Photos from the San Francisco Sushi Class, Saturday September 10, 2016
Thank you so much everyone for attending Saturday's class! #SushiClasses #Recipes
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Kaz Matsune
- Aug 20, 2016
- 6 min
Recipes from the Sushi Class, Saturday August 20, 2016
Thank you so much for attending Saturday's class.
If you enjoyed the class, please leave your review here to let others know how much funds you had. (we are going to have a class in Peninsula starting in August) Domo Arigato!! TOOLS Makisu (Rolling Mat)
A bamboo rolling mat to make rolls. Available both online, in Asian Stores, and in Kitchen Stores including Sur La Table and William Sonoma. Daiso is a great place to buy them at a great price ($1.50) If you buy a large o
Kaz Matsune
- Jul 9, 2016
- 1 min
Photos from the Sushi Class, Saturday July 9, 2016
Fantastic job, everyone!! #Recipes #SushiClasses
Kaz Matsune
- Jul 3, 2015
- 1 min
What exactly is Sushi Vinegar?
Click the button below for an updated Article. What exactly is sushi vinegar? (2020 updates including FAQ) Making Sushi Rice is one of the most important steps when making sushi.
To make Sushi Rice, you need to add Sushi Vinegar to the cooked rice.
So, what exactly is Sushi Vinegar?
A standard recipe calls for Rice Vinegar, Sugar, and Salt.
We use Marukan Organic Rice vinegar, Organic Cane Sugar, and Sea Salt.
The ratio we use is 5:3:1 (Rice Vinegar:Sugar: Salt).
If you
Kaz Matsune
- Jan 9, 2015
- 1 min
Sake Mojito Breakthrough Sushi Style
(Photo by Ko Song) Many of our clients have told us how delicious our complimentary Sake Mojito was. So, we decided to share our recipe with you! Ingredients: Momokawa Organic Jynmai Ginjo Sake, 3oz. (available at Whole Foods or BevMo.) Agave nectar 1oz. Lime Juice 1oz. Sparkling Water 3oz. Shiso leaf 1 Mint leaf 2 Ice Instructions: In a shaker, muddle shiso and mint leaf with Agave nectar and lime juice Add sake and ice and shake it well. Strain into a glass filled with ice
Kaz Matsune
- Aug 8, 2014
- 1 min
New Recipe Cookbook
We are excited to announce Chef Kaz's second book: "Breakthrough Sushi Cook Book." In this book, Chef Kaz talks about one of the hardest challenges home chefs faced when they decided to make sushi: Getting Ingredients and tools, and where to get them like the rice cooker, knife, and fresh fish. If you ever attended our sushi class, this is an excellent book to have to help you make great sushi just like you did in the class.
The book is available on Amazon. #Sushi #Books #Re
Kaz Matsune
- Apr 25, 2014
- 2 min
Homemade Recipe for Sushi: Sushi Vinegar
(This video contains how to make sushi vinegar: 0:49) In making sushi rice, it appears (based on the questions we received during our sushi class), that burning questions are:
What exactly is sushi vinegar?
What kind of vinegar should I use? How do I make it? When do I add sushi vinegar to the sushi rice? Before I cook the rice or after I cook the rice?
So, let's go over them one by one. 1. What exactly is sushi vinegar? Sushi vinegar is a mixture of rice vinegar, sugar, a
Kaz Matsune
- Mar 19, 2014
- 6 min
Recipes from Sashimi and Nigiri Class, March 19.
Sushi Rice Use "Short" grain rice or rice labeled as "Sushi" Rice such as Lundberg Farm Rice.
To cook rice, wash the rice in the water a couple of times. Drain water put it in a rice cooker, then add water - the rice: water ratio is 1:1.1. (I used "Lundberg" Organic Sushi Rice - available at Whole Foods Market) Let it sit for at least fifteen minutes in summer and up to thirty minutes in winter before cooking rice. This helps the rice cook better and brings out sweetness fro
Kaz Matsune
- Jan 30, 2014
- 2 min
How to cure Salmon for Sushi and Sashimi?
