YUZU in Sydney - How to use yuzu at maximum
I got organic veggie from Japanese farmer in NSW.
I am extra exited…because I got Yuzu, the Japanese citrus fruits for the first time in Sydney! I have used preserved yuzu peel or yuzu juice in a bottle but never used fresh yuzu in Australia!
YUZU!!!
I love yuzu, it reminds me Japanese winter. It is not as sour as lemon and has beautiful aroma. We enjoy both skin and juice. Also enjoy putting in hot bath
I made yuzu ponzu.
Ponzu is widely used in Japan for hot pot, salad, stake and more.
Ingredients are Yuzu juice, konbu ( kelp stock ) and soy sauce. Also little bit agave nectar that was left in bottle.
There is NO WAY to waste any skin. Peel everything and julienne, Leave some in the fridge and rest, I am going to freeze!
I can put these peels to osumashi (clear soup), Udon or soba noodle soup. put in ohitashi ( salad ) and make yuzu miso…nnnnn countless!
I also have massive organic daikon
( please see how big it is )
It was only $2.8. I saw one daikon that is 1/4 size of this and more expensive!
Thanks to organic daikon, I cooked daikon skin with yuzu
” daikon skin salt and yuzu kinpira”
Kinpira is name of Japanese dish. Normally use root veggie, fry with sesame oil and season with soy sauce and sugar or mirin.
Instead of using soy sauce, I use simply salt and yuzu juice and peel after frying with sesame oil
YUUUMMMM
Also make lots of daikon asazuke ( light pickles )
Put sliced daikon, konbu( kelp ), chilli, salt and yuzu peel in a bag and shake well!
Then all I got was naked yuzu, squeezed very hard…
I was going to take ” yuzu bath” to end my day then my assistant told me,
” the white part is not that bitter! we should keep it! “
Well, I was saying to her, how expensive the yuzu was ( $38 per kg, so it was about $4.5 per yuzu) , so she was really carefully treating the yuzu then couldn’t help tasting white part which she or I have never done in Japan. ( Her parents even has yuzu trees in Japan )
then I ate it…” nnnn…not so bitter! “
My assistant goes, maybe make marmalade ??
I didn’t feel like cooking with lots of sugar ( I would use unrefined sugar, of course ) for long time, so just add honey to shredded white part of yuzu
Eating as it is is yummy.
Also great to pour hot water to make ” yuzu tea”
My assistant and I were so happy to just drink yuzu tea.
Life is good….
Yuzu is cheap after all.
No waste, use everything except the seeds and make Japanese girls in Sydney extremely happy :)
Sounds so yummy!
