Name: Anchovies, Grilled Onions, Sourdough Bread, Pata Negra Ham, and Mushrooms
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 1 small piece frozen pata negra ham (jamón ibérico); salt and freshly ground black pepper; flaky sea salt; 1 small piece Parmigiano-Reggiano; extra-virgin olive oil; 16 small anchovy fillets, preferably in olive oil; 1 piece day-old sourdough bread; 4 small new onions, with their roots and tops; 100 g (3½ oz) small fresh button mushrooms; balsamic vinegar; 2 or 3 fresh chives, finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Umami

By Ole Mouritsen and Klavs Styrbæk

Published 2014

About

Sourdough bread made with white flour is wonderful when it is freshly baked and the crust is crisp. Day-old bread can still be used and find a key place in a real umami celebration. Anchovies, grilled onions, sourdough bread, pata negra ham, and mushrooms

If you cannot obtain pata negra ham, use the best air-dried ham you can purchase, preferably with a little fat still on it.