霜しも降ふり作づくり

Meanings

blanching by alternating boiling and icy water

A cooking technique where fish, chicken, or shellfish is briefly boiled then plunged into ice water, often to firm the flesh and create a decorative frosted appearance. Related to 霜降り (sense 3).

Kanji

霜frost
降descend, precipitate, fall
作make, production, prepare
造create, make, structure

Related words

霜しも降ふり
霜降り (sense 3) refers to the same blanching technique or the resulting appearance, while 霜降り作り specifically denotes the dish or preparation method.

Built from

霜しも降ふり+作つくる

Written forms

霜しも降ふり作づくり
Standard spelling using 作り.
霜しも降ふり作づくり
Variant without okurigana り.
霜しも降ふり造づくり
Variant using 造り, often for food preparation.
霜しも降ふり造づくり
Rare variant without okurigana り and using 造り.

Etymology

Compound of 霜降り (shimofuri, 'frosted appearance', from 霜 'frost' + 降り 'falling') + 作り (tsukuri, 'making, preparation'). The name comes from the frost-like white surface created by the rapid temperature change.