Ingredients

  • 3 3/8 cups dashi stock basic Japanese sea stock
  • 2 tablespoons seaweed wakame
  • 4 tablespoons white miso paste or red
  • 1 1/8 pounds squid
  • breadcrumbs
  • salt and ground black pepper
  • 4 1/4 cups water
  • 4 tablespoons seaweed desiccated kombu
  • 6 2/3 tablespoons dried bonito flakes katsuobushi

Method

  • Prepare the Dashi by soaking the kombu seaweed strips in 1 liter of water to hydrate.
  • After that, put the water with the kombu seaweed in a saucepan over high heat.
  • Just before the water starts boiling, remove the kombu seaweed from the water.
  • Let the water boil for 1 more minute, then turn off the heat.
  • Add the bonito flakes to the water and let them infuse for 15 minutes.
  • After resting, the flakes will have sunk to the bottom.
  • Strain the broth into a bowl and save it.
  • Grind the squid in a food processor, add salt and pepper, and if necessary, add a little breadcrumbs to form dumplings.
  • Simmer the broth in the pan over low heat. Pour part of the dashi broth into a separate bowl and dissolve the miso paste.
  • Meanwhile, add the wakame seaweed to the broth in the pan and let simmer for 2 more minutes, until it hydrates and expands.
  • Once the miso is dissolved, pour the mixture back into the saucepan.
  • Add the squid balls and boil for 2 more minutes.