Sesame cake

Today I decided to make a sesame cake. I didn't have a recipe so I decided to fix one based on a classic cake one.

I mixed 150g butter, 150g brow sugar, 100g rice flour, 100g tahini, 3 eggs and a drop of balking powder. 

Then I put sesame seeds on the top and baked it for 20-30 minutes in a hot oven. 

To perfect the degustation I made a black (grey) chantilly with black sesame paste and liquid cream and a spoon of sugar. 

Here we are. Enjoy!

One-bowl lunch

This is definitely the end of winter! But the spring greens and veggies are not yet ready, we'll have to wait a few weeks, so in between, mizuna, brocolli, spinach, na no hana are the best options!

I find that mizuna really goes well with plain Japanese rice, so I prepared it on a rice bowl with some steamed brocolli, and I made some pork-okara-curry bites.

For the mizuna just wash it in clear water, the brocolli I steamed them on top of thd rice for 2 min, the bites, I mixed pork meat with 2 large spoons of okara, one egg, a spoon of curry powder, salt, pepper and cooked then golden. Served all in one bowl, topped with some sesame seeds.

I believed that the pork can be removed and replaced by a little of panko for a veggan experience.

Meat ball Japanese style

It's really easy and simple to make a Japanese style diner. I made meat balls with porc (or veal), add ginger, soya sauce and potato starch.

Mix all the ingredients, make balls and fry them. 

Serve them with soya sauce, and sesame seeds. 

Gomadofu

During my last stay in Tokyo I tried, in a very nice restaurant in Asakusabashi, gomadofu: a tofu with sesame inside. It was so delicious.

Back in Paris, I cannot find it at the Japanese grocery so I decided to make it myself. I found a recipe, and it was very easy to make it. 

45g of kuzu (found in naturalia), 30g of tahini, 2 spoons of sushi vinegar, 2 spoons of agave syrup, 400ml of soya milk. Just melt the kuzu with the milk, add all the other ingredients and warm during one minute. Put in a mould and wait until it's cold. 

That's it. 

Rice with surprising top

Very good, nice, healthy and almost quick meal that Gentiane prepared for us. In a large bowl, put some cooked Japanese rice, then add avocado, roquette salad, and tuna fish just quickly grilled in a wok. And sesame seeds and sesame oil.

It's ready. It's delicious. 

Quick starter

Bleached leeks with balsamic vinegar, olive oil and a few sesame seeds- Japanese pepper. Quick, nice and healthy starter.