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Cereals and bread from Copenhagen, Denmark

Ryeso (rye-bread miso, Noma)

Ryeso is a miso-style paste that Noma Projects makes from leftover rye bread. The bread is blended with rice koji and salt, packed into barrels and aged for at least three months while koji enzymes break it down into a dark, savoury paste.

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

Short entryCereals and bread3 months

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedThe producer gives no quantities or ratios.
Rye bread loaves left over from the bakery[nomaprojects-box1]
Rice koji[nomaprojects-box1]
Salt[nomaprojects-box1]
Starterkoji (rice koji)

Total time across the recorded steps: 3 months

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What changes: Leftover rye bread is blended with rice koji and salt

Step 1 of 3
Blend rye bread with rice koji and salt
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Moulds

Output: bread and koji mash.

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

Ryeso is a miso-style paste that Noma Projects makes from leftover rye bread. The bread is blended with rice koji and salt, packed into barrels and aged for at least three months while koji enzymes break it down into a dark, savoury paste. Made in 3 steps over 3 months. The longest step, age, takes at least 3 months (Noma Projects).

Key numbers
Main stepat least 3 monthsReported[nomaprojects-box1]Age

What makes this one different

Ryeso replaces the cooked soybeans or peas of miso and peaso with stale rye bread, so the koji works on baked grain.

Related ferments

History and sources

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

Made by Noma Projects from loaves left over at Hart bakery that would otherwise be wasted.

  1. [nomaprojects-box1] Noma Projects, Flavor Box 1 product page (ryeso)web