Posts categorized as Koji

Miso Making Tips and Recipes

This is a blog post we shared a few years ago, and I thought it might be time to share it again. This time, with expert miso making tips at the bottom. Ferment away!

How to Make Short Term Sweet White Miso

Before you begin, consider how much miso you want to make. Calculate …

Amazake Chia Pudding

I’m a person of habit when it comes to cooking. I have a huge inventory of recipes and meals in my head, but I revert to the small handful of simple last minute dishes 90% of the time. It’s just too easy. However, I do like to consciously change it up every so often. Variety is the spice …

How to Make Miso

Miso – Medicinal food of the Ancients

Miso making is an enjoyable and gratifying activity that can be done during the winter months, yielding its results within a few weeks or keep you in a state of pleasant anticipation for a year or longer. To read about the history of miso and get hundreds of miso recipes, we …

How to Make Amazake

The title of this post really tells you all there is to know before delving into the recipe. I will just note, read the whole recipe before starting as it requires some time and temperature controls. Good Luck and Enjoy!

Tools Needed

• Pot with lid
• Double boiler or large pot with lid
• Probe Thermometer
• Flame diffusers (2 …
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Making Amazake at Home

Koji! What is it for and how do I use it?

We now offer our own Certified Organic Short Term, Long Term and Amazake Koji. With the launching of these products I thought it would be appropriate to write a little bit about what koji is, what we can use it for, and how it works.

What is …