Toki Miso Spicy and unchopped
Toki Miso is not ground and keeps the chickpeas and barley from which it is made in recognisable form. It is not a cream as we are used to considering miso.
It is a special edition of spicy miso that is suitable for seasoning any dish, without disappearing.
It is intriguing to use it to complete the seasoning of a pasta or to flavour sautéed vegetables.
This miso is characterised by a delicate and intense taste, obtained by a relatively short secondary fermentation (maturation) of 6 months.
DO NOT COOK! The live ferments contained in unpasteurised miso are killed by very high temperatures, so it should be added, preferably, at the end of cooking or when cold.
If you like, take a look at the recipes section, curated by Giulia Pieri, to get inspired.
Store in a cool place and in the refrigerator after opening.
Ingredients: barley, chickpeas, whole sea salt, water, hot pepper, spores of Aspergillus oryzae
Nutritional information per 100 g (in grams):
Energy: 160 kcal; fat: 2,1; which saturated: 0,3; carbohydrates: 26; which sugars: 1; protein: 8,3; salt: 11.
Produced by:
Nesler società semplice agricola
strada Sterpaio snc
Viterbo (VT)
Miso is a seasoning agent of Asian origin. In the Eastern tradition it is made with soy, usually combined with a cereal. It can mature for a few weeks or several years. It is one of the richest foods in the world of "UMAMI", the so-called fifth taste. The other basic flavours are sweet, salty, bitter and sour. In addition to this, miso is rich in live microorganisms of many different species.
The production process involves the production of Koji, a cereal fermented by inoculation with spores of Aspergillus oryzae. This first fermentation lasts about two days and must be monitored constantly, whilst maintaining a controlled temperature and stirring and periodically airing the cereal. The Koji is then mixed with a cooked legume (in Asia mainly soy), salt and water and left to ferment until the desired degree of ripeness.
We only use local, selected and controlled raw food materials. We do not use soy, products containing GMOs or synthetic chemicals. All the ingredients used are indicated in the sheets and on the label, with no exclusion.
Our understanding of "local" takes into account the climate and the real movements we make. Furthermore, we try to work with the most conscientious farmers in the area. What we absolutely prefer is to produce raw food materials ourselves.
What is most important to us is a high level of respect for Earth and Man and high levels of quality.
We prefer quality to the abstract concept of "local", we prefer to know suppliers, we prefer to strive for quality, rather than passively accept labels. We prefer the small to the big producer and... We are realistic. The compromise is sometimes to go further, rather than to lower the quality level. Our "local" is a "relative local" that makes us use whole Sicilian salt, Tuscan peas, cereals grown in Tuscia, organic hazelnuts grown a few kilometers away, and so on.