Heart Shaped Sushi For Valentine's Day
Let’s celebrate love in a Japanese way with these seriously
cute heart shaped sushi rolls. These heart shaped sushi rolls, filled with
yours and your loved ones favourite sushi fillings, are a fantastically unique
way to show your feelings. Definitely more exciting than another box of
chocolates or bunch of flowers, right? Enjoy this romantic meal for lunch or
dinner.
Ingredients
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Rice
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Nori Seaweed
·
Sushi Vinegar (1 Tbsp Per 250g Cooked Rice)
·
Soy Sauce
·
Wasabi Paste
·
Sushi Ginger (Optional)
·
Avocado
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Raw Tuna Or Salmon (Optional)
·
Tobiko Fish Roe Egg (Optional)
·
Sesame Seeds (Optional)
How To Prepare
- Before we make maki sushi, we need to prepare
the sushi rice that will be used. You can follow our online rice recipe,
or brown sticky rice recipe to find out how to make perfect sticky
Japanese rice and then how to add sushi vinegar to turn that into sushi
rice.
If you really don’t want to spend too much time with rice preparation, you can try our microwaveable rice. Just mix one packet of cooked rice with 4 tablespoons of sushi rice vinegar.
2.
Begin by slicing your avocado and fish
into long, thin strips. Try and keep the thickness of both ingredients to less
than 2cm.
3.
Grab a single sheet of nori seaweed and
cut it in half before spreading cooked rice on it. Flip it over, so the rice is
facing down, then place your avocado slices and fish on the nori seaweed so
that all the nori is covered.
4.
Now for the fun bit. Grab the front
edge of the nori and begin rolling it over to create the round shaped roll.
Make sure that the avocado and fish don’t fall out the ends of the roll. Spread
your tobiko fish eggs or sesame over the rice to season it, and then lay a
sheet of plastic film over the sushi roll.
5.
Using the sushi rolling mat, compress
your roll so that it is tight and solid. Then start pushing the side of the
sushi roll furthest away from you down with the mat so that it starts spreading
out. Our goal is to create a teardrop shape with the sushi roll which will
become one half of the heart piece.
- Once you are happy with the completed shape,
put aside the rolling mat and slice the sushi roll into 6-8 equally sized
pieces. It can be easier to leave the plastic film on when slicing. Then
carefully peel away the plastic and press two half heart pieces together
to create one whole heart piece.
Then simply present the finished sushi on a beautiful plate and then serve to the love of your life.
Tips and Information
- It is a good idea to have a bowl of
water next to you when you are making makizushi to keep your fingers wet so the
rice doesn’t stick to them. It is also a good idea to keep the knife wet when
you cut it to guarantee a clean cut.
- You may be wondering how Japanese
people celebrate Valentine’s Day? It is customary for women to present
chocolates to the special someone or someones in their lives, as well as
smaller chocolate gifts to their friends, colleagues and bosses. Exactly one
month later, on the 14th March, is a holiday called 'White Day', when the men
have to return the gesture with chocolates to their loved ones, family, and
friends.
- Use cling film to wrap the sushi
rolling mat before you roll the sushi so that the rice will not stick to the
mat. This makes it much easier to handle the sticky rice.
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