chef recipe




TSavory Tofu with Sea Urchin Sauce




Japanese Cuisine
by Chef Sakamoto

Ingredients

Main ingredients: Serves 4
Peas (in shells)
Arrowroot starch
Bamboo shoot
Bracken
Rape blossoms
Carrot
Japanese horseradish
150g
70g
60g
4 stalks
4
2-cm long
Small amount
(A) Seasoned stock for Tofu Serves 4
Stock
Light-colored soy sauce
Mirin
Salt
600cc
1 teaspoon
2 teaspoons
1/2 teaspoon
(B) Sea urchin sauce
Fresh sea urchin roe
Fresh cream
Seasoned stock
Arrowroot starch dissolved in water
30g
5cc
15cc
Small amount
(C) Savory seasoned stock
Stock
Mirin
Light-colored soy sauce
80cc
10cc
10cc

Directions

Shell the peas, boil and strain them.
Combine the ingredients in (A), add 70g of the arrowroot starch and mix well. Strain the mixture.
Heat (2) in a pan while continually stirring using a wooden spatula. When the mixture thickens, add (1) and continue stirring, being careful not to leave any lumps, until the 600cc of stock boils down to 400cc. Pour the mixture into a tin cast and cool until it sets.
Boil the bamboo shoot and cook in seasoned stock. Also, boil the rape blossoms, bracken and carrot, and then soak them in seasoned stock.
To make the sea urchin sauce, strain the sea urchin roe. Thicken the seasoned stock with the arrowroot starch dissolved in water. Add the sea urchin roe and fresh cream to the thickened seasoned stock. Bring the mixture to a boil and then, soak the pan in ice cold water to cool the mixture.
Combine the 80cc of stock, 10cc of mirin and 10cc of light-colored soy sauce in a pan, and bring to a boil. Allow it to cool.
Remove (3) from the tin cast and place in serving dishes. Add (4), pour (5) around the tofu and pour (6) over the tofu. Add a small amount of Japanese horseradish on the side to serve.


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