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Sauces and condiments from Japan — Nara

Horon miso (historic temple 'debate miso'; processed name-miso)法論味噌

Horon miso is a dry lick-miso from Nara. Finished miso is simmered with roasted sesame, walnuts, hemp seed and sanshō, sun-dried and then roasted in a hōroku pan. The ferment is the miso it starts from.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Horon miso itself.

Short entrySauces and condiments

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedNo historical amounts survive. The modern maker in Tawaramoto, Nara, set the blend by trial and error.
Ordinary miso[wedge2016]
Roasted sesame, walnuts, hemp seed and sanshōProportions were worked out by the present maker; the records give only the ingredients[wedge2016]
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What changes: Starting material: ordinary fermented miso

Step 1 of 4
Start from finished miso
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented

Output: ordinary miso.

Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

Not documented for this step.

Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source

At a glance

Horon miso is a dry lick-miso from Nara. Finished miso is simmered with roasted sesame, walnuts, hemp seed and sanshō, sun-dried and then roasted in a hōroku pan. The ferment is the miso it starts from.

What makes this one different

Horon miso starts from finished miso, which is simmered with seeds and nuts, sun-dried and roasted. It is a dry, cooked condiment made from finished miso.

Related ferments

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

Old records say horon miso was among the New Year offerings at Kasuga Taisha's Saitansai in the Muromachi period, and that red miso had replaced it by the Edo period. A Nara miso maker revived it for the shrine; because the name horon miso was trademarked, it is sold to order as Asuka miso.

  1. [wedge2016] Isoyama T. 2016-09-17, 新商品は「古(いにしえ)」にあり「うまいもの」が奈良で復活 (old Nara foods revived), Wedge ONLINE, p. 4web
  2. [JA-WIKI-法論味噌] Japanese Wikipedia, 法論味噌wiki