Green nest sushi

That’s my ideal. Good simple food. With a twist.
Here is a new version of mehari-zushi (sushi in pickled leaf). Again ? Well, those leaves can be stored years when you buy them -or when you make them properly. But mines have to be eaten within the week…

Hatsuga genmai (germinated brown rice) and ukon (turmeric). This yellow spice is a common addition to the pickle.

Green egg shaped edamame (boiled green soy beans).

Wrapped in leaves of takana (mustard greens, pickled). So technically, they are not sushi without vinegar, but they become sour enough thanks to the leaves.

about takana-zuke (click here)

With sencha green tea. That’s all what you need.

A vanilla scone pause

Take a freshly baked fluffy vanilla scone, break it open…

Add a little butter and raspberry jam… Mmmmmmmmm….

Classic scones with a generous pinch of vanilla powder in the dough.

Yep, the shape is not very regular, but that doesn’t matter.
Scone recipe here.

Brew tea.

It’s my home-blend Thé de Noël (Christmas tea, recipe here).

Ding, ding… tea time !

Baba Osaka

Today’s baba is very Japanese. The biscuit is soaked in matcha green tea, and it is topped with an anko sweet bean paste.
I had a few mini-savarin left, getting stale (see recipe here).

I soaked the babas in thick sweetened matcha (green tea for ceremony). Let overnight.

I had no azuki beans in stock, so I’ve used other red beans (taisho kintoki beans), sweetened with vanilla sugar.

That’s it. I’ve sprinkled a little more matcha and sugar on top.

The baba was fully soaked, but weirdly the color didn’t pass everywhere.

Matcha pasta on a flower bed

There is green tea in my pasta and my plate looks like a garden today. Happy !

Add 1 tbs of matcha (green tea powder) to 1 cup of flour or semolina, mix well and make pasta as usual.
I like them thick and thin, that depends on days. This time, the mood was for thick tagliatelle.

I used what was in the fridge : like leafy mini daikon (leaves had been eaten, I wonder by who…), red cabbage and carrot. A dry chili. New onion. Stir-fry in olive oil. Season with sea salt and freshly ground pepper.

Add in the cooked pasta. Yes, there were 2 volumes of veggies for one of pasta. That’s the perfect ratio.

Serve with 2 sides, well 2 desserts…

A season citrus. It’s a sort of pomelo. It’s very sweet and flavored, not bitter at all.
子夏 (konatsu) or 日向夏　(hyuganatsu). The first name means “little Summer”.

Homemade soy yogurt.

Burning strawberry dew

That’s a fierce cocktail that will wake up your spirits and digestive system.

Only 3 ingredients. The red carrot has a sweeter taste than the orange ones.

As you can see that’s between a juice and smoothie. I’ve used the strawberries still frozen. The texture and taste were perfect.