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Great recipe for Simple Chawan-mushi (Steamed Egg Custard) with Cherry Blossoms & Fava Beans. I wanted to create spring-like dishes to enjoy the season. If you don't like the beans and sausage slices sinking down to the bottom, place them when the egg mixture starts to set. Reduce heat to a simmer, and place cups into the steamer.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook simple chawan-mushi (steamed egg custard) with cherry blossoms & fava beans using 6 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Simple Chawan-mushi (Steamed Egg Custard) with Cherry Blossoms & Fava Beans:
- Make ready 2 Eggs
- Make ready 3 tbsp Shiro-dashi (or mentsuyu)
- Make ready 350 ml Water
- Prepare 1 Fish sausages
- Get 12 Fava beans
- Get 4 Cherry blossoms preserved in salt
Chawanmushi or steamed egg custard (茶碗蒸し) is a popular Japanese dish, one that is mostly ordered as an appetizer at Japanese restaurants. From the name of this dish in Kanji 茶碗蒸, I believe chawanmushi is originally a Chinese dish, but has since been perfected by Japanese chefs. For an 'ideal' cup or bowl of chawan mushi, the custard has to just barely be set, and should be silky and light in texture, a 'holey' appearance is a definite faux pas. The egg custard is simply a mixture of lightly beaten eggs and bonito stock seasoned with some soy and sake.
Instructions to make Simple Chawan-mushi (Steamed Egg Custard) with Cherry Blossoms & Fava Beans:
- Soak the preserved cherry blossom in water to remove the saltiness.
- Boil the fava beans and shell them.
- Slice the fish sausage and cut off a little triangle on an edge to make them look like cherry blossom petals.
- Add the shiro dashi to the eggs and combine well.
- Stir in water to ④ little by little.
- Put the fava beans and sausage slices in individual serving dishes. Strain ⑤ egg mixture through a fine sieve into the dishes.
- Put the dishes in a steamer. Steam them over a high heat for 2 minutes and turn the heat to low. Continue to steam for a further 10 to 12 minutes.
- Garnish with the prepared cherry blossom on top. You can make your chawan-mushi more luxurious by adding tinned crab meat, scallops and clams.
- These are the ingredients for using a steamer. If you want to use an oven, follow its manual.
For an 'ideal' cup or bowl of chawan mushi, the custard has to just barely be set, and should be silky and light in texture, a 'holey' appearance is a definite faux pas. The egg custard is simply a mixture of lightly beaten eggs and bonito stock seasoned with some soy and sake. Chawan-mushi is one dish for Japanese traditional style meal called "Kaiseki Ryori". It looks as though it is custard pudding, but it is not sweet. You can put any ingredients in the dish and suprise your guests or family. : ) It is easy to make for everyone at home.
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