Japanese Cooking and Sake Live vol.13
Products used in "Japanese Cooking and Sake Live vol.13"
Christmas Tree and Snowman Sushi
Ingredients
Makes 8 Christmas Tree and 8 Snowman sushi
150g Sushi Rice
15ml Sushinoko (Powdered Sushi Vinegar)
or 40ml Sushi Vinegar
1pack Edomae Inari 12 pcs (Cooked and seasoned tofu pouch)
1 Cucumber
2 Crab sticks
4 Gogi berries or carrot for snowman’s nose
16 pieces Pumpkin seeds
16 pieces Black sesame seeds
15ml White sesame seeds
You also need
8 Cocktail sticks with decoration at one end
4 Normal cocktail sticks cut in half to make 8
1 Vegetable peeler wide enough to peel cucumber
- Cook sushi rice according to the videohttps://youtu.be/zpH7W1tDevQ
- Season the cooked rice with either ‘Sushinoko (powdered sushi vinegar)’ or ‘Sushi vinegar’
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To make Christmas Tree Sushi:
- Cut 4 Inari pouches in half in the middle widthwise to make 8 small pouches
- Weigh 8 x 15g sushi rice, make into 8 small rice balls.
- Make 8 fine strips of cucumber with the peeler (take 4 from one side from the whole length of the cucumber, turn it around and take another 4 from the other side).
- Gently open the inari pouch, place 1 sushi rice ball into the Inari pouch. Place it on the chopping board, wrap the skin around the sushi rice, pin the Inari pouch with a normal cocktail stick (cut in half) to hold the inari skin. The sushi block should look like a flowerpot with a pin behind it. Ensure it stands straight.
- Add white sesame seeds in a small plate, dip the rice end of the inari pouch into the sesame seeds to coat the rice.
- Fold 1 cucumber strip to make it look like a tree by folding it in the continuous figure of eight. The top should be smaller than the bottom. Secure by skewering with 1 decorative cocktail stick from the smaller end of the tree.
- Stick the cucumber tree into the inari pouch to the rice side. Stretch the cucumber out for the length of the cocktail stick to make it look like the tree.
- Repeat the process for the other 7
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To make Snowman Sushi:
- Make 8 x 10g and 8 x 18g sushi rice balls.
- If you are using the carrot for the snowman’s nose, cut the carrot to make 8 very small cone shape.
- Make 8 strips of 2mm thick crab sticks. Use the pink part.
- Gently open inari pouch. Fold the inari skin inward to keep it tidy.
- Place the inari pouch vertically on the chopping board with the opening upward. Gently place a 18g rice ball (body) at the bottom of the inari pouch, then place a strip of crab stick horizontally at the top of the rice ball. Next, place a 10g (head) rice ball in the empty space. Gently fold the crab stick strip like a scarf around the body.
- Place a couple of black sesame seeds for eyes, then a piece of carrot or goji berry as the nose. Stick a couple of pumpkin seeds into the body as the arms.
- Repeat the process for the other 7.
- To make Snowman Sushi: