Cool Soba Noodles With Homemade Dipping Sauce - water

Method

• Bring the water to a boil and add the coarse bonito flakes.
• Simmer gently for 10 minutes.
• Skim off any scum.
• Strain through a fine meshed sieve lined with paper towels or a coffee filter.
• This is the dashi stock.
• Bring the dashi stock back to a boil and add the ingredients.
• When the sugar has melted, turn off the heat and leave to cool.
• Chop the green onion finely and briefly bathe in a bowl of water.
• Drain well.
• Cook the soba noodles in plenty of boiling water.
• Wash under cold running water gently (not rubbing too hard so that the edges of the noodles remain sharp).
• Arrange on a flat sieve in little bundles that are easy to pick up with chopsticks.