Japanese Leek Gratin with Sake Lees and Tofu White Sauce

Name: Japanese Leek Gratin with Sake Lees and Tofu White Sauce
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 tbsp ★Sake lees; 2 tbsp ★Milk (or soy milk); 1 tbsp Saikyou miso (Kyoto Style); 200 grams ★Silken tofu; 1 dash ★Salt; 3 Japanese leeks; 2 tsp ◎Olive oil; 1 dash Krazy Salt; 1 Grated cheese (pizza cheese)

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Adding sake lees to the tofu white sauce really boosts the flavor, and makes the sauce really warming. Furthermore, it's no trouble since all you have to do is mix together the ingredients! I've tried making this a number of times with whatever veggies I have in my fridge, and it goes surprisingly well with most things. A great all-purpose sauce.

Since this uses cheese, you can replace the Japanese leeks with potatoes and make potato gratin just as you would with regular white sauce Don't drain the tofu before adding it. Simply mixing the ingredients together will cause the flavors to meld - a really simple way to make white sauce! Recipe by kebeibiko

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Ingredients

2 servings

White Sauce:
1 tbsp★Sake lees
2 tbsp★Milk (or soy milk)
1 tbspSaikyou miso (Kyoto Style)
200 grams★Silken tofu
1 dash★Salt
3Japanese leeks
2 tsp◎Olive oil
1 dashKrazy Salt
1Grated cheese (pizza cheese)

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Steps

1

Put the sake lees and milk in a heat-proof container and melt together in the microwave on the 'milk-heating' setting (50°C). Add the ★ marked ingredients to this mixture, then crumble in the tofu and mix well.
2

Chop the Japanese leek into 3-4 cm long chunks. Grease a frying pan with the ◎ marked olive oil, and fry both sides of the leek until brown. Then, cover the pan with a lid and steam-fry. Sprinkle with crazy-salt.
3

Apply butter or oil (not listed in ingredients above) to a sheet of kitchen paper, and use it to grease a gratin dish (or other oven-proof dish). Arrange the cooked Japanese leeks in it, and pour on the sauce evenly. Sprinkle with the cheese.
4

Grill until the top becomes browned.
5

Try also: Taro Root Gratin, with Sake Lees and Tofu White Sauce.
https://cookpad.wasmer.app/us/recipes/154885-taro-root-gratin-with-sake-lees-tofu-white-sauce

Taro Root Gratin with Sake Lees & Tofu White Sauce