Aroma-producing ingredients with low boiling points also vaporize, making these flavors stand out more. This has very little effect on bitter acidic tastes, but sweet tastes get pronounced more effectively. As such, sake with a high level of acidity is often heated since the process can balance the acidic flavor with the sweet undertones more evenly.
Warm sake also tends to have a "dry" taste when compared to chilled sake. The effect of the alcohol is increased as the vapors begin coming off. Determine the right temperature. There is a full range of temperatures you can heat sake to, from lukewarm to hot. The right temperature to use depends partially on personal preference, but there are a few standard approaches to take that you might want to consider.
The average temperature of kan sake, or "warm sake," is between The full range of possible warmth varies slightly beyond this, though, and each range of warmth has its own traditional term associated with it. Hot sake, on the other hand, is ideal to serve alongside warmer dishes, like hot pot, or foods made with a large amount of oil or fat.
Junmai sake is often served fairly warm to hot. Part 2. Pour the sake into a tokkuri or decanter. Pour the sake you want to serve into a bottle with a narrow, tall neck and open mouth. You should not fill the container to the brim. Sake expands as it heats, and if you fill the container too high, it could burst out of the top. Boil water in a saucepan. Fill a small saucepan with enough water to cover roughly three-quarters of the height of the decanter you are using for the sake.
Place the saucepan on the stove and heat it over medium-high until the water begins to boil. If you want to be more traditional, there is a special utensil known as a "kan-tokkuri" you should use. If you decide to use it, heat the water in the stove with a saucepan or kettle and pour the water into the kan-tokkuri after it starts to boil.
Gently lower the container of sake into the water. Turn off the heat and slowly submerge the sake in the hot water. Lower it carefully to prevent any water from getting inside the container. Let it sit, uncovered, for one to three minutes. Place the sake as close to the center of the saucepan as possible.
Do not allow it to tip or tilt as it sits in the water. For a more precise way of heating sake, you can measure the temperature of the drink using a thermometer to determine if it has reached your desired temperature.
If you want to check the temperature of sake without the use of a thermometer, you can gauge it by looking. If small bubbles begin to rise, the sake is considered to be warm. If bubbles quickly and immediately rise to the surface, then the sake is hot. Remove the sake from the water. Carefully lift the decanter of sake out of the water and serve the hot drink immediately. If the container feels too hot to touch with your bare hands, wear oven mitts as you remove it from the hot water.
You might also want to consider wiping the bottom dry with a towel before serving sake from the container. Human, he said, in fact tastes like veal. Here's Seabrook's description :.
It was like good, fully developed veal, not young, but not yet beef. It was very definitely like that, and it was not like any other meat I had ever tasted. It was so nearly like good, fully developed veal that I think no person with a palate of ordinary, normal sensitiveness could distinguish it from veal. It was mild, good meat with no other sharply defined or highly characteristic taste such as for instance, goat, high game, and pork have.
And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation.
When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great. My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places. And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord , choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell.
But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to dwell in. The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.
Whoever walks in uprightness fears the Lord , but he who is devious in his ways despises him. By the mouth of a fool comes a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them. Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.
A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.
Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he jeered at the Jews. Will they restore it for themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish up in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, and burned ones at that?
Turn back their taunt on their own heads and give them up to be plundered in a land where they are captives. Do not cover their guilt, and let not their sin be blotted out from your sight, for they have provoked you to anger in the presence of the builders.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord , plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord.
But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word. They shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat; for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.
Shiboritate sake tends to be wild and fruity, and some drinkers even liken it to white wine. Most sake is pasteurized twice: once just after brewing, and once more before shipping. While it of course also depends on other factors, it often has a fresh, fruity flavor with a sweet aroma. This type of sake seems to be far more popular in Japanese restaurants outside of Japan than in Japan.
Please remember, these tasting guidelines are designed to provide a baseline introduction to sake. There are many factors that can change the characteristics of any sake the rice and water used, skill of the brewers, etc. Keep an open mind as you try different sakes, just as you would when overcoming sushi myths.
Now comes the fun part and final step: drinking the sake! The most common questions we hear from sake beginners are:. There is no hard-and-fast rule, and the most important considerations are the particular sake in question and your own preferences. Some sake is at its best cold, while others taste perfect when warmed. Every sake is different, and sake connoisseurs will tell you to experiment.
Our philosophy is: Do what tastes best to you. That being said, here are some general guidelines to help you in knowing whether to cool or warm sake:. Many sake varieties taste great at different temperatures — as different temperatures draw out distinctive characteristics — which makes it very worthwhile to experiment for yourself.
We wish we could tell you that all sake experts agree, but of course, this is never the case.
0コメント