Food

Flights Of Fancy—Food And Wine

Posted: 11/12/2010

You won’t have to fish for compliments when you serve braised black cod the Morimoto way.

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This holiday season, purchasers of the Flexjet 25 Jet Card—Napa Valley Edition will not only be recipients of the very best in private jet travel, operated under FAR Part 135 by U.S. air carrier Jet Solutions, but will also be treated to the ultimate Napa Valley experience.

This distinctive offering begins in the heart of wine country with an exclusive evening with master chef Morimoto. Best known for his appearances on Food Network’s “Iron Chef America,”™ Chef Morimoto will personally prepare for Flexjet 25 guests a feast that seamlessly integrates Western and Japanese culinary styles to create his signature cuisine.

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For those unable to attend or take advantage of the cooking lesson, you can still re-create one of Morimoto’s great recipes at home. This one is from “Morimoto: The New Art of Japanese Cooking.”

Braised Black Cod

Makes 6 Servings

• 2 cups sake
• 6 slices fresh ginger
• 6 black cod fillets with skin on, 6 to 7 ounces (175 to 200 g) each
• 1½ cups sugar
• 1 cup soy sauce
• 1½ teaspoons tamari
• 3 tablespoons mirin (sweet Japanese cooking wine)

Pour the sake into a large, deep skillet or flameproof casserole. Add the ginger and fish fillets skin-side up. Cover and cook over high heat for 3 minutes. Add the sugar and cook over medium-high heat for 3 more minutes. Pour the soy sauce and tamari over the fish fillets. Cook over medium-high heat, covered, for 5 minutes. Add the mirin and cook for 3 minutes longer. Be careful not to burn the fish; glaze the fillets by repeatedly pouring the thickened sauce over them while cooking. With a slotted spatula, carefully transfer the black cod fillets to a platter. Check the fish to make sure it has no residual bones hidden in it. If the braising liquid is not thick enough, keep cooking it over high heat until it becomes caramelized. Garnish the cod with julienned scallion and ginger and a sprig of kinome, and drizzle with braising liquid.

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