Kitchen Flowers

short chunks (12-3cm) of beef short ribs (bone-in) • bay leaves • salt • ground pepper • star anise pods ground (or ground nutmeg) • garlic cloves: 3 grated/crushed and 2 minced • leeks: white and light green part only, thinly sliced • carrots: cut in to 2cm chunks • Thumb size ginger: peeled and sliced • plain flour • Port wine (or Madeira or red wine) • beef or chicken stock or water •

cooked rice • canned sardines in oil • green onion (spring onion) • sake or white wine • soy sauce • Shichimi Togarashi (Japanese chili) optional

apple • butter (for the apples) • granulated sugar • almond powder • sugar • eggs • plain flour • baking powder • unsalted butter

boiled cannellini beans (or 1 can) • cauliflower • garlic cloves • eggs • olive oil • baguette (optional) • water used to boil the beans (or just water) • paprika powder • vegetable stock powder (or a cube) • cayenne pepper (or chili powder, optional) • grated parmesan cheese

pork fillet • egg • flour • salt, pepper

chicken thigh fillet • large carrot • lotus root (fresh or frozen) • dried shiitake mushroom (can use fresh) • burdock (optional) • konjac (optional) • manget tout or green beans • soy sauce • sake • mirin • sugar

chicken breast or thigh fillet • sake • salt • stem celery • water cress • spring onion • ginger • fresh coriander (optional) • ponzu (or mix soy sauce, vinegar and lemon) • roasted sesame oil

raw prawns • Vietnamese rice paper • spring onion (chopped) • ginger(chopped or grated) • salt • pepper • potato powder • water • roasted sesame seed oil, flying oil

minced chicken thigh • - 1 onion (depending on size) • ginger • sugar • potato flour • soysauce* • mirin* • water* • roasted sesame seed oil • sesame seeds

kabotcha pumpkin • carrot • sugar snap peas • turnip or beetroot • asparagus • pickled plums (seeded)* • plum liquor* • roasted sesame oil* • honey* • soy sauce*

small spring roll pastry (15cm x 15cm) • asparagus • fresh mozzarella cheese (can be substituted by grated cheese) • Shio Kombu • coriander (chopped) • vegetable oil (rapseed, sunflower, etc.)

rolled pork shoulder • garlic (sliced)* • ginger (chopped)* • sake or chinese rice wine* • soy sauce* • honey* • sugar* • roasted sesame oil • coriander (optional)

chicken thigh • shio koji • olive oil

tomato • shio koji (10% of the weight of tomato) • chive (for garnish) • roasted sesame oil

carrots (depending on size) • soy sauce • mirin • tofu • miso • sugar • roasted ground sesame seeds • blanched mange tout (optional)

lotus root • carrot • ginger • shio koji • sake • roasted black sesame • spring onion • roasted sesame oil • dried bonito flakes "Katsuobushi" (optional)

small onion • small carrot • burdock root (optional) • dried or fresh shrimp • water • egg • flour • vegetable oil • finishing salt

salmon fillet • salt • cooking sake • mirin • soy sauce

prawn • manget tout • chicken thigh fillet • dried shiitake mushroom (or fresh shimeji mushroom) • ginko nuts (precooked, optional) • egg • dashi broth • soy sauce (light colored, if possible)* • mirin* • salt*

cucumber (small) • dried wakame • prawns(boiled, optional) • dashi stock* • sugar* • rice vinegar* • grated ginger* • salt