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The Asian Hot Pot Cookbook, Family-Friendly One Pot Meals

Gather your family and friends for the ultimate communal dinner!

In Asia, hot pots have long been a cornerstone of home-cooking--a one pot meal, shared at the table, with family and friends helping themselves from the communal pot. The key to a successful hot pot is the base broth, and in this book you'll find a wide variety of recipes for broths and sauces, along with complete recipes for Asian-style hot pots from Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and more!

In this book you'll find everything you need to start your Asian hot pot journey:

  • Hot pot equipment introduction

  • The basic components of a hot pot

  • How to serve hot pots at home

  • A glossary of Asian ingredients

  • 69 delicious recipes for hot pots including basic broths and sauces, side dishes and desserts


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Easy Japanese inspired holiday cocktails!

December 13, 2012 in Quick and Easy

What better way to kick off the holidays than with a nice festive cocktail?  I began researching  for cocktails at my annual Ugly Sweater Cookie Exchange and started to think about fun cocktails I could make that were Japanese inspired.  I love Japanese plum wine and sake by themselves, so thought they would be easy to combine with some traditional holiday flavorings.  My friend Margret and I did some taste testing and here is a sampling of the best ones! Hot Sugar Plum Sake

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2 oz of hot sake, 1 tsp of plum wine, 1 dash of cinnamon and a light shaving of fresh nutmeg on top. You can buy store bought sake and heat it up over a low simmer on the stove. Ladel into shot glasses and garnish with a cranberry. Make sure to serve this warm as it doesn't taste as good at room temperature or cold.

Plum Wine Cranberry Spritzer w/ Orange Twist

AK_Sony_1211_39421 oz of cranberry juice and 2 oz of soda water (or 3 oz of cranberry sparkling water) and 1/4 cup of plum wine.  The orange twist on this really makes it special.  Just take a small shaving of an orange rind and squeeze it in your hand while lighting it over the top of the drink.  The oils from the orange will infuse the liquid. Then wipe the rind around the top of the glass and drop it in for more added flavor. You're friends will be impressed with this one!

Here's a video how to do the orange flame: http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2011/02/cocktail-101-how-to-flame-an-orange-twist-garnish-drink-flaming-peel.html

Rosemary Lemon Sakitini

AK_Sony_1211_3946 Put 5 oz of unfiltered sake, 1 tsp of lemon juice and one sprig of rosemary leaves inside a martini shaker with ice. Shake and pour into a glass rimmed with sugar.  Garnish with a sprig of rosemary.  Deeelish, this was our favorite!

Tags: cocktails, holiday, holiday cocktails, holiday recipes, Japanese cocktails, Japanese inspired, plum wine, sake, unfiltered sake
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