ONLINE Tofu and Soy Milk Making Master Class
ONLINE Tofu and Soy Milk Making Master Class
*The class is conducted on Zoom
In this class you will make fresh soy milk and tofu from dry soybeans in the most authentic Japanese method. An amenable and versatile, light enough to be paired with a variety of ingredients and seasoning. Homemade tofu is the most elegant and delicate of flavours, yet it can go happily with much bolder characters like ginger, garlic, and chilli.
During the class you will learn the following:
*How to make fresh soy milk from scratch
*How to make Japanese style fresh tofu
*How to make soybean pulp mochi
Your shopping list - Please make sure you have the following prior to the lesson. The full shopping list, recipes, and pre class instruction will be sent to you prior to the class. You will need to wash and soak the soybeans in water in the morning of the lesson.
200g dried soy beans
8g food grade epsom salt
100g potato starch (or katakuriko)
60ml soy sauce
60ml mirin
1 tablespoon sugar
2 sheets of nori seaweed
Tools
• Large pot 5L+
• Large bowl + medium bowl
• Wooden spatula + Silicon spatula
• Food processor or blender
• Large sieve + Small to medium sieve
• Small glass + teaspoon
• White tea towel
• Ladle
Useful but not essential
• Waterproof/heat resistant kitchen/oven glove
• Kitchen thermometer
Please contact the instructor below for any questions.
Akemi@sozai.co.uk
Instructor
Akemi Yokoyama
Akemi Yokoyama has a background in Japanese food provenance, nurtured from her Father, who along with his family foraged and fished throughout the Island of Hokkaido. She is now a Japanese food specialist, chef, presenter and writer based in London. Her regular Japanese cookery classes at Sozai have received very favourable reviews in the UK’s national media, including Time Out and The Telegraph. She has also appeared on the popular TV programmes, C4’s Sunday Brunch and CBBC's Saturday Mash-Up, teaching the presenters how to make sushi. She is also an in demand private chef. She has cooked for celebrities including Tina Turner and Rina Sawayama.
She demonstrates authentic Japanese cooking in the UK and Europe at many diverse events, and she regularly works with the Japanese government’s related organizations promoting Japanese cuisine and sake to the media and public. Her latest culinary interests include all aspects of fermentation and flavour experimentation across multiple food cultures. .
Akemi is a member of the Japanese Culinary Academy UK, is a certified miso sommelier. She has judged Sake category at International Wine Challenge in 2020/2021/2022/2024.
We booked a private lesson for eight, and it was everything we hoped for and more. Akemi (instructor) was welcoming, patient and a great teacher. Lots of really interesting background/context to Japanese cuisine; easy to follow guidance, techniques and tips; great ingredients and food; and, excellent follow-up materials on recipes, where to shop, etc. Highly recommended and we will be back for other courses.
The Roll & Roll Sushi course was great fun. The explanations were really clear and we made a variety of sushi, all of which was delicious. Would definitely recommend this course.
Great team and teacher! The group really enjoyed the class