# Gennarizushi ｜ Our Regional Cuisines

**Cuisine Name**: Gennarizushi

**Region**: Our Regional Cuisines

## Main Lore Areas
Higashiizu Town (Inatori)

## Main Ingredients Used
Splendid alfonsino, Carrot, and Rice

## History, Origin, and Related Events
Splendid alfonsino fishing in Inatori began in the Meiji era. The dish handed down in this area for special occasions is pressed sushi topped with red and white soboro (locally known as oboro) made from splendid alfonsino. It is made during celebratory events such as weddings, Shichi-Go-San, and coming-of-age ceremonies. It is said that it got its name because of its size and the fact that just eating it makes you feel miserable.In addition to splendid alfonsino oboro, gennarizushi is also sometimes made as a set with pressed sushi topped with lean tuna sashimi, simmered shiitake mushrooms, and tamagoyaki.

## Opportunities and Times of Eating Habits
There is a custom of making it at home on special occasions (coming-of-age ceremonies, Shichi-Go-San, and other celebrations) and handing them out to relatives and neighbors.

## How to Eat
Put vinegared rice stuffed with julienned and sweetly boiled carrots in the middle in a mold and press it. After removing it from the mold, top it with splendid alfonsino oboro. Sometimes it is made into a set with additional pressed sushi topped with lean tuna sashimi, simmered shiitake mushrooms, and tamagoyaki.

## Efforts for Preservation and Succession
In addition to being made at home, it is also served at restaurants and has been passed down from generation to generation.

## Ingredients
- Rice: 1 sho
- Mixed vinegar: 400cc
- [For this amount of mixed vinegar] Vinegar: 900cc
- [For this amount of mixed vinegar] Sugar: 700g
- [For this amount of mixed vinegar] Salt: 100g
- Splendid alfonsino: 1kg (Including 240-500g of flakes)
- Sake: 1 tbsp.
- [A] Sugar: 100g
- [A] Salt: 1 tsp.
- [A] Sake: A little more than 1 tsp.
- Carrots: 1kg
- Sugar: 300g
- Carrots: Just a little

## Recipe
1. 1. Steam the cooked rice for 15 minutes, then place it into a sushi oke and quickly mix in 400cc of mixed vinegar. Use the leftover vinegar for your hands.
2. 2. Remove the head and internal organs of the splendid alfonsino and boil in water with sake added (not listed in the ingredients) until the backbone separates from the body. Remove the skin and fine bones, place in a colander, wash and separate into flakes under running water, wrap in a cloth, wring well, and drain.
3. 3. Put 2 and [A] into a pot and mix well before heating. Remove the moisture to prevent it from burning and make oboro.
4. 4. Place the julienned carrots in a pot, add enough water to submerge them, and when it comes to a slight boil, add sugar and salt and bring to a simmer.
5. 5. Fill up one rice bowl with the sushi rice.After getting some vinegar on your hands, use a finger to make a hole in the center of the sushi rice in the rice bowl and place 4 in it. Place the sushi rice from the rice bowl onto your hands with vinegar on them and make it into a ball so that the carrots are not visible. Then put it into a rectangular mold.
6. 6. Use your fingers to firmly push the sushi rice into the corners of the mold, press it in firmly with a board, lift the mold while holding it down with your fingers, and let go.
7. 7. Place the oboro on top.

## Provider Information
provider : Kaikosha’s “Shizuoka’s Side Dishes”

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