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Japanese Umami

Umami is the 5th taste as defined by Japanese cuisine. Learn the whole theory via 8 flavourful recipes and use umami like a true Japanese master. A new dimension for your dishes and culinary creations.

Umami: everything you need to know to get the most out of this particular taste

The prestigious chef Hideki Matsuhisa (1 Michelin star) teaches you everything you need to know about Umami and how to make the most of it through the dishes and recipe bases he makes in his restaurants. Umami is one of the basic tastes in addition to the 4 best known (sweet, bitter, salty and acidic). Umami in Japanese means ‘tasty’.

Japanese cuisine was the first to identify this flavour and master it in order to enhance recipes and achieve more complex and more delicious flavours. Discover the potential of this characteristic flavour and take it to its maximum expression through the techniques and recipes of Japanese cuisine.

Learn in detail which products contain the Umami flavour and how to combine them in order to enhance it in your recipes with very interesting results.

Deepen your knowledge and use of Umami through the traditional techniques and recipes of Japanese cuisine such as dashi, an intensely Umami base ingredient. Discover ingredients such as Kombu seaweed, whose main taste is Umami.

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Course curriculum

Course Content

Chapter 1 - Presentation and Recipe Book
Chapter 2 - What is Umami?
Chapter 3 - Dashi, the heart of Japanese cuisine
Chapter 4 - Miso soup
Chapter 5 - Miso soup with mushrooms
Chapter 6 - Tempura
Chapter 7 - Vegetable tempura
Chapter 8 - White fish tempura
Chapter 9 - Prawn Tempura
Chapter 10 - Sauce for tempura
Chapter 11 - Tempura platting
Chapter 12 - Oyster with dashi foam
Chapter 13 - Tuna tataki
Farewell

What you'll learn

Theory, Technique, and Recipes for Mastering Umami

In this online course we give you all the keys to becoming a true Japanese master and adding umami to culinary creations of all kinds.

Learn what Umami is, its origins, history and characteristics.

Discover the 3 different types of Umami that exist, and the everyday products associated with each one. Learn which product combinations enhance this flavour.

Learn how to make dashi, a base ingredient with intense Umami flavour which is the essence of Japanese cuisine. The dashi will allow you to add a delicious and characteristic flavour to a multitude of preparations and recipes.

Just like a Japanese master, learn basic recipes such as miso soup or a variety of tempura using meticulous techniques to achieve the greatest result in terms of the flavour and texture for each product.

Learn how to integrate Umami through recipes from the Koy Shunka restaurant itself with one Michelin star.

 For whom is the course suitable?

This course is aimed at foodies, professionals, and all lovers of gastronomic excellence who want to master the Umami taste and all the elements that influence this unique and yet relatively unknown flavour.

Materials needed

Instruments or materials recommended in some recipes (not essential for the course):

  • Knives of the highest possible quality
  • Fish scaler
  • Ridged spatula
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very detailed!
Cristina Singson

I love how committed the chef is! very passionate in what he is doing and making.

Thank you
Siripummarin Yingpheta

I love this cause

Stunning course, great teacher
Peter Pankhurst

knowledge about umami is literally useful!
An Niza El Aisnada

knowledge about umami is literally useful!

Japanese Umami
Irene Flores Lozano

I loved it! Thank you for sharing you amazing tips.

Great Course!
Bobby WB

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Hideki Matsuhisa was born in Toyota (Japan) in 1972. From an early age he was introduced to Japanese cuisine and sushi techniques by his father, a sushi master and restaurant owner.

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What's included?

  • 1h 45m HD video
  • 17 Lessons
  • 8 Recipes
  • Recipe Book (English, Spanish)
  • 12 Quizzes
  • Certificate
  • Español, English
  • English, Español, Italiano, Français, Deutsch
Difficulty
  • Medium

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keith.smith
Posted 2 months ago
Good simple course

The translation into English is far too literal and often misinterprets the meaning of the Spanish words. The narration translator is too much like a robot and quite irritating repeating the word "well" the whole time in inappropriate scenarios. Otherwise it was enjoyable

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Bobby WB
Posted 2 months ago
Great Course!

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Siripummarin Yingpheta
Posted 3 months ago
Thank you

I love this cause

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Zara Rose
Posted 3 months ago
Captions

During the videos you should allow the instructors to speak. Dubbing them with this generic voice breaks authenticity. The audio between the instructors and this voice isn't synced and I've noticed it a lot instead on focusing on the material. A better solution would just have the captions playing and remove the dubbed voice.

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gökhan kuşçu
Posted 4 months ago
A fantastic basic course

basic recipes, perfect Cours for beginners

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Cristina Singson
Posted 5 months ago
very detailed!

I love how committed the chef is! very passionate in what he is doing and making.

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Neil De Guzman
Posted 5 months ago
All the topics are important

I like all the lesson and techniques that her taught.

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An Niza El Aisnada
Posted 6 months ago
knowledge about umami is literally useful!

knowledge about umami is literally useful!

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Lucas Cavalcante
Posted 6 months ago
Dashi

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Mahmoud Zaky
Posted 10 months ago
Based dashi

Based dashi is so amazing!!!

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