Sneha's Recipe: Miso Paste

Making a bread with bananas is best to use is ones that are very brown or turning black and overripe and that no one is willing to touch those. You will love this unique style of banana bread so much that you will want to eat it all the time, it's buttery, chocolaty and the miso gives a punchy dose of umami.

Miso is a paste made by fermenting soybeans — it is typically used in Japanese cuisine, taste so good, it gives a slight salty and umami taste that is incredible. I have used organic red miso, any type of miso paste will do. If you’re worried about it being overwhelming in flavor and taste, in banana bread, just trust me you can't really tell the taste in this bread and you would just think that it was a really good, delicious, loaf of bread. This is a big loaf use a 9×5 inch loaf pan, I used a 8×4 inch pan and it took more than an hour to bake.

Ingredients
100 Grams Butter - softened
245 Grams Fine Brown Sugar
2 Large Bananas- mashed
¼ Cup Miso Paste
¼ Cup Greek Yogurt / Hung Curd
2 Large Eggs
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
250 Grams All Purpose Flour
1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
½ Teaspoon Salt
¾ Cup Small Chocolate Chips
½ Cup Chopped Walnuts, Pecans & Almonds
Method
Preheat the oven to 170°C.

Sieve the flour, salt, baking powder and soda, keep aside.
In a blender jar add the banana and miso paste and pulse it 2 -3 times to that paste well mixed. Keep aside.
In a large bowl beat the butter and brown sugar and whisk until light and fully. Add the eggs and vanilla extract, whisk until incorporated. Then add the banana miso mixture and whisk well. Add the flour and yogurt mixture in batches and fold it in with a spatula till all the flour and yogurt is incorporated and no lumps are formed. Fold in the chocolate chips and nuts.

Pour this in greased and lined 9x5 inch loaf pan & bake (see my notes) in a preheated oven for about 35 to 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Let it cool , then slice & enjoy!

My Notes

Half way through the baking time tent the pan with a aluminium foil for the loaf tends to brown faster on top.
Labels: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack, Banana, Breads, Miso Paste, Asian Cuisine, Bread Bakers, Quick Bread

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