【Koji introduction and appreciation】What is koji and How to use it?
About Koji
Koji has been treasured in Japan for thousands of years as it creates essential tastes and flavours the Japanese cuisine totally owes to. In fact, the Japanese food culture we have today wouldn’t have existed as, without koji, none of sake, miso, shoyu, mirin, rice vinegar and many other essential Japanese condiments could have been brewed.
With the revelation of koji magic via series of recent publications, such as Noma Guide to Fermentation, Koji Alchemy and Koji for Life, I feel that koji now became a global treasure as it has huge potential to make any food tastier.
About this class
I am pleased to announce my first ever koji introductory class, which focuses on the basics of koji and how you can apply its magic to your daily cooking.
In the past years I have hosted series of koji making classes with the main focus on the technical side where my expertise resides. As there are so many topics to cover on its own and so much information to pass on, I never felt I spared enough time on the application side.
However, while keep exploring the koji’s potential in my own kitchen, I started to believe that there are unique perspectives I can offer which hardly any available resource covers. So, I have decided to host a new class with different focus so that I can share my findings with many. So here we are. The new class fully introducing koji’s charm to koji newbies.
The class will dig down each of the following topic in great details. The class is hands-on and experiential. Lots of tasting will be prepared.
- What is koji?
- The basics of enzyme (very important!)
- Brief introduction of traditional use of koji Japan
- Introduction of some new application of koji
- How to make and use shio-koji and its variation
- How to make and use amazake and its variation
- Brief introduction on how to make koji
- Q&A
You also bring home the followings to explore koji’s potential further on your own
- 150 g fresh koji
- 200 g shio-koji (standard)
- 200 g amazake (standard)
Additionally …
You can also purchase
- Hishiroku koji spores (£10.00)
- Koji for Life (£20.00) (£2.00 discount for combined purchase)
Date
9th November (Wed) 1.00 – 4.00 PM
Venue
The Koji Fermenteria
38 Southover,Woodside Park,London N12 7ES
(5 minutes walk from Woodside Park station – Northern Line)
07900 261 482
info@thekojifermenteria.com
Max capacity
4 people
Fee
£80
I look forward to welcoming you at The Koji Fermenteria.
Should you need any clarification, please do not hesitate to contact me (info@thekojifermenteria.com)
