Following our annual tradition of making homemade plum wine, let's try making homemade pickled plums as another plum-related activity! This year, we managed to get our hands on 16 kg of beautiful Nanko plums, so we used 15 kg for homemade plum wine, but decided to make homemade pickled plums for ourselves...
...Plum Preservation 2022: Homemade Plum Wine - Enjoying plum wine making using unripe Nanko plums, with different types of liquor.
The plum season has arrived again this year! Following last year, I harvested some green Nanko plums from a friend's magnificent plum tree, 5kg from the home of Toyohashi artist Shintaro Ajioka, and 11kg from the home of Maserati and Porsche enthusiast Toshiro Muramatsu in Mori-machi, for a total of 16kg of green plums...
..."Homemade plum wine and homemade pickled plums" - a plum-filled project using both green and ripe Nanko plums.
This year, I'd like to dedicate myself to making homemade plum wine and pickled plums using Nanko plums that I harvested during my first plum-picking experience at artist Shintaro Ajioka's home! By trying out different base alcohols, I can find my favorite type of plum wine...
...Recreate the taste of Kyoto! Let's make this exquisite homemade chirimen sansho (small dried sardines with sansho pepper), perfect with rice!
京都の名物で手土産としても知られる「ちりめん山椒」! 山椒の実とちりめんじゃこを炊き合わせた「ちりめん山椒」は、実山椒の独特で爽やかな香りとピリッと痺れを感じる辛みが癖になり、旨味が凝縮されたちりめんじゃことの好相性が加...
...ペーターのおばあさんのお土産に「ハイジの白パン」は優しさが一杯詰まったパン
現地の人々も絶賛した名作中の名作アニメ「アルプスの少女ハイジ」から、名前が付けれたパンをご存知ですか?ハイジと共に思い出す白パン。その名も「ハイジの白パン」とされています。フランクフルトのクララの家で過ごす事になったハイ...
...プロヴァンス地方を発祥とする万能ソース「自家製タプナードソース」を作ってみよう
タプナード(仏:Tapenade)は、フランス南東部のプロヴァンス地方を発祥とするペーストで、黒オリーブを使用した黒のタプナードと、緑オリーブを使用した緑のタプナードの2種類があります。今回は、黒オリーブを使用した「自家...
...An exquisite homemade crema catalana-style pudding cake made with eggs from the premium Hoshino Black chicken breed.
The other day, my husband's friend, Yasuhisa Awakura, who runs the Awakura Vinyl factory in Iwata, gave us some freshly laid eggs from his family's brand-name chickens, Hoshino Black. He said, "Because they have a higher yolk ratio than regular eggs, they make an amazing pudding...".
...Enjoy a winter staple with homemade yuzu miso made with fragrant yuzu.
Along with the kiwifruit, my friend Ayako gave me some yuzu. It's a fragrant winter fruit that can be used in cooking, beverages, and even as a bath additive. This time, I'm going to try making "homemade yuzu miso" using this yuzu! What you'll need is yuzu...
..."Homemade kiwifruit confiture with a refreshing tartness" made with freshly picked kiwifruit.
My friend Ayako went kiwi fruit picking over the weekend and brought back lots of kiwis (yay!). The freshly picked kiwis are still hard, so I'll let them ripen a bit more before eating them, but by putting apples with them...
...お手軽おやつに「グラノーラ入りチョコパイ」を作ってみよう!
10月より水曜・木曜日限定で料理教室をカフェ営業に変更された西伊場の「lau lau kitchen studio ラウラウキッチンスタジオ」のオーナー佳美さんが10月27日に法多山で開催されるコトコト市の出店で販売され...
...低糖で甘みを抑えて「ゴロッと苺の自家製コンフィチュール」
ほんの数日前、日曜日にお誕生日を迎えるH様に大好きなコンフィチュールをプレゼントして差し上げたくて、急遽時期遅しの苺ちゃんを探すことにしました。しかし、既にファーマーズマーケットやスーパマーケットでは見かけることもない苺...
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