Recipes

Cranberry Curd Tart
🕓 Oct 15, 2024

1x 10" tart

Ingredients

  • 180g (1.25 cups) hazelnuts
  • 125g (1 cup) rice flour
  • 0.25 tsp salt
  • 337g (1 1/2 cup) sugar
  • 226g (2 sticks) butter
  • 340g cranberries
  • peel and juice of one orange
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 egg yolks

Instructions

Shell

  1. Bake hazelnuts at 325F for 10-15 minutes then remove skins
  2. Grind nuts...

Foccacia
🕓 Oct 13, 2024

Makes 1 loaf, about 9" x 13"

Requires a stand mixer, don’t try this by hand.

Ingredients

  • 280g water
  • 50g olive oil
  • 381g flour
  • 7.5g salt
  • 3.5g yeast
  • 2g flaked salt

Topping ideas:

  • Strawberry Basil

    • Bake with the strawberries on top and minced basil mixed into the dough
  • Lemon...


ざるそば「zaru soba」
🕓 Oct 13, 2024

4 servings

Ingredients

  • ~400g buckwheat soba noodles
  • shredded nori
  • 6 tbsp Mentsuyu
  • 1 1/2 cups iced water
  • green onions (optional)
  • wasabi (optional)
  • tsukuemono (optional)
  • tempura (optional)

Instructions

  1. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Do not add salt
  2. Cook the soba according to package instructions...

冷や汁「hiyajiru」
🕓 Oct 13, 2024

Makes 2 servings

Ingredients

  • 2.5 cups of water and 1 dashi packet OR homemade dashi
  • 4 tbsp miso
  • 2 tbsp toasted white sesame seeds
  • 4 oz japanese or persian cucumbers
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 10 shiso leaves or chopped green onions
  • (optional) salmon or other fish filet
  • 7oz medium-firm tofu

Instructions

  1. Prepare...

合わせだし「awase dashi」
🕓 Oct 13, 2024

Makes ~800mL of stock

Ingredients

  • 10g of kombu
  • 10g of katsubonito
  • 4 cups of water
  • (optional) dried shiitake mushrooms

Instructions

  1. (optional) Cold brew kombu in 4 cups of water (~3-4 hours at room temp, or overnight in the fridge)
  2. Add kombu, water, and shiitake if using them to a pot and bring...

麺つゆ「mentsuyu」
🕓 Oct 13, 2024

Ingredients

  • 1/4c saké
  • 1/4c soy sauce
  • 1/2c mirin
  • 2"x2" piece of kombu
  • 1/2 - 1 cup katsuobonito

Instructions

  1. Bring the sake to boil in a medium pot. Let the alcohol evaporate for a few seconds
  2. Add soy sauce, mirin, kombu, and katsubonito
  3. Bring to a boil and simmer on low for 5 minutes...

Country-style Bread
🕓 May 19, 2024

Ingredients

Poolish

  • 227g (1 cup) lukewarm water
  • 0.5 tsp active dry yeast
  • 150g (1 1/4 cups) flour
  • 28g (1/3 cup) whole wheat flour

Dough

  • all of the starter (above)
  • 227g (1 cup) lukewarm water
  • 0.75 tsp active dry yeast
  • 14g (1tbsp) sugar
  • 450-480g (3 3/4 - 4 cups) flour
  • 1.5 - 2.25 tsp salt, to taste...

Eggplant 'Meatballs'
🕓 May 13, 2024

Serves ~4

Ingredients

  • 2 medium chinese eggplants
  • salt
  • olive oil
  • water
  • 2-4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tbsp ginger, minced
  • 1/2 green onion, finely chopped
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 cup breadcrumbs

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400F
  2. Slice eggplant and sprinkle each side with salt
  3. Rest...

Pineapple-soy glaze
🕓 May 13, 2024

Ingredients

  • 6 tbsp pineapple juice
  • 1/2-1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 1/4 tsp ginger paste or grated ginger
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
  • 2 tsp cornstarch

Instructions

  1. Mix all ingredients
  2. Bring to a boil until thick
  3. (Optional) after coatingsomething with this glaze, sprinkle...

Chocolate Ganache
🕓 May 7, 2024

Ingredients

  • 180mL (3/4c) heavy cream
  • 65g baking chocolate, finely chopped
  • 5g dutch-process cacao
  • 2 tbsp syrup (eg. maple o corn)

Instructions

  1. Bring heavy cream to a simmer over medium heat
  2. Place chocolate and cacao in a bowl and pour the simmering cream over it
  3. Let sit for several 2-3 minutes...