Spring wild vegetable "butterbur" pressed sushi

Monday, May 8, 2023

This spring wild vegetable, butterbur, was given to me by a local resident who has always been kind to me!

This year's first butterbur
This year's first butterbur

I immediately boiled it to remove the bitterness, then simmered it with fried tofu to make pressed sushi.

Butterbur pressed sushi
Butterbur pressed sushi

Add mixed plum, shiso, young greens, white sesame seeds, and bonito flakes to the sushi rice!
Topped with sweet and sour pickled myoga ginger, seasoned fried tofu, and sesame seeds!!!
Accompany it with blanched komatsuna, boiled red kidney beans, pickled pickled radish, etc.

Topped with pickled myoga in sweet vinegar!
Topped with pickled myoga in sweet vinegar!

Enjoy the flavors of spring with this simmered butterbur dish that brings out the aroma of spring!!!
It was delicious ♡ Thank you for the meal!

Enjoy the taste of spring!!!
Enjoy the taste of spring!!!
 

◇ Interview and text: Ikuko Terauchi (Photography and editing assistance: Noboru Terauchi)