The same algae oil, steeped low and slow with shiitake, red miso, black garlic, urfa chili, wakame and kombu. Four of those six are there purely for glutamate, which is a fairly transparent statement of intent.
It is a finishing oil rather than a cooking one. Savoury umami is how the bottle puts it, and heat would only cook off what was steeped in.
Squeeze bottle with a fine tip, so it goes on in lines rather than in puddles. 7 fl oz (207 ml).
A finishing oil built on mushroom, miso, seaweed and black garlic. Use it off the heat, at the end, where the steeped flavours survive. The narrow tip is designed for a line across a bowl rather than a glug into a pan.
Over ramen, soup or any broth, just before it goes to the table
On rice, in a stripe, with nothing else needed
Over fried or scrambled eggs
On roasted mushrooms, to double down
Into a dressing for cucumbers or a cold noodle salad
Over grilled steak or roast chicken as it rests
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This is one of the items fulfilled by our partner retailer in California. It will not ship together with our regular wine selection.
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Algae Cooking Club Shiitake Mushroom Oil, 7 fl oz
$19.00
The Brand
Algae Cooking Club
Algae Cooking Club makes cooking oil out of microalgae rather than out of a seed or a fruit. The algae are fermented, which takes about three days, and the fat is pressed out of them. It is the first microalgae fat to reach the American market.
The numbers are the argument: a 535F smoke point, higher than avocado oil, and 93% omega-9 monounsaturated fat against 3% omega-6. It sits where a neutral high-heat oil sits, without being a seed oil, which is the whole reason the company exists.
Founded in 2023. Daniel Humm, of the three-Michelin-star Eleven Madison Park, tested it in his own kitchen and then joined as culinary officer.
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Will this ship with my wine?
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Do I need to sign for the delivery?
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Can I order pantry items on their own, without wine?
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How should I store it?
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Something arrived damaged or wrong. What now?
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Why does a natural wine shop sell pantry items?
Because the bottle is rarely the whole evening.
These are things we actually cook with, picked by the same people who pick the wine. A good bottle tends to want something on the table next to it, and this is the shortlist we would hand a friend who asked.
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