(Updated October 2021) Video Tutorial: This is something you can do at home when you want to make homemade sushi. Curing fish is an almost necessary thing to do for sashimi and It is related to two things one is taste and the second is texture. Many people have asked us how to prepare salmon for sushi, so we decided to put the step-by-step instructions. 1-Buy Ora King Salmon from Monterey Fish Market, Berkeley, CA Ora King Salmon is farm-raised in New Zealand and is rated as
Kaz Matsune
- Jan 9, 2014
- 1 min
How To Make Shime Saba (Cured Mackerel)
Here is a very simple recipe to make Shime Saba/Cured Mackerel. 1. Go to Tokyo Fish Market, Albany to purchase Saba (Ask them to fillet for you, if you don't know how.) Alternatively, you can go to Nijiya Market, Marukai, Mitsuwa to purchase them. 2. As seen in the above picture, place Saba fillet on the bed of sea salt 3. Cover Saba with salt. 1 hour to 1.5 hour 4. Wash off the salt, soak in Vinegar for 7.5~10minutes 5. Flip Saba, soak another 7.5~10minutes #Recipes
Kaz Matsune
- Dec 21, 2012
- 1 min
Homemade Recipe for Sushi: Secret to Making Sushi Vinegar
To make sushi rice, you need to mix it with sushi vinegar. Aside from adding flavor to rice, the addition of vinegar to cooked rice helps to prevent the rice from going bad. The ratio we use at Breakthrough Sushi is Rice Vinegar: Sugar: Salt=5:3:1 (i.e. 5Tbl Rice Vinegar, 3Tbl Sugar, 1Tbl Salt). Some of the common recipes call for 5:2:1. Traditional Sushi restaurants in Tokyo use no sugar, just rice vinegar, and salt only. At your local supermarket (Whole Foods or Asian Marke
Kaz Matsune
- Nov 24, 2012
- 1 min
Tai/Red Snapper Sashimi with White Truffle Oil
This recipe came to me when I was working at a sushi restaurant in Los Angeles. One day, I noticed that there was an unopened bottle of truffle oil. I’ve never used truffle oil before, so I thought the way to using it. I opened the bottle and then came a very strong and nice aroma of white truffle. Then, I thought it would go well with white fish like Tai. The aroma is wonderful and it's a perfect match with snapper. It's been a constant hit with our clients. They all told me
Kaz Matsune
- May 12, 2012
- 1 min
Smoked Salmon Mini Sushi Bite
Here is a simple, and quick recipe that is great as an appetizer for your party.
Ingredients: Sushi Rice English Cucumber Cream Cheese Smoked Salmon Cooking Instructions: Prepare sushi rice (see our sushi rice recipe here) Slice English cucumber in 1/8 to ¼ inch thick Spread cream cheese onto cut cucumber Make sushi rice into small ball shape and put it on cream cheese Cut smoked salmon into 1 inch square and place on top of sushi rice #Recipes #Sushi #Appetizers
Kaz Matsune
- Mar 31, 2012
- 1 min
Blue Crab California Roll
We think our Blue Crab California Roll is the best-tasting California Roll we've ever come up with. So, here it is, our recipe!
Ingredients: Sushi Rice (for Breakthrough Sushi rice recipe, click here) 3 cups Nori 6 half sheets Crab Meat (Chicken of the sea premium crab meat) ½ lbs. Mayo 3Tbl Lemon Juice 2Tbl Soy 1Tbl Black Pepper to taste European Cucumber 1 Avocado 2 Sesame seeds as desired To make Sushi Rice See the recipe for making sushi rice here To make crab mix
Kaz Matsune
- Jan 28, 2012
- 1 min
Edamame Salad Recipe
(photo by Albert Law) Here is very simple, yet very very delicious recipe using peeled edamame. This makes great starter or mix with rice. Serves 4-6.
Ingredients: Edamame, Peeled, Frozen ½ lbs. Red Bell Pepper 1 Lemon Infused Olive Oil 3 tTbl Peach Vinegar 6 Tbl Lemon Juice 2 Tbl Salt 3 Tbl Soy Sauce 1 Tbl Cooking Instructions: In a pot boil water and cook edamame for 3-5 minutes. Drain water and let it cool down Small dice red bell pepper, add to cooked edamame Add olive
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