Umami Paste recipe

[fundj&e]

i didnt add any salt whlie cooking the pasta lastnight thinking that it would of been ok without it

maybe i was  expecting a wow but it didnt do it for me, i tried some on toast this monring and still no wow 


GHM did u use 400g of tom or 300g and what about the cheese 90g or 80g

[fundj&e]

i have nearly finished the paste a made a few weeks ago, i must have done something wrong when i was making it
it not doing it for me taste wise 

i did use cashew nuts instead of walnuts, will try with walnuts next time 

[JulieO]

I only use mine as an enhancer in certain dishes.  I freeze in tbs amounts and just throw a cube in to what I'm cooking if I think it will benefit. 

[Greyhoundmum]

i didnt add any salt whlie cooking the pasta lastnight thinking that it would of been ok without it

maybe i was  expecting a wow but it didnt do it for me, i tried some on toast this monring and still no wow 


GHM did u use 400g of tom or 300g and what about the cheese 90g or 80g

Hi Uni I used the quantities exactly in the book.

[Halex]

I normally freeze ths, but forgot. Went to use it tiday, gone mouldy

Need to make more.

 

[SuzieG]

Uni I didn't like the taste on its own either.

I freeze mine in ice cube trays and use as an enhancer also, mostly in my spag bog.

[kmw]

This has been on my to make list & finally got round to it. Reading the post I was glad to see the pale pictures like mine will try it in something this week.

Also it was interesting to read the discussion on umami/MSG.

[cookie1]

I love it. I have it in the freezer in ice blocks. When I need some I just throw a cube in.

[chrissa]

I made this and never used it.  Threw it out last week when cleaning out the fridge.

Seemed a waste but I never really got what it was for.  If I have a recipe I like and make, I don't tend to play with it as its usually fine the way it is.

[gertbysea]

That is a shame Chrissa.  I use it for many things. They are now using  umami to flavour enhance meals in airline catering as it has been proved that meals that are fine on the ground  lose flavour at high altitudes. Interesting.

Perhaps you should makes some more, prepare say two meat pies putting umami in one. I think you will taste the difference though you will not taste the umami.

It has an interesting history umami.

Gert

[cookie1]

I was convinced of its flavour one night when I had my brother and his partner to dinner. They eat out very regularly and aren't really into home cooked type meals. I made Tenina's Guiness pie and used umami. They couldn't get over the flavour of it and raved about it all night.

[judydawn]

I must make another batch for the freezer.

[gertbysea]

That is a good example of how it enhances cookie. beef stroganoff, spag Bol, any casserole , soups , dips  well just about everything .

Gert

[Bonsai]

Have to agree with Gert et al, just adds another level of flavor. I freeze mine in ice cube amounts and we toss it in to whatever meal needs a lift. Just love it

[fundj&e]

it does nothing for me, sorry Tenina