How To: Make Chawanmushi (Japanese egg custard dish & ginkgo)

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Ingredients for Chawanmushi
(serves 2)

- Egg Mixture -
1 Large Egg
170ml Water (0.719 u.s. cup)
1/2 tsp Granulated Bonito Dashi
1/2 tsp Sake
1/2 tsp Usukuchi Soy Sauce (saltier and lighter in color than koikuchi)
1/4 tsp Salt

- Fillings -
50g Chicken Meat (1.76oz)
2 Shrimps
2 Shiitake Mushrooms
4 slices of Kamaboko - fish minced and steamed
4 Ginnan - Ginkgo Seeds
Mitsuba - Japanese Wild Parsley
Sake & Usukuchi Soy Sauce for Seasoning

* A lid wrapped with kitchen towel prevents water drops from falling into the cups.

About Music
Frederic Chopin - Valse in D-flat major "Minute Waltz" - Op. 64 No. 1
Play by Muriel Nguyen Xuan, recording by Stephane Magnenat

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