Description:
Umaminature Shiso(Beefsteak plant) is an all-natural, MSG-freeseasoning that creates umami-laden impact in your cooking.
Japanesespice / Japanese curry / dried kelp foods / seasoningfood
How do you useUmaminature?
Use Umaminature toconveniently enhance the underlying tastiness to the foods youprepare. Umaminature quickly dissolves when cooking, and seamlesslymelds with your other ingredients. It never masks the flavor ofwhat you''re making - so your tomato sauce will taste like yourtomato sauce, only better. Here are a few examples of how to workwith this seasoning:
- Add tosoups, stocks andsauces
- Add tobraising liquids andreductions
- Add tovinaigrettes or sprinkle directly onsalads
- Sprinkle it on meat or chicken beforecooking to naturallytenderize
- Sprinkle on a grilled meat, chicken orfish right beforeserving
What isUmaminature?
This seasoning ismade from kombu, a seaweed harvested from the icy waters ofJapan''s far north and naturally preserved through a special,traditional salting process. As Japanese cooks have known forcenturies, kombu is bursting with umami flavor compounds. In fact,kombu contains the highest levels of glutamate umami compounds ofany natural foodstuff in the world.
Whyumami?
Umami is the tastefamiliar to anyone who''s bitten into a perfectly ripe tomato, ahunk of farmhouse cheddar or a juicy grilled steak - it''s thatirresistible, mouthwatering sense of savoriness produced when foodsare ripened, fermented, or cooked. Umami exists in all cookingaround the world, but in Japan, it''s the signature characteristicof the cuisine.
