We present to you the simple recipes of Kiyomi Mikuni, the owner and chef of the Mikuni hotel, a French cuisine restaurant in the Yotsuya district of Tokyo.
▼RECIPE
Braised eggplant stuffed tomato and onion
【Ingredients】 for 4 persons
4 eggplants
1/2 onion
2 cloves garlic
2 tomatoes
1 bell pepper
Fresh basil
1 tsp ground cumin
Some Ichimi (coarsely ground chili pepper)
Salt and pepper
50ml + 50ml water
2 tablespoons + 2 tablespoons olive oil
【Preparation】
・ Peel 4 evenly spaced strips from each eggplant. Cut up the peeled strips.
・ Slice the onion.
・ Chop the onion and bell pepper.
・ Cut the tomato into pieces.
【Procedure】
1. In a skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Fry the eggplants. Add 50 ml of water. Leave to braise, covered, for 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
2. In another pan, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Sauté the onions, garlic, eggplant skins, and tomatoes. Once the liquid has reduced, add the bell peppers, basil, ground cumin, and some ichimi pepper. Season with salt and pepper.
3. Make a cut halfway into each eggplant (1) along a peeled section. Carefully open each eggplant a little and fill with some of (2).
４. Return (3) to a pan. Add 50ml of water. Braise, covered, for 1 to 2 minutes.
５. Garnish with some fresh basil and serve on a plate.
◎ Bon Appétit！
【Drink】
Harden Gewurztraminer
Israel
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Pushing further the concept of natural cuisine: '' my Japanized cuisine ''.
Japanized, this means the following: after having mastered traditional French cuisine perfectly, Japanizing it and fully expressing its spirit and its philosophy in a way that French cooks cannot express themselves.
The proof is that Kiyomi Mikuni received from the French republic the insignia of knight of the legion of honor, and was named doctor honoris causa by the university Francois Rabelais.
He is the first Japanese chef to have received the Legion of Honor, and there are only 4 chefs in the world who have had the honor of being named honorary doctorate by this university. This is the pride of the Mikuni hotel.
Please enjoy 'Japanized', the culinary philosophy and spirit of Mikuni.
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4 авг 2021
