Taro Root "Hittsumi" Gnocchi with Sesame Sauce. Form the hittsumi into balls the size of your thumb and use a fork to press down in the center. My husband dined out last night, so I went to my parents' place and cooked Hittsumi with my mom. This is a local dish in the sourthern part of Aomori and Iwate, the Tohoku region (northern part of mainland Japan).
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The texture of the dough is similar to gnocchi, although gnocchi is round whereas hittsumi is flatter.
You can also improvise, for example by adding curry powder, chilli or sesame.
You can have Taro Root "Hittsumi" Gnocchi with Sesame Sauce using 5 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Taro Root "Hittsumi" Gnocchi with Sesame Sauce
- You need 100 grams of Taro root "Hittsumi".
- Prepare 2 tbsp of "A" Wild sesame (or black sesame).
- You need 3 tbsp of "A" Soy sauce.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of "A" Sake, mirin, sugar.
- It's 1 tsp of Sesame oil.
A dish comprising of pieces of flour and water kneaded and rolled thin by hand before being torn apart, cooked in a soy sauce-based stew with other ingredients including chicken, burdock root, carrot and mushrooms. A croquette made with Kitakami taro for a unique texture. TÅ?no's food includes Genghis Khan or barbecued lamb and hittsumi or wheat dumplings as well as horse meat. The Miyamori part of TÅ?no is known for its wasabi production and a local brewery makes a wasabi beer.
Taro Root "Hittsumi" Gnocchi with Sesame Sauce step by step
- Form the hittsumi into balls the size of your thumb and use a fork to press down in the center..
- Place Step 1 into a pot of boiling water and boil until they rise to the surface..
- Drain the water and rinse to remove the viscous texture. Drizzle with sesame oil and toss to coat each piece..
- Lightly roast the wild sesame (or black sesame) in a frying pan..
- Grind the sesame from Step 4 with a mortar and pestle..
- Add the "A" ingredients to Step 5..
- Arrange the taro hittsumi from Step 2 on a plate and pour the mixture from Step 6 over top to finish..
- Here is the recipe for the hittsumi: "Taro Root Hittsumi" https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/147175-taro-root-hittsumi-dough.
Festivals include the TÅ?no Folktales Festival in early February. Ingredients: burdock root; lotus root; carrots; kombu; taro root; daikon radishes; miso; shiro miso; shiitake Ingredients: dried shiitake mushrooms; soy sauce; mirin; kombu; kabocha squash; daikon radishes; taro root; carrots; menegi; napa cabbage Hand-pulled noodle hot pot (Hittsumi nabe). Hittsumi is a local dish constructed from chicken, root crops and wheat dough. The name means 'pull and tear', which refers to the way the dough is torn into oval pieces before it is cooked. Hittsumi-Tei is a restaurant that reformed old Japanese house.