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Esme's Pasta Sauce

Contributed By: aarwenn
Post Punk Kitchens

Substitute for Nooch Sauce! (Alfreda)

Ingredients

I make a sauce for pasta that's equal parts:

Tahini

Miso

Soy sauce

Olive oil

Nooch or mustard

Lemon juice or vinegar

And a few cloves of garlic.

Eta: if i have mirin i sometimes throw that in, too.

Preparation

mix it all up and add to hot pasta. it usually winds up being about 2 T. of each item. sometimes i add some spinach or something.

i usually use the sweet white [miso], but any kind will work.

it's really good with any kind of green veggie thrown in (like spinach, arugula, brocolli, scallions - that kind of stuff).

eta: when i say 2 T. of each, i don't measure. i get out my big soup spoon which i use interchageably with a tablespoon in non-baking recipes and use heaping tablespoons of everything.

and a quick trick. since the sauce is so easy to make, i boil the pasta, drain it, put the pot back on the warm stove, make the sauce in there, then add the hot pasta back to it. the heat of the pan and the pasta helps melt down the tahini and miso so that it works through the pasta better.

I used sweet white miso, tamari, dijon mustard, rice vinegar, and skipped the garlic. Reason #4534 why this recipe is awesome: you probably have all of the ingredients on hand and can use whatever types you want.

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Recipe Details

Total Preparation Time: 15 to 30 minutes
Ingredients: Sauces
Actual Cooking Time: No Cooking Required
Number of Servings: 4
Special Features: Vegetarian