I stopped in for a quick breakfast at City Bakery this week to find a very different pastry in their case—an apple-miso muffin! I’d never had miso for breakfast, but knew it was a traditional breakfast food in Japan, so I thought I’d give it a try.

The muffin was delicious! The salty miso flavor paired well with the tart apple filling and sweet coarse sugar sprinkled on top of the muffin. It was so good that I think the flavor pairing might find its way onto a plated dessert I create this fall! Perhaps a spiced apple cake with vanilla ice cream and a miso-caramel sauce would be nice?

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