Clear Clam Soup.
You can cook Clear Clam Soup using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Clear Clam Soup
- It's 8 of to 10 Clams.
- Prepare 4 grams of Kombu.
- You need 400 ml of Water.
- You need 1 of to 1 1/2 tablespoons Sake.
- You need 1 pinch of Salt.
- You need 4 of Temari-fu (ball-shaped dried wheat gluten).
- Prepare 2 of Mitsuba.
Clear Clam Soup instructions
- Put the clams in water with the same amount of salt as sea water (1 cup [200 ml] water to 1 teaspoon salt), and place in a dark place for 2 to 3 hours to remove any sand..
- Once the sand has been released, rinse under running water while rubbing the shells together..
- Blanch the mitsuba, fold the stalk in half, then tie a knot. Soak the temari-bu to reconstitute..
- Wipe the both sides of the kombu with a damp cloth to clean. Soak the kombu in water for 30 minutes..
- Add the clams, then heat on low, and remove the kombu right before it comes to a boil..
- Simmer, skimming off any scum that rises to the top, then remove the clams as they open. Transfer clams to individual serving bowls..
- Season the broth with sake and salt, and pour over the clams. Lightly squeeze the excess water from the temari-bu, and add them to the soup with a sprig of mitsuba..