by chef Michélle Theron of Hazendal

Serves 4

ingredients
mushroom stock

  • 1kg
  • b
  • rown
  • m
  • ushrooms, peeled and diced (dry the mushroom peels and add as well)
  • 100g
  • s
  • hi
  • i
  • take mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 medium
  • o
  • nion, sliced
  • 20g dried
  • ,
  • mixed mushrooms
  • 10g
  • t
  • hyme
  • 10g
  • g
  • arlic cloves
  • 1 bunch
  • f
  • lat-
  • leaf parsley
  • 6L cold water

shiitake and kombu broth

  • 3C
  • mushroom stock as prepared
  • 50g ginger, finely sliced
  • 20g bonito flakes
  • 100ml teriyaki sauce
  • 30g dashi

khrenovina

(makes 1l jar)

  • 1kg ripe plum tomatoes
  • 1T fine sea salt
  • 25g horseradish root, peeled, rinsed and finely grated
  • 2T honey
  • 2 garlic cloves, peeled

method
mushroom stock

  1. Put all ingredients in a medium-size stock pot.
  2. Bring to a rolling boil and immediately reduce the heat.
  3. Skim constantly.
  4. Reduce until the flavour intensifies, to about 4,5L.
  5. Remove from heat and strain through a double layer of muslin cloth to obtain a clear stock.

shiitake and kombu broth

  1. In
  2. fuse all the ingredients over medium heat without boiling.
  3. (
  4. Yields 900ml)

khrenovina

  1. Blend all the ingredients in a food processor.
  2. Transfer to a sterilized preserving jar, seal tightly and leave to ferment at room temperature, away from direct sunlight for 5-10 days.
  3. Check on it daily, opening the jar to release the gas.
  4. Give it a stir if the juices start splitting from the pulp.
  5. It will keep in the fridge for up to 6 months.

serving suggestion

  1. At Avant-Garde we serve this
  2. b
  3. roth ramen-
  4. style with a wild boar
  5. p
  6. elmeni, pan
  7. fried shi
  8. i
  9. take mushrooms, r
  10. oast pork belly slices and soft-
  11. boiled
  12. free-
  13. range egg wit
  14. h a side of crispy crackling,
  15. k
  16. hrenovina
  17. and
  18. a fermented tomato and horseradish salsa, which is a common soup condiment
  19. .
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