sushi vinegar from #1 on it. 'Slice' the rice with a rice paddle and let it cool down.
3. Place "Sushi bamboo rolling mat" on your worktop and then a nori sheet (shiny side down).
4. Spread about 180g sushi rice evenly. Leave an about 2cm edge uncovered.
5. Spread mayonnaise along the center line, as much as you want, over the rice. Place avocado, onion and salmon along that line too. Then roll up the maki tightly with a sushi rolling mat. Make 2 more sushi rolls.
6. Cut slices in the sushi roll with a clean and moistened knife. Please clean your knife before each new slice.
7. Serve wity soy sauce and wasabi :)

February 6, 2021

Salmon Donburi Rice Bowl

Persons

Prep Time

30 minutes

Cook Time

10 minutes

Total Time

40 minutes

Ingredients

200g salmon tartare
1/2 onion - thinly sliced
2 tbsp mayonnaise
a dash of salt and sugar
2 eggs
some chopped scallion

For the sauce (but you can also use off-the-shelf tsuyu)

2 tbsp soy sauce
1 to 2 tsp sugar
some sesame oil

Instructions

1. In a cooking pot, bring the water to a boil and cook eggs for 6 minutes. Soak in cold water for 5 to 10 minutes and remove the shell. (Set it aside)
2. In a small cooking bowl, add sliced onion and soak in water for a few minutes. Drain well and add mayonnasie, salt and sugar, mix well. Set aside.
3. In a small cup, add all the sauce ingredients and mix. Microwave 20 sec, set aside.
4. Serve the steamed rice in the first serving bowl, place the onion and salmon tartare (100g). Roast with a cooking torch if you like. Top with egg and pour the sauce! Sprinkle chopped scallion.

Notes

If you have TSUYU, then you can use as the sauce without making your own sauce. I usually use Triple-concentrated one.

December 29, 2020

Melon pan – Japanese Melon Bread with your home bakery メロンパン

Melon pan - Japanese Melon Bread with your home bakery

Serving Size

6 melon pan

Prep Time

1 hour, 30 minutes

Cook Time

15 minutes

Wait Time

1 hour

Total Time

1 hour, 45 minutes

Melon pan - Japanese Melon Bread with your home bakery

Ingredients

For the bread dough

100g bread flour (or 98g -T65 and 2g gluten flour)
2g instant yeast (Saf)
2g salt
13g unsalted butter
17g sugar
68g whole milk
1/2 tbsp (about 7g) melon liqueur (I used midori) or melon syrup

For the cookie dough

40g unsalted butter (softened)
30g white sugar
1/2 tbsp melon liqueur (I used midori) or melon syrup
16g almond flour
45g all purpose flour (or T55)

Instructions

1. Add flour, salt, butter, sugar in the pan of your bread machine. In a heat-safe bowl add the milk and microwave for 15 to 20 sec at 600w to reach about 40℃, then add the melon liqueur (or melon syrup), mix. Pour in the pan. Add yeast in your machine's yeast compartment. Select dough cycle and press start as per manufacturer's instructions.
2. Meanwhile make the cookie dough In a bowl, add unsalted butter and mix with a silicone spatula until it becomes smooth (if the butter is hard or just out from the fridge, then microwave it for 10~15 sec at 600w).
3. Add sugar and mix well until they blend well together.
4. Add Melon liqueur or syrup and mix well.
5. Add almond flour and mix. Finally sift the flour (45g) into the mixture, using a cooking sieve. Mix well until all the flour is thoroughly mixed. Be careful not to overmix the dough. Divide into 6 pieces. Cover with saran wrap and let sit in the fridge.
6. When the dough cycle is complete, remove from the machine and place on a floured surface. At the same time, take the cookie dough out of the fridge and to room temperature.
7. Punch the dough down and divide it in equal 6 pieces. Shape each piece into a round ball and cover it with a cloth. Let it rest for 15min.
8. Let's put it together... Re-shape each bread dough piece into a round ball. Place one piece of cookie dough on a saran wrap and cover with another wrap to press it with your hand. The cookie dough should end up a bit bigger than the bread balls.
9. Place the bread ball on the cookie dough and gently cover the bread ball with the cookie dough, using your hand.
10. Coat the cookie dough with sugar and place onto the baking sheet, seam side down. Repeat for the other 5 balls.
11. Gently draw crossed lines pattern on the cookie dough (3x3 or 4x4) using a dough scraper or a knife.
12. Cover and let the bread rise in a warm place until the dough has gone x1.5 in volume, about 50 to 60 minutes.
13. Pre-heat the oven to 190℃ and reduce the heat to 170℃ to bake for 13 to 15 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack.
Enjoy!

