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Cucumber & Sushi Rice Roll

Cucumber and sushi rice roll, smoked salmon , nori dust and a Japanese ponzu mayo
Course Appetizer
Servings 1

Ingredients
  

Cucumber and sushi rice roll

  • 250 ml Uncooked sushi rice
  • 275 c Water
  • 60 ml Rice Vinegar
  • 7.5 ml Vegetable oil
  • 30 ml Sugar
  • 2.5 ml Salt

Japanese Ponzu Mayo

  • 10 ml Japanese mayo
  • 2 ml Ponzu

Instructions
 

Cucumber & Sushi Roll

  • Rinse the uncooked sushi rice until cold water until the water runs clear
  • Place the water into a saucepan and bring to the boil.
  • Add the rice and cook until soft and all the water has been absorbed.
  • In another saucepan, add the rice vinegar, oil, sugar and salt and bring to the boil.
  • Remove the cooked rice from the saucepan, allow to cool slightly for 5 minutes before stirring through the rice vinegar mixture. Try to incorporate as much air as possible when folding through the vinegar mixture.
  • Divide into 20g balls and set aside.
  • Using a potato peeler, peel the cucumber into thin strips and wrap the cucumber strip around the sushi rice ball.
  • Place onto the serving plate.

Japanese ponzu mayo

  • Combine the mayo and the ponzu until well combined.
  • Place into a small piping bag ready to use.

Assembly

  • Place the cucumber wrapped sushi rice ball onto the serving platter.
  • Top with 5g smoked salmon trout ribbon.
  • Pipe three small dollops of the ponzu mayo to op and dust with the nori dust.
  • Garnish with spring onions and serve with a bamboo skewer alongside.
  • Serve and enjoy.