花山椒の佃煮
山椒の木に芽が出て数日で花が咲き、この間の4~5日(今年は令和5年4月16日収穫)が花山椒の佃煮が楽しめる、花山椒は、非常に高価なもので、花の価格は1kg2~3万円もするそうだ、平成14年4月15日から、我が家の山椒の木から、毎年花を摘み取り、花山椒の佃煮を作るのが恒例です。爽やかな山椒の風味が美味なり、炊きたてのご飯に最高。今年2kgを収穫。
①摘みたての花山椒のとげやごみを取り、濃い口醤油をまぶす程度で、弱火で蓋をして時々混ぜ、しんなりすれば出来上がり、冷やし、汁が多ければザルで濾す。
➁そのままで食するのも良いが、塩昆布や季節のふき・雑魚・椎茸などの煮たものに添えるのも良い。
*味わい方は、そのまま熱いご飯や酒のつまみ等。
*佃煮:塩昆布=2:1に混ぜるとか、色々な物に添えるのも良い。
*酒やみりんで炊くのは、山椒の風味が無くなるので醤油のみで炊く。
Hanasan pepper tsukudani
The sansho tree sprouts and flowers bloom in a few days, and you can enjoy tsukudani of hanasansho for 4~5 days during this time (harvested on April 16 this year), and the price of the flowers is 2~30,000 yen per kg. From April 15, Heisei 14, it is customary to pick flowers from our family's sansho tree every year and make Hanasansho tsukudani. The refreshing sansho flavor is delicious, making it perfect for freshly cooked rice. Harvested 2 kg this year.
①Remove the thorns and debris from the freshly picked hanasansho, sprinkle with thick soy sauce, cover over low heat, mix occasionally, and when it is soft, cool it, and if there is a lot of juice, strain it with a colander.
➁You can eat it as it is, but you can also accompany it with boiled dishes such as salt kelp, seasonal butterbur, miscellaneous fish, and shiitake mushrooms.
* The way to taste it is hot rice or a pinch of sake.
* Tsukudani: Salt kelp = 2:1 mixed or served with various things.
* Cooking with sake or mirin is done only with soy sauce because the flavor of sansho is lost.