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Japanese food|Seafood|Winter|牡蠣の白菜包み蒸し

Steamed Oysters Wrapped in Napa Cabbage

Culinary Workshop - Culinary Art - 2011.Dec.

Houraisen Junmai Daiginjo Shiboritate

Ingredients

Fresh oysters (for raw consumption) 2 pieces ... Remove from shells and marinate in <Seasonings>.

Seasonings

Light soy sauce 1/4 tsp
Sake 1/4 tsp
Mirin 1/4 tsp

Additional Ingredients

Chinese cabbage 4 leaves ... Use tender inner leaves. Blanch briefly in boiling salted water.

Gingan Sauce

Dashi broth 100ml
Salt 1/4 tsp
Light soy sauce 1/2 tsp
Mirin 1/2 tbsp
Sake 1/2 tbsp

Water-dissolved Potato Starch

Potato starch 1 tsp
Water 1 tbsp

Garnish

Yuzu peel As needed ... Julienne

Steps

  1. Lay out the blanched cabbage leaves, place the oysters on them, and wrap. Then wrap again with plastic wrap.
  2. Steam for 6 minutes.
  3. Prepare the <Gingan Sauce>. Bring the dashi broth to a boil, season, and thicken with water-dissolved potato starch.
  4. Place the oysters in their shells (or a dish), pour the Gingan Sauce over them, and garnish with julienned yuzu peel.