Cooking with tea?

I was just drinking a cup of Karigane, green tea from Japan, when I realised that this sort of aromatics might just be wonderful with some of the fattier fish. But I don't remember ever seeing recipes with tea used as a spice. Is there any such thing?

-O

[Robin Garr]

I was just drinking a cup of Karigane, green tea from Japan, when I realised that this sort of aromatics might just be wonderful with some of the fattier fish. But I don't remember ever seeing recipes with tea used as a spice. Is there any such thing?

Otto, have a look at my report on an interesting experiment that a local restaurant here tried a few years ago:

http://www.louisvillehotbytes.com/teatasting.shtml

I was just drinking a cup of Karigane, green tea from Japan, when I realised that this sort of aromatics might just be wonderful with some of the fattier fish. But I don't remember ever seeing recipes with tea used as a spice. Is there any such thing?

-O

Maybe we need a "Matcha challenge." Matcha is the powdered green tea used in the Japanese tea ceremony. It is also available in various grades as a food ingredient. This is what you need to buy if you want to make green tea ice cream. Try it as a google term. I quickly found this recipe for fish with matcha - green tea mayonnaise.

http://www.tastegurus.com/index.php?opt ... 8&Itemid=1

Frank