It’s big in Japan, and in 2018 it will be big everywhere else. Savory and simple, it’s one of the five basic tastes of the human tongue. Umami exists naturally in a lot of ingredients, such as tomatoes, miso, meat and mushrooms.
With a few easy steps you can have your own jar of umami, simply by drying porcini or shiitake mushrooms. Dry your mushrooms by placing them at precise low temperatures in your AEG oven overnight, then pulverize the mushrooms into a powder—sprinkling it on all sorts of dishes
SenseCook Oven
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For the first time, you can trust that the SenseCook oven understands the result you want, just from the words you choose. Without even opening the oven door, everything from tender joints of meat to molten chocolate fondants are controlled and mastered. At last, an oven that speaks your language.
Umami Powder
Ingredients
300g of shiitake mushrooms
Instructions
- Slice the shiitake mushroom thinly.
- Spread the sliced mushroom onto two tray.
- Put the trays in the oven and let them dry in the SenseCook oven overnight at 45°C.
- Remove trays, and blend the dried mushroom into a fine powder with the Gourmet Pro Blender.
Gourmet Pro Blender
PowerTilt innovation brings the best out of both ingredients and your cooking. The secret is in the combination of EM.6. Titanium-coated blades, a precision tilted Tritan carafe and a powerful 1200W surge motor – creating superior smooth, great tasting results.
