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Quick wine-and-lees fermented tofu with green mould

A quick, unsalted fermented tofu in which tofu cubes, with or without a mould coat, are kept for 12 hours or more in rice wine and its lees. Some makers add crushed leaves, cloves, orange peel and tofu whey and use a green Mucor mould.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Quick wine-and-lees fermented tofu with green mould itself.

Short entrySoy and legumes12 h

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedNo amounts found. No salt is used.
Firm tofu, fresh or moulded[sic-ftofu]
Rice wine and its lees[sic-ftofu]
Crushed leaves, cloves, orange peel and tofu wheyAdded in some areas[sic-ftofu]
Startergreen Mucor mould in some areas

Total time across the recorded steps: 12 h

Start
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What changes: Starting material: cubes of firm tofu

Step 1 of 3
Cut the tofu, with or without a mould coat
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Mucor

Output: tofu cubes.

Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

Not documented for this step.

Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source

At a glance

A quick, unsalted fermented tofu in which tofu cubes, with or without a mould coat, are kept for 12 hours or more in rice wine and its lees. Some makers add crushed leaves, cloves, orange peel and tofu whey and use a green Mucor mould. Made in 3 steps over 12 h. The longest step, steep in rice wine and lees, takes at least 12 h (Shurtleff W 2004). A green Mucor mould does most of the fermenting.

Key numbers
Main stepat least 12 hReported[sic-ftofu]Steep in rice wine and lees

What makes this one different

It is fast and has no salt, unlike furu, which is salted and ripened for 2 to 6 months.

Related ferments

Safety

This tofu is made without salt. A CDC report describes one confirmed and one probable case of botulism in people who ate home-fermented tofu left to ferment at room temperature, and says spore germination and toxin formation need warm, anaerobic, low-acid, low-salt and low-sugar conditions. Do not make this at home from a description.

Hazards the sources name: Clostridium botulinum (botulinum toxin type B was found in home-fermented tofu in a CDC report; that tofu was fermented at room temperature at low salt and acidity; not tested in this product).

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

  1. [sic-ftofu] Shurtleff W., Aoyagi A., History of Fermented Tofu, SoyInfo Center (chapter of an unpublished manuscript, 2004), types I.4 and II.4book
  2. [cdc-mmwr2012] CDC, Botulism Associated with Home-Fermented Tofu in Two Chinese Immigrants, New York City, March-April 2012, MMWR 62(26)gov