Squid Ink Two Ways

Name: Squid Ink Two Ways
Yield: Makes 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 14 ounces uncooked black bean pasta or 2 cups uncooked black forbidden rice; ¼ teaspoon sea salt, if using pasta; ½ teaspoon whole cumin seeds; 10 pieces dried porcini mushrooms; Flaxseed oil, 1½ teaspoons if using pasta or ½ teaspoon if using rice; ½ teaspoon shiitake powder; 2 teaspoons kala namak (Indian black salt); ½ teaspoon mushroom powder (porcini, maitake, or bolete); 12 dried shiitake mushrooms; ½ cup walnuts; 2 tablespoons seaweed powder blend (mix of 1 tablespoon dry wakame, 1 sheet nori, crumbled, 1 teaspoon dulse powder, ¼ teaspoon green spirulina, and ¼ teaspoon chlorella); 1 tablespoon onion powder; 3 tablespoons black bean aquafaba; ¼ cup tamari or Soy-Less Sauce; Baby greens for garnishing (optional); White sesame seeds for garnishing (optional); 1 tablespoon blackstrap molasses; 2 tablespoons miso paste; 2 tofu skin sheets (usually in rolls of 4-by-10 inches when unrolled); 2 large garlic cloves; 1 teaspoon toasted black sesame oil

Preparation info

Makes
2
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Plant-Based Gourmet

By Suzannah Gerber

Published 2021

About

This delicious and surprising sauce goes very well with either black rice or black bean pasta to enhance the intended “squid ink” color. The marriage of umami and sweet flavors and the seaweed blend is an unusual combination that reveals more of itself the more you eat it.

Ingredients

½ cup walnuts
12 dried shiitake mushrooms
10 pieces dried

Americas
United States
Sauce
Gluten-free
Vegan
Wedding/Marriage

Method

Lightly toast the walnuts in a dry pan for 6 minutes. Combine the walnuts, shiitake mushrooms, and porcini mushrooms with 3 cups warm water and set aside to soak for 30 minutes.
Cook the black bean pasta or black forbidden rice according to the package directions, with

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