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Tilefish and Chrysanthemum Salad



Tilefish and Chrysanthemum Salad



Hiroshi Matsutani Japanese Cuisine Study Room
Hiroshi Masutani


Ingredients

Serves 4

Main ingredients:
Tilefish (fillet) 200g
Sakamoto Chrysanthemum 20 flowers
Matsudake mushrooms 50g
Stone parsley 1 bunch
Bofu plant 5 sprigs
Kombu 20g
Mulled Sake 80ml

Mulled Sake
Water 600ml
Sake 300ml
Pickled ume 10
Light-colored soy sauce 35ml
Mirin 45ml
Sugar 2 1/2 teaspoons
Kombu 5g
Dried bonito flakes 10g


Directions

Tilefish and Chrysanthemum SaladMulled Sake
1. Remove bones from the ventral side and from blood-colored areas, then skin the fish. Lightly sprinkle with salt. Place the fish in a refrigerator for 2-3 hours, then dry the surface. Place the fish between the kombu and let it stand for 5-6 hours to season. Cut the fish into needle-thin strips.

2. Remove the petals of the Chrysanthemum and boil them in water with 1% vinegar. Soak the petals in cold water.

3. Clean the hard tips of the Matsudake mushrooms (*1) and rinse. Slice them and cook in sake (*2).

4. Remove the roots and leaves from the stone parsley. Boil only the stems in salted water (*3). Cut into 2-3cm pieces.

5. Separate the stems from the bofu plant. Boil them and soak in sweet vinegar (*4).

6. Dry and combine the ingredients prepared in (1) - (4), add the remaining mulled sake and mix together. Place in serving dishes and top with the bofu plant for garnish (*5).

1. Combine the water, sake (preferably warmed once and then cooled before use), pickled ume and kombu in a pan and heat.

2. When (1) boils, reduce the heat and add the seasonings and the dried bonito flakes. Simmer for approx. 15 - 20 minutes.

3. Strain the mixture through a paper towel, then cool immediately.

tips. The amounts of the light-colored soy sauce and mirin differ slightly, depending on how salty the pickled ume is and how much water evaporates while cooking.




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Cooking Terms

  1. Cleaning the hard tips of Matsudake mushrooms ・・・ Slice off the surface of the bottom part with any sand or small stones using a knife.

  2. Cooking in sake ・・・Cook something with only a small amount of sake in a pan and season with salt.

  3. Stone parsley stems ・・・Remove the roots and leaves from the stone parsley and boil in salted water.

  4. Sweet vinegar ・・・Combine vinegar, water, sugar and salt in a 4 : 4 : 4 : 1 ratio.

  5. Topping for garnish ・・・Small side dishes are often topped with a garnish to add a savory aroma.


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