December 12, 2020

Shio Ramen v2 – Salt Flavored

Shio Ramen V2 - Salt Flavored

Persons

Prep Time

30 minutes

Cook Time

40 minutes

Total Time

1 hour, 10 minutes

Ingredients

For the soup stock :

700g (approx) Chicken breast or Thighs - boneless
1/2 tsp fine salt
1 tsp sugar
1 tbsp cooking sake or cooking white wine
2L water (approx)

For the soup base :

50 to 80g green parts of a leek - chopped
1 tbsp sesame oil
60ml vegetable oil
5g katsuo/dried bonito flakes
5g garlic cloves - grated
3 tbsp kosher salt
1 tsp kobucha/kelp powder
2 tsp chinese chicken bouillon powder
150ml boiled water
Ramen noodles for 5 people
1 tbsp sesame oil

Instructions

1. Make the soup stock In a big cooking pot, add about 2L water and bring it to a boil. Once it boils add the chicken.
2. Bring it to a boil again, then remove from the heat. Cover and leave it for 1 to 2 hours.
3. Meanwhile make the soup base
In a heat-safe bowl, add katsuo flake, garlic and kosher salt and set it aside. In a small cooking pot, add leek, sesame oil and vegetable oil. Bring it to a boil and once it is boiling, simmer for 3 minutes.
4. Then immediately pour this oil mixture into a bowl. Mix well.
5. Add kobucha, chicken powder and boiled water. Mix well : the salt should melt completely. Set aside. You can leave it until the chicken is ready.
6. Using a cooking sieve, strain the soup base into another bowl. Press or squeeze well against the sieve.
7. Transfer the sieve residual into another bowl and blend it with your hand blender until it is smooth like a paste.
8. Remove the chicken from the water and cut it in slices. Set it aside. With the soup stock, strain once and add more water to reach a total of about 2.5L (it's about 500ml per person) then bring it to a boil.
9. Prepare the noodles Cook your ramen according to the package instructions. Place 2 to 3 tbsp (or more) soup base into your serving ramen bowl, add the boiled soup stock, then place the cooked ramen into the soup.
10. Top your ramen with chicken, leek, egg etc.....Sprinkle sesame, and enjoy :)

November 19, 2020

Soup Dumpling | Xiao Long Bao | 小籠包

Persons

Prep Time

2 hours

Cook Time

15 minutes

Total Time

2 hours, 15 minutes

Ingredients

For the wrap :

- 120g T55 or all-purpose flour
- 1g fine salt
- 60ml water
- 1/8 tsp vegetable oil

For the aspic :

- 160ml water
- 5g fresh ginger
- 5g green parts of a leak
- 1 tsp oyster sauce
- 8g gelatin powder dissolved in 1.5 to 2 tbsp water
- 7g Chinese chicken bouillon powder

For the filling :

- 100g pork belly - chopped roughly
- 100g ground pork (shoulder preferred) *arrange the split as you prefer
- 5~6g lard
- 3/4 tbsp grated fresh ginger
- 10g green long onion
- 1 tsp water
- 1/2 tsp sesame oil
- a dash of salt
- a dash of sugar
- 1 tsp Chinese shaoxing rice wine or cooking sake or white wine

