Say it with soba
Written by: adekun on 14 February, 2008 1:20 pm - Filed under: blog ?
The other day, I got to try my hand at making nihachi soba (lit. two eight soba). Despite the measures being simple, two parts flour to eight parts buckwheat, the motions are best watched at least once. I will post a recipe at some point. In lieu of that; in essence, to the sifted flour half the weight of water is added. Once brought together, fifty presses are applied (seventy for the girls). It is rolled and stretched out to a square, folded and chopped.
The resulting noodles are dropped into a pan of boiling water for sixty seconds before being plunged into ice cold water.
A typical accompaniment would be a sauce of dashi, soy and mirin.
KATE
18 February, 2008 #
Oh how I wish I was back in Japan. Why are Japanese noodles in Australia made with wheat?? I spent 6 months in Japan in 1979, after I finished my degree in Japanese at University. I met so many people who had never even seen a non-Japanese person before. It was fabulous. I travelled around by train and stayed with people or in minshuku. It was wonderful for a 20 year old blonde Aussie girl! I read your blog often. I can smell those noodles now. mmmm…