Snake'S Eyes Soup

• 8 jumbo shrimp
• 1 teaspoon sake
• 8 -12 stalks mitsuba (trefoil) or 8 -12 stalks coriander (cilantro)
• peel from 1/2 lemons or lime, in large pieces
• 3 cups dashi (basic Japanese soup stock)
• 1/2 teaspoon light soy sauce (not "lite")
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

1. Shell and devein shrimp and sprinkle the sake over them. Blanch the shrimp in rapidly boiling water for 1 minute and drain them. Place two curled shrimp in the bottom of each small soup bowl.
2. Plunge the trefoil or cilantro into fresh boiling water until it barely wilts. Remove the greens immediately to a bowl of cold water. Knot together 2 or 3 stalks to make a single bunch and lift it out of the water. Repeat with remaining stalks. Pat the tied bunches of greens dry and lay one over the shrimp in each bowl.
3. Carefully remove as much pith from the underside of the fruit peel as you can. With scissors, cut out 4 small flower shapes, rinse them under cold water, then pat them dry. Place a lemon flower in each bowl.
4. In a saucepan, heat the basic soup stock and season it with the soy sauce and salt. Bring the broth to a boil, then carefully ladle it over the arrangements of food in the individual bowls. Serve immediately.

shrimp, sake, stalks, lemons, basic japanese soup, light soy sauce, salt

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/quot-snakes-eyes-quot-soup-511819 (may not work)