Recipe: Asparagus with Sesame Oil and Shallots

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Asparagus with Sesame Oil and Shallots

12 each asparagus peeled—and steamed
2 tablespoons Tamari soy sauce
2 tablespoons Mirin (Sweetened Rice Vinegar)
8 drops Sesame Oil—to taste
1 slice ginger peeled—and shredded fine
2 shakes Shichimi Togarashi , Red Pepper mix
4 each shallots—diced fine
4 oz silken tofu—in slices or batons
1/2 head Lettuce Boston—Leaves as a base
1/2 bunch watercress—as a frame
Sesame seeds—lightly toasted
Goma (Black Sesame Seeds)

Preparation

Peel the asparagus for the last third of their length and steam them briefly, so they are crisp and green, and cool them right away. I use a dish with a little water and the asparagus, sealed with saran for about 1-1/2 minutes in the microwave oven. At the beginning of the season, I like thin pencil grass, and then I use twice as many, or more. When we get into the jumbo grass, three per salad will do.
Prepare a dressing of the tamari, mirin, and sesame oil to taste, ginger, Shichimi and shallots. The sesame oil has a very strong smoky taste, so use it with care, but don't under use it either. This dressing is a balance of flavors, salty, acid, sweet, pungent and smoky in that order. If you don't have shallots, chives or scallions will do, shredded fine.
Marinate the asparagus for an hour or more. Slice the tofu and hold it in ice water.
Lay a bed of Boston or any tender lettuce on the plate. Lay the asparagus on it, intertwine them with slices of tofu, ice cold, and frame them with watercress.
Pour some of the marinade over each dish, with only a little on the tofu .
Sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds (tan) and goma (black) in a decorative way, but don't over do it.

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