Comments on: Sushi

By: Nilmandra

Nilmandra — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:18:53 +0000

Thanks for the recipe! And I’ll check out the recipe book too

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:16:16 +0000

Thanks Nilmandra. We couldn’t have done it without the help we had though. The aubergine was mostly made by our friends; the recipe is from a book simply called “Japanese Cooking” by Emi Kazuko. In fact, most of the recipes that we used that evening were from that book. The aubergine recipe goes like this:

Ingredients:
2 large aubergines
1-2 dried red chillis, deseeded and chopped into rings
3tbsp sake
3tbsp mirin
3 tbsp caster sugar
2 tbsp shoyu
3 tbsp red miso
oil for frying
salt

Method:
Cut the aubergines into bitesized pieces, then salt them and leave in a colander for 30 minutes. Squeeze the aubergines by hand.

Mix the sake, mirin, sugar and shoyu in a cup. In a separate bowl, mix the red miso with 3tbsp water.

Heat the oil in a large frying pan or wok and add the chilli. When you see pale smoke rising from the oil, add the aubergine and stir fry for about 8 minutes or until tender. Lower the heat to medium.

Add the sake mixture to the pan and stir for 2-3 minutes. If the sauce starts to burn, lower the heat. Add the miso paste to the pan and cook, stirring, for another 2 minutes. Serve hot.

Good luck if you try it, it was rather good

By: Nilmandra

Nilmandra — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:13:17 +0000

Wow what a feast! I’m really impressed at the variety of food that you’ve prepared. I just stop at sushi and miso soup! The fried aubergine with miso looks delicious. Do you have a recipe for that?

By: Kerri

Kerri — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:00:35 +0000

Thanks everyone, we really did enjoy it. It was much easier than I thought it would be and it’s great to all get involved in too – I’d recommend it!

By: Jj

Jj — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:21:17 +0000

Oh yes, agree that this is very impressive! Looks like a good time by all was a give! Great pics, too.

By: Happy Cook

Happy Cook — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:05:55 +0000

With foor like this i can imagine your friends had a wonderful time

By: Lizzie

Lizzie — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:22:19 +0000

That’s seriously impressive. What gorgeous photos too!

By: Kerri

Kerri — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:23:01 +0000

Hi Pixie,

We’re really lucky to have a great fishmonger near us. We checked in advance and told him we were planning on making sushi and he made sure he gave us fish caught that morning.

By: Pixie

Pixie — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:01:05 +0000

I so wish I was there to enjoy all of this- especially, the sushi! I have a question regarding the salmon and tuna as I heard you have to be extremely cautious about this- where did you purchase the fish from, was it prepared first?