Wasabi

Wasabi

What it is

Real wasabi is a rhizome grown in cold running mountain streams, takes two years, and is one of the hardest crops in the world to farm. Almost everything served under the name outside Japan is horseradish, mustard and green dye.

In the kitchen

Grated fresh, it loses its heat within fifteen minutes. That is why it is grated at the counter in front of you and never in advance.

Goes with

Tuna Soy sauce Rice Tamari Salmon Sesame Spring onion Scallop

Same species

Hanawasabi (wasabi flower stems) Wasabizuke

Also used with

Ark shell Akazu Japanese tilefish (amadai) Northern sweet shrimp Kobe beef Japanese amberjack (buri)

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