Matsumae Zoni Soup
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 4 pieces fresh salmon fillet, 2” by 1”
- 4 tbsps red salmon roe
- 6 cups konbu dashi* stock (see Notes)
- 4 thick slices peeled daikon radish
- 8 thick slices carrot, peeled
- 4 fresh shiitake mushrooms, stemmed
- 4 rice cakes (mochi)
- 4 tbsps low-sodium soy sauce, or to taste
- 2 tbsps sake
- 1 tsp salt
Garnish
- A few sprigs of trefoil (mitsuba)
- grated yuzu peel or meyer lemon peel
Instructions
- Make fish stock according to the directions in the Notes section. Flavor stock with soy sauce, sake and salt. Add daikon radish, carrot, shiitake mushrooms and salmon. Boil until soft (roughly five minutes).
- Meanwhile, toast rice cakes until they puff up and brown. It takes about six to seven minutes. They should look like oversized marshmallows.
- In each deep soup bowl, lay one rice cake on the bottom and arrange other ingredients against it. Add stock and top with salmon roe and a few sprigs of trefoil and or yuzu peel. Serve immediately.
Notes
How to make Konbu Dashi Stock:
Take a 6-inch piece of kelp (konbu), wipe lightly with a damp cloth and put into a pot with 6 cups water. Bring to a boil and remove kelp. Add a generous 3/4 cup of dried bonito shavings (katsuobushi) and boil for one minute. Turn off heat and after 2 minutes, strain.