Sake appetizer recipes

Japanese|Seafood|Summer|酒粕入りさつま揚げ・カレー風味

Deep-Fried Fish Cakes with Sake Lees and Curry Flavor

Culinary Art Kitchen 2009.June.

Houraisen Junmai Ginjo Yumesansui

Ingredients (10 pieces)

White fish 180g ... Finely chopped with a knife, then ground in a mortar
Sake lees 40g ... Soaked in soup to soften
Soup stock 20ml
Curry powder 1 teaspoon
Salt 1/2 teaspoon
Beaten egg 1/2 egg
Perilla leaves 8 leaves ... Roughly chopped
Peanuts 2 tablespoons ... Roughly chopped
Oil for frying As needed

Garnish

Perilla leaves As needed

Instructions

  1. Mix curry powder into the sake lees dissolved in the soup stock.
  2. Add the fish paste, sake lees mixture, salt, beaten egg, chopped perilla leaves, and peanuts. Mix thoroughly. With oiled hands, form into bite-sized balls.
  3. Deep fry at 160°C (320°F).
  4. Arrange on a plate and garnish with perilla leaves. Wrap the balls in perilla leaves to eat.