Matsuhisa Slider with Tofu Buns

Name: Matsuhisa Slider with Tofu Buns
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 2 tsp. soy sauce; About 9 oz. (280 g) scallops, sashimi quality; 8 cornichons (soak the cornichons in water to remove some saltiness, then soak in 4% salted water overnight); 4 oz. (120 g) mayonnaise; 8½ oz. (250 g) shrimp; 4 shiitake mushrooms; 1 tsp. yuzu juice; ⅔ Tbsp. usukuchi soy sauce; 2 Tbsp. clarified butter; ⅔ Tbsp. mirin; 4 Tbsp. mirin; 2 Tbsp. butter; 1 onion; Bread flour; 2 oz. (60 g) yamato yam; 7 oz. (200 g) crab meat; 1 Tbsp. plus 1 tsp. honey; 2 g truffle; 8 leaves of bibb lettuce; Oil for deep-frying; ¼ tsp. truffle oil; About 6 oz. (170 g) tomato ketchup; 5 g mustard paste; 12 oz. (360 g) drained firm tofu (you may need 2 blocks of tofu); 2 oz. (60 g) egg whites

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Umami

By Thomas Keller , Harold McGee , Michael Anthony , Heston Blumenthal , Alexandre Bourdas , David Kinch , Virgilio Martinez , Nobu Matsuhisa , Yoshihiro Murata and Pedro Miguel Schiaffino

Published 2014

About

Healthy burgers using paté and seafood, on buns of tofu instead of bread. Packed with vegetables and served with a flavorsome sauce, the Matsuhisa slider is not only good for your waistline, but satisfying too.

Ingredients

Truffle Mayonnaise

Mix in Advance

4 oz. (120 g) mayonnaise
1 Tbsp.

Asia
Japan
Burger

Method

To make the tofu buns, purée all the tofu buns ingredients in a food processor, divide into 8 pieces (each about 2 oz./60

Ingredients

Truffle Mayonnaise

Mix in Advance

Method

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