Mentsuyu 麺つゆ

Ingredients

• 1 cup Mirin (*)
• ¼ cup Sake
• 5 cm Kombu kelp strip
• 20 g Bonito flake
• 1 cup Soy sauce

Steps

1. 1

   Place mirin and sake in a medium sized pot to let the kombu soak in the liquid ingredients to release its umami flavours.

2. 2

   Put the pot over medium heat, once it's boiled turn the heat down and simmer for 5 minutes over low heat.

3. 3

   Add bonito flakes (katsuobushi) and simmer for a further one minute. *2

4. 4

   Turn the heat off and let it cool down.

5. 5

   Pour soy sauce into the saucepan.

6. 6

   Using a fine-mesh strainer lined with a kitchen paper towel, strain out all solids from the mentsuyu into another clean container to keep.