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Hands painting on tsume sauce

NHK Educational

NHK Educational
Tokyo, Japan

Squid (ika) or conger eel (anago) are usually coated with a sweeter, thicker glaze called tsume.
Tsume is a reduction sauce made with the broth used to simmer squid and conger eel or other seafood.
At first it has almost no viscosity, but after reduction it becomes a gleaming thick sauce like honey.
The sauce gets its name for the Japanese word for reduction, nitsume.

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  • Title: Hands painting on tsume sauce
  • Original Source: Sushi Sho
  • Photographer: Tadayuki Minamoto
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