Spoon Jar Kitchen and Fermentery
Recipes and ideas to feast and ferment on.
Miso Mushroom Salad
My husband and I recently returned to Izakaya Minato in Portland, Maine on a weekend vacation to get out of the house and eat a bunch of delicious food. One of the stand out dishes was the Kinoko Salad, consisting of sauteed mushrooms and roasted delicata squash in a rich soy and butter sauce over lightly dressed baby spinach. The sweet squash and gently dressed spinach balanced the bracingly salty sauce perfectly. I knew after we ate that dish I wanted to make a version of it at home.
Miso Caramel Pot de Creme
I’ve loved the idea of the miso caramel flavor combination for a while and wanted to bring them together in a dessert. I recently started working at a bakery that makes lovely little pot de cremes and it’s put custards on my mind. So, miso caramel pot de cremes (PDC) were born as an idea!
Three Bean Chili
What I love about chili is the trifecta of texture, spice, and meaty-ness. It needs to have something to “chew” and that visual of a lot of great things going on - tomatoes, peppers, beans, all-the-toppings. The spice needs to be balanced; yes to heat and smoke but not so much as to blow out your taste buds on the first bite.