I never thought this day would come

[swarm0cheezcake]

I ate something that was so rich that I couldn't get through a lot of it

Comments

[arxev]

Rafute is awesome. I had it two years ago in Okinawa and was basically just like *_* how can pure fat taste this good? Pork belly shouldn't even be allowed to exist.

[swarm0cheezcake]

You are the only person I know who could really appreciate this. Besides Rodrigo, because he was there too.

It's not supposed to be super sweet, right? Just pretty sweet...

[arxev]

Yeah, there's definitely a sweetness to it, but I wouldn't call it particularly sweet. Maybe too much sugar and mirin in the recipe?

[swarm0cheezcake]

what else could it be? ^_^

[aravist]

Oh dear, your arteries.

Also, I counter with THIS: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30966630@N04/3921514741/in/set-72157622249723715/

[swarm0cheezcake]

*scoff*

rafute

[anonymous]

sorry the recipe didn't meet up to your tastes. kat

Re: rafute

[swarm0cheezcake]

Oh, it was delicious. It was just different from what I had before, and not quite what I was expecting.

Re: rafute

[swarm0cheezcake]

I might have had some difficulty because I doubled the recipe, but here's the changes I would consider making:
-cut the sugar by 3/4 and the soy sauce and mirin in half. Cut the dashi by half. For a double batch, don't change the amount of dashi.
-start cooking it with the awamori, as the other recipe I have linked does. -I suspect the adding pork broth instead of dashi makes it more pork-ey, but I think the dashi will lend a slight umami boost that'll show when there's less soy sauce and sugar. I'll try the other recipe but I suspect I'll settle down with one where I use the amount of liquid in that recipe and proportions halfway between the two recipes.

Best,
George

[swarm0cheezcake]

Oh you. At this point, a bare fatty fat fat mcfat fat is too easy. You need to dress it up, finesse it, change it up a bit. ^_^

[magus145]

Go cry into your toilet, you human black hole.