Tofu Dengaku

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon shiso leaf (optional)
• 20 6- to 8-inch-long wooden skewers
• Toasted sesame seeds
• 4 cups water
• ¼ cup red miso
• 7 teaspoons sugar
• ¼ cup white miso
• + 7 more ingredients
• • 3 tablespoons sake
  • 1 cup dried shaved bonito flakes
  • ¹/₃ cup light soy sauce
  • ¹/₃ cup mirin (sweet Japanese rice wine)
  • 20 ounces extra-firm tofu
  • ½ teaspoon yuzu peel
  • 1 3 x 5-inch piece dashi-kombu (dried seaweed)

Bring 1 1/2 tablespoons sake just to boil in small saucepan. Remove from heat. Mix in white miso and 1 teaspoon sugar. Mix in yuzu and shiso, if desired. Set white miso sauce aside. Bring remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons sake just to boil in another small saucepan. Remove from heat. Mix in red miso ...

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