Clear Clam Soup for Doll's Festival or Okuizome (Symbolic First Meal Ritual)
Clear Clam Soup for Doll's Festival or Okuizome (Symbolic First Meal Ritual)

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Clear Clam Soup for Doll's Festival or Okuizome (Symbolic First Meal Ritual) This is the clear clam soup I make every year for Doll's Festival. Upon a quick search, I found that my dashi soup stock is different from most (apparently, many people use only kombu dashi). Upon a quick search, I found that my dashi soup stock is different from most (apparently, many people use only kombu dashi).

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook clear clam soup for doll's festival or okuizome (symbolic first meal ritual) using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Clear Clam Soup for Doll's Festival or Okuizome (Symbolic First Meal Ritual):
  1. Take 6 Hamaguri clam (1 large or 2 small per serving)
  2. Prepare 3 Broccolini (or mitsuba)
  3. Take 3 Temarifu or hanafu (colored dried wheat gluten in the shape of balls or flowers)
  4. Make ready 1 Yuzu citrus peel
  5. Prepare Dashi soup stock:
  6. Prepare 550 ml Water
  7. Get 5 cm Kombu
  8. Prepare 10 grams Bonito flakes
  9. Take 1 tbsp ＊ Sake
  10. Take 1 tsp ＊ Soy sauce
  11. Prepare 1/4 tsp or more ＊ Salt

Upon a quick search, I found that my dashi soup stock is different from most (apparently, many people use only kombu dashi). I'm posting this recipe to share my method for preparing the dashi. Easiest Way to Make Yummy Clear Clam Soup for Doll's Festival or Okuizome (Symbolic First Meal Ritual) How to Make Tasty Salty-Sweet Shijimi Clams To Serve With Rice Recipe: Yummy Sake Steamed Surf Clams with Cabbage Made in the Microwave Today's recipe, Japanese Clear Clam Soup (Ushio-jiru) (あさりの潮汁) is one of the classic soups enjoyed throughout Japan. Ushio-Jiru - Japanese Clear Clam Soup.

Instructions to make Clear Clam Soup for Doll's Festival or Okuizome (Symbolic First Meal Ritual):
  1. For the broccolini, select 3 of the thinnest flowers from among the bunch, cut off the stalk and rinse. (Use the stalk for a stewed side dish.)
  2. Soak the hamaguri clams in salt water, set them in a dark place (in the sink) for about 2 hours, or cover with a lid, to degrit, then clean off the shells under running water.
  3. To make the broth, wipe down the kombu with a damp towel, heat in a pot of water, then remove the kombu right before it comes to a boil.
  4. Add the bonito flakes to the pot, bring to a boil again, then as soon as it comes to a boil, turn off the heat. Let it sit for 2-3 minutes, then strain. (If you don't have bonito flakes, add 1 teaspoon dashi soup stock granules instead.)
  5. Put the hamaguri clams into the broth, then as soon as they open, transfer them to individual serving bowls. (If you boil them too long, the flavor of the hamaguri clams will become strong and the soup will become cloudy.)
  6. After removing the clams, add the ＊ seasoning ingredients to taste (to adjust the saltiness), then right before serving, add the broccolini and colored and shaped dried gluten and bring to a boil.
  7. Pour the clear soup into the bowls, add the broccolini and gluten, and float a piece of yuzu citrus peel on top.

Ushio-Jiru (潮汁) is a clear soup made with seafood such as white fish or clams and seasoned with only salt and sake. By performing this ritual, the parents hope that their child will always have good food in abundance and will never go hungry for the rest of his or her life. De-grit clams by following my detailed How To De-Grit Clam post. Even though some packages may say "ready to use", I highly recommend doing this process. Tip: Place a sieve in the bowl so that any sand and grit the clams purge would stay on the bottom of the bowl instead of being consumed by the clams.

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