For the dipping sauce :

- 2 tsp soy sauce
- 3 tsp rice or apple cider vinegar
- some fresh ginger - cut into julienne

Instructions

1. Making the dough
In a bowl add flour, salt and mix well. Add the water then knead with your hand gently. Once the dough starts to be like crumbles, add vegetable oil. Knead until the dough comes together in a ball.
2. Transfer to a working surface, and knead by hand for 3 minutes. Then cover with saran wrap and let sit for 1 hour.
3. _Making the aspic (in advance, maybe a day before?)
In a small heat-safe cup, add gelatin and water. Mix. Set it aside.
4. In a cooking pot add water, green parts of a leek, ginger and bring it to a boil. Once it boils, add chinese chicken bouillon powder, oyster sauce and mix. Remove from the heat. Strain the soup into a heat-safe plate and let it cool a little to 55~60℃.
5. Add the soaked gelatin and dissolve it completely. Let it to cool to room temperature, and then chill in the fridge until firm.
6. Making the filling
In your food processor, add pork belly and process until minced. Add the ground pork and process until combined well.
7. Add cooking sake, water, sesame oil, fresh ginger, green long onion, lard, a dash of salt and sugar. Pulse until the pork turns into a paste. Transfer the meat mixture into a bowl. Cover it and keep it in the fridge if your aspic is not ready.
8. Take out the aspic from the fridge and transfer it to the food processor. Pulse for a few seconds. Add the diced aspic to the pork mixture. Mix well. Cover and chill for now.
9. Making the wrap
Take some of the dough and feed 1 to 2 times in position 1 of the Kitchenaid Pasta Roller. Change to position 2 or 3 and feed 1 to 2 times. Change to position 5 or 6 and feed 1 or 2 times. Finally change to position 8 (thinnest) and feed 1 or 2 times.
10. Cut the dough with a ring (I used a 9cm diameter one). Transfer to a lightly floured plate (Keep the excess dough to make more wrappers at the end). 1 wrapper is about 8 to 9g, so if you don't use the pasta roller, take about 9g of dough & roll it directly into a disc shape with a rolling pin.
11. Place some filling in the middle of a wrapper. Pleats the wrapper's edge with as many folds as you can :) (Pulling the edges make them thinner).
12. Prepare the steamer: place a cloth or a parchment paper with holes. Place the dumplings. Steam for about 8 minutes.
13. Meanwhile make the dipping sauce. In a small cup, add 2 tsp soy sauce and 3 tsp rice or apple cider vinegar. Mix. Place some fresh ginger, it's nice.
14. Now it's ready! Enjoy :)

October 17, 2020

Canned Sardines Spaghetti – Recipe for 1

Canned Sardines Spaghetti - Recipe for 1

Persons

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

10 minutes

Total Time

20 minutes

Canned Sardines Spaghetti - Recipe for 1

Ingredients

canned sardines in olive oil (half can or 60~70g)
1 garlic clove - grated
1 tbsp olive oil
1 dried chili
50 to 60g mozzarella cheese - cut into small pieces
100g spaghetti
For the garnish :
Leek (cut into julienne) or basil leaf

Instructions

1. Transfer sardines into a bowl (also add the oil from the can) and mash them with a fork. Add grated garlic and mix. Set aside.
2. Cook your spaghetti, according to the package instructions, adding 1 tsp salt. Keep about 1 cup of the boiled water for later.
3. In a frying-pan, heat 1 tbsp olive oil, then place dried chili and sardines mixture. Cook lightly then remove once from the heat.
4. Add the cooked spaghetti and turn the heat back on. Sprinkle a dash of salt, the cup of hot water from the boiling pot in #2 and mozzarella cheese. Mix while you heat it all up again lightly.
5. Serve with a basil leaf or julienned leek on top!