Episode 7 | Teaching your next date how to cook. #dessert #ramennoodles #onlyforyou Description Below! For 2 Tools: Blow torch Ramen Stock: - 1.2l water + 18g Kombu - 1 chicken stock cube (plain flavoured with 650g of water) - 3 garlic cloves - 200g finely chopped mushrooms - 6 green spring onion leaves - 20g ginger slices - 20g dried shiitake mushroom - 3 peppercorns - Few slices of raw pork belly, approximately 100g (use from pork stew) - Splash of sake To be added after: - 5-10g dried bonito flakes - 30g brown miso paste - 10 bloomed gelatin leaves 1. In a large pot, add water and kombu, boil, and allow to simmer for 20 minutes. Discard kombu after. 2. Sauté and caramelize pork belly slices and deglaze with sake. Set aside. 3. Meanwhile, prep all other ingredients and then, with the pork, add to infuse the water. Boil for 1 hour, remove the heat, and allow further infuse for another 30 minutes. 4. Strain the stock and discard the solids. 5. Add dried bonito flakes and allow to infuse for 5 minutes. Strain again and discard the solids. 6. Add miso paste and bloomed gelatin. Mix well and keep warm or until ready for use. Pork Stew: - 400g pork belly - 950g chicken stock (water plus chicken stock cube) - 333g light soy sauce - 225g sweet soy sauce - 81g packed brown sugar - 125g oyster sauce - 6-star anise - 4 black peppercorns - 18g ginger slices - 2 garlic cloves - 2 cinnamon sticks - 1 bay leaf 1. Add all the ingredients to a large pot, boil, and simmer for 1.5 hours. Remove from heat, remove the pork belly, and keep it warm. 2. Strain the liquid and discard the solids. Keep approximately 300g of the liquid in a separate clean pot and allow it to reduce until thicker, like a glaze. Use this to baste the pork belly slices later. 3. Once ready, slice the pork belly, glaze it with the remaining liquid, and torch it well before serving.