Mukozuke

#Recipe #Michelin Star #Prawns #Caviar

An attempt to replicate the Mukizuke from Umu using ingredients I can aquire

🥘 Ingredients

  • ?lemongrass?
  • carrots
    2
  • caviar
    50 g
  • chia seed powder
    2 tbsp
  • citric acid
    1 tsp
  • dashi powder
    5 g
  • fennel
    1
  • milk
    500 ml
  • prawns
    250 g
  • red shisho
    20 g
  • sake
    50 ml
  • salt
    1/2 tbsp
  • sea veg
    25 g
  • shallots
    4
  • sugar
    1 tbsp
  • tarragon
    20 g
  • tomatoes
    1 kg
  • water
    500 ml
  • white miso
    1 tsp
  1. 1
    The night before: Get the prawns out to defrost. In a food processor, finely dice tomatoes , add dashi powder , tarragon , red shisho , and ?lemongrass? . Put in a muslin bag, in a colinder over a bowl. Weight the bag down and veave overnight in the fridge to extract tomatoe water.
    prawns: 250 g, tomatoes: 1 kg, dashi powder: 5 g, tarragon: 20 g, red shisho: 20 g, ?lemongrass?
  2. 2
    On the day: Seperate the shells from the meat. Put oil in a pan and fry the shells till pink. Add shallots , fennel and carrots , fry till lightly caramlised. Add chia seed powder , just enough water to cover and simmer. Reduce to 50ml.
    shallots: 4, fennel: 1, carrots: 2, chia seed powder: 2 tbsp
  3. 3
    Add salt and sugar to water . Add prawns and let brine.
    salt: 1/2 tbsp, sugar: 1 tbsp, water: 500 ml
  4. 4
    Squeeze water out of the tomatoes. Take 500ml of tomatoe water and add white miso , sake , citric acid and the cold reduced shell fish stock to the water. Add warm milk and let curdle for 30 minutes. Filter through muslin, then through a coffee filter. Filtering will take a few hours.
    white miso: 1 tsp, sake: 50 ml, citric acid: 1 tsp, milk: 500 ml
  5. 5
    When ready, put prawns and brine on a low heat and cook until water is 70C. Put prawns in ice bath.
  6. 6
    Add sea veg to the broth, leave for 10 minutes to hydrate.
    sea veg: 25 g
  7. 7
    To serve, lay cooked prawns on top of the veg and broth, add caviar .
    caviar: 50 g