Umami Paste recipe

[Katiej]

According to Tenina's facebook post it will last up to 3 weeks in the fridge or can be frozen in ice-cube trays and then in zip-lock bags.

I made the paste a week or so ago and it definitely helped to save some quite ordinary pasta sauce I had hanging around in the freezer 

I had to go to 3 health food stores before I found the Dulse Sea Vegetable Flakes, not something I'd heard of before.

[judydawn]

Was that down our way Katie?

[Katiej]

Was that down our way Katie?

Yes JD - the health food store that is on Semaphore Road (cnr of Military Road from memory).  They had packets of the Dulse flakes and also packets of Dulse leaves (looked like a bag of seaweed  ).  I almost bought the leaves instead of the flakes, so check you get the right packet!

[judydawn]

Good, thanks for that info - would have tried West Lakes so that saves me a trip 

[Katiej]

West Lakes was the first place I tried, but they didn't have any (didn't seem to even know what it was!).  I then tried the health food shop at Findon, they usually have it but were out of stock.   If I wasn't able to get it at the 3rd place I tried (Semaphore Road) I probably would have given up and bought online.

[Cornish Cream]

Thanks Judy but Nori isn't exactly a popular item at my local supermarket. I ended up not making it today but I'm not giving up xx
[/quoteYou can get Dulse Flakes supplied from here PF,that's where I will be getting them from.

[judydawn]

Don't you just love it when you go into some health shops and ask for something and they look at you as if you are stupid yet other shops of this nature stock the product 

[jeninwa]

It doesn't last much longer than 3 weeks in the fridge, next time I make it I will freeze half  I had some left in the fridge and it was off when I remembered about it.

[Tenina]

You can use Nori for flavour, just blitz it first in the TMX, but Dulse is a superfood and is really a great addition nutritionally. As for keeping issues, I am using it in almost everything savoury. It is just a great addition to all recipes…lifts them beyond the norm, so never has the chance to go off in my fridge…but freezing is a great option if you dont cook a lot.
Also if you get dulse seaweed instead of flakes, again, just blitz first prior to using. Can add with the parmesan. Hope this helps guys…
 

[Katya]

Passionflower - I googled "Dulse flakes uk"and found a number of sites selling them online.   I've ordered some from this place http://www.seaveg.co.uk/dulse.html but there are other sites selling them in different quantities

[Cornish Cream]

Thanks Judy but Nori isn't exactly a popular item at my local supermarket. I ended up not making it today but I'm not giving up xx
[/quoteYou can get Dulse Flakes supplied from here PF,that's where I will be getting them from.

Sorry forgot to put the link to the site PF
http://www.ecogreenstore.co.uk/clearspring-dulse-50g-p-1815.html
I think Katya site is cheaper

[passionflower]

Thank you ladies you are fabulous xxx

[Katya]

Mine arrived this morning - only ordered it yesterday   

[Cornish Cream]

Mine arrived this morning - only ordered it yesterday   

I agree that's amazing Katya.Definitely use that source.

[judydawn]

Thanks to this posting I have learnt something and was able to answer the question on "Millionaire" last night quite confidently even though any of the answers would have seemed right to anyone not in the know. Don't ask me what the question was but some of you were bound to have seen it.  The correct answer was 'taste'.