4 grilled sandwich wasabi Recipes

consider pansies , violets, johnny-jump-ups, nasturtiums, and marigolds. all are edible with interesting flavors. use flowers that have not been sprayed with pesticides (some available at gourmet shops and whole foods markets), shaved cheese hard cheeses such as parmesan or pecorino romano take on an attractive lacy look when shaved paper thin and placed upon an open-faced sandwich, rolled cheese cut cheese into 1/4 squares. put 1 tsp of olive oil on your hands and roll cheese squares into balls. then roll in cumin, curry, or finely chopped herbs, piped herbed mayonnaise or creme fraiche use an icing flower tip and place a fresh or thawed frozen pea atop the piping, layer it place a small spinach leaf, with stem , atop an open-faced sandwich. place a thin slice of hard-boiled egg on top of that and sprinkle with either nutmeg and sea salt, pickled ginger and a dot of wasabi, or a combination of crushed herbs, chopped egg & asparagus finely chop hardboiled eggs, using only half as many whites as yolks, and press onto an open-faced sandwich with a mayonnaise based filling. upon this, lay a short piece of asparagus, citrus , herbs & spices cut small triangles of fresh lemon or orange, removing peel. sprinkle lemon triangles with fresh basil or parsley and orange triangles with cinnamon or curry, grilled vegetables grill red and green peppers, zucchini, or pearl onions. cut peppers into strips, zucchini into squares, and leave pearl onions whole, use a very small cookie cutter to cut hearts from thin slices of pickled beets. or, cut small hearts from bread, dip in melted butter, and sprinkle heavily with curry before toasting in a 350 degree oven, herb or nut dip cut filled tea sandwiches into triangles and butter the long cut side. press this buttered side into crushed s or very finely chopped nuts

wasabi aioli , recipe follows, poached salmon , recipe follows, fine diced celery, foccacia bread, sliced and grilled, tomatoes, thinly sliced, head butter lettuce, washed and dried, salt and black pepper, to taste, head of taro, very thinly sliced, fryer at 275 degrees, wasabi paste, minced garlic, minced ginger, rice wine vinegar, egg yolks, canola oil, salt and black pepper, to taste, copyright , 2000, ming tsai, all rights reserved, sake, celery, sliced, peeled carrot, sliced, onion, sliced, sugar, bay leaves, toasted black peppercorns, soy sauce, water to cover, salmon fillets, skin removed , center cut, salt and white pepper to taste, ponzu, sliced shallots, togarashi , save some for garnish, japanese soy sauce, sugar, extra virgin olive oil, fennel bulbs, shaved , fronds reserved for garnish, blanched somen noodles, sliced scallions

sake, celery, sliced, peeled carrot, sliced, onion, sliced, sugar, bay leaves, toasted black peppercorns, soy sauce, water, salmon fillets, skin removed , center cut, salt and white pepper, ponzu, sliced shallots, togarashi , save some for garnish, japanese soy sauce, sugar, extra-virgin olive oil, fennel bulbs, shaved , fronds reserved for garnish, blanched somen noodles, sliced scallions, leftovers: wasabi salmon salad sandwich with taro chips, wasabi aioli , recipe follows, poached salmon, fine diced celery, foccacia bread, sliced and grilled, tomatoes, thinly sliced, head butter lettuce, washed and dried, salt and black pepper, head taro, very thinly sliced, wasabi paste, minced garlic, minced ginger, rice wine vinegar, egg yolks, canola oil, salt and black pepper