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Champilège 2 : amuse-shiitake

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Amuse-gueules are small stuff to entertain your snout. The hat of a shiitake is the perfect size.

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Shiitake mushrooms.

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Soaked bulgur is the base, with red onion, garlic, thyme, olive oil, salt, pepper…

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Baked till golden. Serve hot.

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Tartare d’huitres au yuzu (French-Japanese oyster appetizer)

That looks so hip that you can’t guess what it is, like in those avant-garde restaurants that have done it for…ever. You have to pretend it’s new all the time. Well it’s marinated oysters with fresh veggies, and it’s yummy.

Japanese ingredients : small oysters and (blanched cooked) edamame beans.

Also white kabu (raw). And okra (gombo, blanched).

A fragrant yuzu lemon. I simply juiced the yuzu and added all the other ingredients diced. Mixed. Let a while in the fridge.

Serve in small amount as an appetizer, or with a toast or hot rice… well, that was a hot boiled potato.

Edadip, quick healthy platter

For a light dinner in front of TV (you still have one ?) or surprise visitors… It’s ready in 3 minutes.

That’s edamame green soy beans (blanched, refreshed, taken out of pods). They are sold that way frozen too.

Made into hummus : blended with garlic, salt, oil.

With sticks of daikon radish and carrots. They are fresh, crunchy, watery.

Save a few beans to munch like that.

Amuse-gueules : bacon maki and green maki

Finger food to start the party. Let’s make 3 funny rolled bites.

Prune bacon maki. Sweet and bacon, a classic.

Oyster bacon maki. The 3 flavors of bacon, seafood and seaweed make the perfect harmony.

Green maki. A classic here. That’s a way to get lots of greens in one mouthful. I always find the party meals lack plants and easy to digest items. So I always include some.

Boiled and refreshed leaves of spinach and cabbage. I simply season them with black pepper. They serve as a mouth refresher for fat and salty bites.

You can roll all kind of food in slices of bacon, and fix with a toothpick.

Oyster, nori seaweed.

Grill a few minutes.

Enjoy with white wines or your preferred sweet cocktail.