●JSPINACH WITH MISO AND SESAME DRESSING
-----Hourensou no Shiro Ae
＜Ingredients(for four)＞
300g spinach
1 red bell pepper
1 tofu('momen' or cotton, it is the most common type of tofu in Japan)
5 tablespoons white sesame seeds
1/2 tablespoon shinshu-miso paste(deep yellow miso)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1) Wrap the tofu with a kitchen cloth and press with a weight for about
30 minutes to remove exess water.
2) Boil the spinach. Try not to boil to much that the leaves lose their colors.
Then cut into bit size lenths and squeeze out the water.
3) Cut the bell pepper into half diagonally to remove the seed from the core.
Then parboil. Peel off the outer skin after it is taken out of the boiling water.
Then cut into long strips.
4) Grind the sesame seeds in a mortar utnil oil exudes. When the sesame seed
transform into a paste add the tofu and grind further. Also add the shinshu
miso and salt.
5) Finally toss the spinach and the red bell pepper with the white dressing.