Saga Wagyu Tortilla Recipes

SAGA WAGYU SUKIYAKI

Steps:

• Preheat a casserole type of large pan. Place the fat piece to oil the pan.
• When the fat melts, place slices of wagyu beef to sear them lightly.
• Add mirin, sake, soy sauce and sugar.
• Add tofu, Nappa cabbage, shiitake mushrooms, and scallion.
• Pour in half of the dashi. When dashi boils, add enoki mushrooms and chrysanthemum leaves.
• When the leaves wilt, it is ready to serve.
• * In Japan sukiyaki is cooked on the dining table, and each person uses chopsticks to pick up the ingredients from the pan as they are cooked. Therefore, all the ingredients are not put into the pan at once, but little by little.

WAGYU TARTAR WITH SPICY MAYO, CAVIAR AND GARNISHES

Steps:

• Combine ingredients for the spicy mayo.
• For the beef, chop the tenderloin as fine as possible, season with salt and pepper, add 1 tablespoon spicy mayo to taste. Mold this mixture onto a serving plate and garnish with tomatoes, a few slices of jalapeno, shaved red onion, mango, and pear, a small quenelle of caviar and mascarpone, and micro cilantro. Use the sugarcane "paddles" as a scoop.

CHILLED WAGYU SHABU SHABU, PANZANELLA SALAD AND BASIL PEARLS

Steps:

• For the salad, combine bread and vegetables. Drizzle with olive oil and vinegar to taste, season with salt and pepper. Keep cold until ready for use.
• Make this recipe twice. Keep one at 160 degrees and put ice into the other.
• 4 slices of Wagyu beef sliced 3/4 inch
• Gently dip a slice of beef into the warm broth until cooked, remove and place into the chilled broth until cooled.
• In a blender, combine water and calcium chloride, blend for 20 seconds, reserve in a bowl. In a sauce pot, combine sugar and water, bring to a boil, remove from heat and add basil. Puree for 1 minute until bright green then add sodium alginate. Strain this liquid and add to the caviar tray and dispense into calcium bath. Remove the caviar once they form and rinse in clean water.
• To plate, place panzanella salad in a bowl, top with chilled wagyu and basil caviar.

POTATO DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Boil and mash potatoes. Add salt and cornstarch to thicken. Mix the onion with the beef, add salt and pepper and saute. Strain the juice from the saute. Form potatoes into balls. Stuff potatoes with meat so the potato is half full. Wrap the dumplings and brush them with egg yolk. Sprinkle non-flavored bread crumbs over the dumplings and bake them in a preheated 480 degree oven for 15 minutes or until they brown.

WAGYU TWO WAYS

Steps:

• Wash rice, soak in water for 30 minutes, remove rice and dry. Toast rice in a pan over medium heat with spices until rice is dry. Process in a blender until rice is 1/3 its original size.
• Marinate beef 20 to 30 minutes in sauce. Coat beef all over with rice mix, drizzle with a little oil and steam approx 20 to 30 minutes.
• In a cast iron pan, roast filet until desired temperature, basting with butter. Remove from heat and rest the steak approximately 10 minutes, slice and season with fresh wasabi and soy sauce on the side.
• Prep Time: 30 minutes

SOY MARINATED WAGYU WITH CONGEE, GINGER AND SCALLION

Steps:

• Rinse rice until water runs clear, transfer to a small bowl, add the scallion oil and toss to mix well. Let this stand at room temp for at least 8 hours or overnight.
• Soak the scallops in warm water to cover for 20 minutes, drain and flake into small pieces. Combine the rice, scallops, stock and water, bring to a boil, then reduce to med-low heat, stirring often. Simmer until rice is broken down into porridge. Season with salt, to taste.
• Combine all sauce ingredients.
• Marinate beef in sauce, quickly grill over very hot flames. Serve over warm congee, drizzle with sauce and garnish with fresh ginger and scallion.