Basil & Pine Nuts Miso Pesto

Name: Basil & Pine Nuts Miso Pesto
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1/4-1/3 cup Toasted Pine Nuts; *Note: Walnuts and Almonds are also good; 2 tablespoons Miso *dark colour type recommended; 1 tablespoon Brown Sugar; 2 tablespoons Mirin; Handful Fresh Basil Leaves *finely chopped

Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston

Melbourne, Australia

If you can’t have any ingredients, use alternatives! That’s how I have been inventing new food. When I tried to make ‘Shiso’ flavoured miso paste and couldn’t find 'Shiso', I used fresh Basil leaves. Thinking of ‘Pesto Genovese’, I used Pine Nuts instead of Walnuts. OMG!!! Miso, Basil and Pine Nuts created a new flavour. What would you use this paste for?

Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston

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Ingredients

1/4-1/3 cupToasted Pine Nuts
*Note: Walnuts and Almonds are also good
2 tablespoonsMiso *dark colour type recommended
1 tablespoonBrown Sugar
2 tablespoonsMirin
HandfulFresh Basil Leaves *finely chopped

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Steps

1

Using a sauce pan or toaster oven, roast/toast Pine Nuts until aromatic and nicely browned. Allow them cool, then coarsely crush using Suribachi or mortar & pestle. Alternatively you can place toast Pine Nuts in a plastic bag and crush them using a rolling pin.
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Add other ingredients and mix well. The amount of Basil Leaves is up to your preference. You can add as much as you want.