Overnight Shiitake Dashi

Name: Overnight Shiitake Dashi
Total time: 8 h (mostly unattended)
Yield: Makes ~1 L stock
Ingredients: 40 g dried shiitake; 10 g dried kombu; 1 L cold water

Dried caps in cold water overnight with kombu — wake up to a broth with more depth than most stocks simmered for hours.

8 h (mostly unattended)Time

Makes ~1 L stockServes

3Ingredients

Made with Dried Shiitake

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1Combine the dried shiitake, kombu and cold water in a container.
2Cover and refrigerate for at least 8 hours, or overnight.
3Strain, gently squeezing the rehydrated caps to extract the liquid.
4Slice the rehydrated shiitake for use in the dish the dashi is destined for — nothing here is waste.
5Use the dashi as a base for soups, braises or ramen.

The mushrooms in this recipe

Dried Shiitake