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.

SAGA WAGYU PANZANELLA

Steps:

• Preparation:
• 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.
• Preparation:
• Keep one quart kelp stock at 160 degrees F. Chill the other quart.
• Gently dip a slice of wagyu beef into the warm broth until cooked medium rare. Remove and place into the chilled broth.
• Basil Caviar:
• 110 grams sugar
• Preparation:
• In a blender, combine water and calcium chloride and blend for 20 seconds. Reserve in a bowl.
• In a sauce pot, combine sugar and water, bring to a boil. Remove from hear and add basil. Puree for 1 minute until bright green and 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.
• Plating:
• Place panzanella salad in a bowl, top with chilled wagyu slice and basil caviar.

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.

DAIKON FETTUCCINE WITH TOMATO-BASIL SAUCE

Steps:

• With a swivel-blade vegetable peeler, remove the outer skin of the daikon. Discard the skin. Continue to peel down the length of the vegetable, removing the daikon in long, narrow ribbons, which look like noodles. Soak the "fettuccine" in a bowl of cold salted water for 15 to 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the tomato-basil sauce: Drain the tomatoes, reserving half of the juice. Squeeze the tomatoes through your fingers to mash them and combine with the juice; there will be about 2 cups.
• In a heavy medium saucepan, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion and garlic and saute until softened but not browned, about 3 minutes. Add the tomatoes and their reserved juice, the sugar, and 1 teaspoon salt. Boil vigorously, stirring often, until the sauce is thick, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in the basil and season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Drain the "noodles" and dry them on a kitchen towel. Add to the sauce and toss gently over medium heat, taking care not to break the "Daikon Fettuccine". Cook just until heated through, about 1 minute.
• Divide among individual plates, teasing the fettuccine into mounds. Serve immediately.