Yuzu Gama is a Japanese salad dish. Yuzu fruit is hollowed out and used as a bowl to hold shrimp & shiitake mushroom. It is served as a starter Cooking Tips To make Yuzu Gama, you cut the top off of a Yuzu fruit. You dig the flesh inside out with a spoon, leaving the…
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Yuzu Juice
Yuzu Juice is a yellowish-grey coloured juice from a Japanese fruit called Yuzu. The juice, sold in bottles, is quite expensive outside Japan: it’s more expensive than even truffle oil. It’s not cheap in Japan either, however, because Yuzu fruits don’t yield much juice. One average-sized Yuzu, about the size of a golfball, will only…
Yuzu Kosho
Yuzu Kosho is a spicy, hot Japanese condiment. It is a rough paste, a bit like a finely chopped chutney with a citrus flavour. A specialty of the Kyushu region of Japan, the paste is made from yuzu zest, chile and salt. There are two kinds: Green Yuzu Kosho: made from green yuzus and green…
Yuzu Shichimi
Yuzu Shichimi is a Japanese Shichimi spice mixture in which yuzu peel is used instead of other orange peel. The peel is mixed in with “Shichimi Togarashi”, which itself is a spice mixture. See Shichimi Togarashi for more information.
Yuzu Vinegar
Yuzu Vinegar is a dark, gold-coloured vinegar with a citrus taste to it. It’s made from Yuzu juice, which is more acidic than other citrus fruits, with some rice wine vinegar added to it. The proportion is a few drops of vinegar per teaspoon of Yuzu juice. Cooking Tips Used to dress salads with, to…