Basic Sea Vegetable Broth - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 -5 cups water
5 inches piece kelp or 5 inches kombu
1/3 cup dried shiitake mushrooms (if using porcini, use 1/4 cup) or 1/3 cup other dried mushroom (if using porcini, use 1/4 cup)
1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
1 tablespoon miso
3 scallions, chopped for garnish

Preparation

Bring the water to a boil in a 2 quart saucepan. Add the kelp or kombu and dried mushrooms. Let simmer for about 1 hour.
Remove the sea vegetable and mushrooms, dice, and return to pot.
Add ginger and simmer for 15 minutes. Stir in the miso and garnish with the scallions.
Serve as is, or use as stock.