Sake appetizer recipes

Culinary Workshop - Culinary Art - Feb.2026

Houraisen Junmai Daiginjo

Ingredients

【Strawberries with Mascarpone】
Strawberries As needed
Mascarpone As needed (You may substitute cream cheese with a little lemon juice added)

<Garnish>

Lemon zest, chervil, salt

Instructions

  1. Serve whipped mascarpone alongside the sliced strawberries.
  2. Grate lemon zest over the top, garnish with chervil, and lightly sprinkle with salt.

Ingredients

【Nanohana (Rapeseed Blossom) Dip】
Boiled nanohana (rapeseed blossoms) 20g
Cream cheese 40g
White miso (Saikyo miso) 10g
Salt A pinch

<To Serve>

Prosciutto, roasted walnuts, toasted bread or crackers

Instructions

  1. Separate the nanohana into buds, stems, and leaves. Bring water to a boil, add a little salt, and blanch the stems and leaves first. After 20 seconds, add the buds and blanch briefly. Transfer to cold water and pat dry thoroughly.
  2. Take 20g from step 1 and finely chop or grind in a mortar.
  3. Add the cream cheese and white miso to step 2 and mix well.
  4. Spread the nanohana dip onto toasted bread, then top with prosciutto, walnuts, and nanohana buds.