Basic miso soup

I'm too lazy to put all the recipes on the picture, but just the miso soup recipe!

Ingredients

4 inch piece    kombu (optional)
4 cups             water
1 cup               dried bonito flakes 
3 tbsp              miso paste
1/2 pound        tofu, cut into small cubes
4                      scallions, chopped 

1) add kombu into the water and bring it to boil, add bonito flakes and turn off the heat.
2) after all the bonito flakes settled to the bottom of the pot, strain through a cloth and toss the used kombu and bonito flakes.

 3) start reheating the broth and add miso.  when miso is completely dissolved into the broth add rest of the ingredients into the soup, and it's done!



*After you add miso, do not bring the water to boil.  Boiling miso causes the soup to taste bitter. 

Gochisousama! Saeko

No-Knead Bread

one word, YUMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

 

























Ingredients

1 1/2 cup       warm water
3/4 tbsp         salt
1/2 tsp           instant yeast
3 cups           bread flour

1)  mix all the ingredients, and let the dough sit on the counter top for 20 hours.
2)  after 20 hours, the dough should be sticky, wet and bubbly.  put the dough on a surface that's covered in flour.  with wet hands, fold the ends of the dough a few times.
3)  cover a cotton cloth with flour and put the dough inside and fold the cloth.  let it sit for 2 more hours.
4)  preheat oven to 450 degrees and put heat the pot in the oven for 30 minutes.  after 2 hours of sitting, dump the dough in the hot pot.  bake for 30 minutes covered, bake another 15 to 20 minutes uncovered.  yummy yum!

Gochisousama! Saeko