Kelp Recipes

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Ingredients

4 cups dashi (instructions below)

¾ cup blanched sugar kelp

7 ounces soft or silken tofu

4-5 tablespoons miso

1 green onion

Directions

1. Start by thoroughly rinsing your fresh kelp. Once rinsed well, place ¼ cup of kelp in a pot with 4 cups of water and bring it to a simmer for 5 to 10 minutes. Strain out the kelp and reserve the broth; this is called dashi and it will be your soup base.
2. Return the dashi to the pot and heat over medium, making sure it doesn’t boil.
3. In a separate bowl, add 4 to 5 tablespoons of miso paste and mix it with a small amount of the dashi until completely dissolved. Then add the dissolved miso into the pot.
4. Cut your silken tofu into ¼ to ½-inch cubes and add them to the miso soup with ½ cup of additional kelp and chopped green onion before serving.

Recipe by Claire Bastarache courtesy of the National Seaweed Hub

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Ingredients

4 tablespoons (½ stick) unsalted butter, melted

2 large eggs

1 ½ cups buttermilk

2 ½ cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon baking soda

¾ teaspoon fine sea salt

½ teaspoon black pepper

1 ½ cups sugar kelp, chopped

1 cup sharp cheddar cheese

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Oil or butter a 9-inch by 5-inch loaf pan and line it with a sheet of parchment paper.
3. Melt the butter in the microwave or on the stove top and let it cool. Once cool, whisk eggs and buttermilk together with the melted butter.
4. In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and black pepper. Add in the grated cheese and sugar kelp and toss loosely into the flour mixture.
5. Add the liquid mixture to the flour mixture and combine using a rubber spatula until there are no dry spots.
6. Distribute into the loaf pan and bake for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Recipe by Christina Ng, courtesy of the National Seaweed Hub

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Ingredients

2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup butter, softened

¾ cup granulated sugar

¾ cup brown sugar, packed

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 large eggs

2 cups semi-sweet chocolate morsels

1 tablespoon dried sugar kelp flakes

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl. 
3. Beat the butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla extract in a large mixer bowl until creamy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
4. Gradually beat in the flour mixture. Then stir in the chocolate morsels and seaweed flakes.
5. Drop rounded tablespoons of cookie dough onto ungreased baking sheets.
6. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Recipe courtesy of Stonington Kelp Company. For more great recipes visit their Baking with Sugar Kelp page.

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