Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Donabe cooking class report...Izakaya dishes with Fukkura-san at Tortoise General Store in Venice


My first donabe cooking class since coming back from Europe was at Tortoise General Store last Saturday.

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The theme was Izakaya dishes with tagine-style donabe, "Fukkura-san". We made 4 different dishes (all one-pot dishes!) by using Fukkura-san.


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I was having fun getting ready before everybody arrived.


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After making donabe steam-roasted potatoes (served with creamy yuzu-kosho dip), I showed how to make crunchy lotus root with soy-black vinegar sauce.


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I also made steam-fry curry yakisoba, and sake lover's kurobuta pork sukiyaki.


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These pictures were taken from the rehearsal...crunchy lotus root, steam-fry curry yakisoba, kurobuta pork sukiyaki.

What a fun group we had. I was so glad everybody enjoyed the class and tasting these donabe dishes.

Happy donabe life.