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Recipe: Maki & Sushi - Recette: Makis & Sushis

Submitted by Nathalie on Tuesday, 24 March 2009No Comment

This week I had planned to cook with rhubarb, which you can normally find at this time of the year. I had selected all my recipes and found all the ingredients, except for one: rhubarb! We’ve looked everywhere and we can’t find any… So no recipe with rhubarb for now. Instead I’ll give you random recipes, which you may even prefer!

Today I’ve chosen makis and sushis - last Sunday night dinner.

Maki & Sushi

We’ve started to learn how to make sushi and maki a couple of years ago, because we used to spend a fortune in restaurants and take-aways… So we’ve bought a simple yet very good book (Sushi faciles by M. Gomes, N. Cottrell & D. Pieters) and we started to learn the techniques.

It’s actually not that difficult to make. Maki may be a bit tricky to roll but with a bit of practice, you can improve quickly. The most important is to have good quality and fresh fish.

Last Sunday, we did tuna and salmon sushi, as well as some maki. For the first time we also tried yukiwa-maki, i.e. maki with the rice on the outside and sesame seeds to decorate.

Sushi & Maki

Serves 2-4 - Ready in 2h30

Ingredients

Rice

  • 450g sushi rice
  • 75cl water
  • 5 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 1 tbsp mirin
  • 3 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 2 tbsp salt

Other

  • fresh fish, finely sliced & seafood - we used salmon, tuna and prawns
  • wasabi
  • nori sheets or sheet of seaweed
  • vegetables: 1/2 cucumber, 1 carrot, 1/2 avocado, all finely chopped
  • cream cheese (Philadelphia) - the best filling of all for maki!
  • sesame seeds

To serve

  • soy sauce
  • wasabi
  • pickled ginger

Preparation

First you should prepare the rice: rinse it very well under cold water. Drain thoroughly and put into a large saucepan that has a lid. Pour over the water. Bring to the boil and allow to simmer for about 25 minutes or until nearly all the water has been absorbed. Remove from the heat, cover with a lid and allow to stand for 10 minutes.

When the rice is cooking, mix the rice vinegar, mirin, sugar and salt in a small saucepan. Put on medium heat, stirring constantly, until the sugar is completely dissolved. Take off the heat and leave to cool.

Then tip the rice onto a large flat clean tray. A metallic is probably best as it will help the rice cool down quicker. Dress the rice with the sauce, turning frequently as this helps the rice to cool. Leave to cool until the rice is at room temperature.

Maki

To make maki, take a Japanese bamboo sushi mat and place a sheet of seaweed on top. Have a small bowl of water to hand. Dip your fingers in the water before you touch the rice. Spread the rice over three quarters of the seaweed, take a little rice at a time and push it to the edges leaving a layer about ½ cm thick. Leave the quarter the furthest away from you plain.
Next smear a little wasabi in a line a little off centre nearest to your body. Follow with a layer of fish and vegetables or of cream cheese.

Roll up the bamboo mat slowly, tucking in the closer end of the sushi roll to start a roll and press lightly with both hands.
Remove the roll from the mat and leave to sit with the joining edges downwards. You can wrap in cling film and keep in a cool place until you are ready to serve. Don’t place in the fridge as this dries out the rice.

To serve, using a lightly moistened sharp knife to trim the ends, then cut into 6-8 pieces. Serve with the pickled ginger and little bowls of soy sauce.

Making maki Cutting maki Maki

Sushi

To make sushi, take a small amount of rice and cradle it in your right hand at the base of your finger. Using your hands, take the rice and form a rectangular shape to match the tuna slices.

Spread the wasabi on the slice of tuna or salmon.

Place the rice block on top, and press gently to shape the sushi.

Serve with the pickled ginger and little bowls of soy sauce.

Fresh salmon Salmon sushi Maki & sushi

Bon Appétit!

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Sushis & Makis

Sushi faciles by M. Gomes, N. Cottrell & D. Pieters

Pour 3-4 personnes - Prêt en 2h30

Ingrédients

Riz

  • 450g riz à sushi (grains ronds)
  • 75cl eau
  • 5 cs vinaigre de riz
  • 1 cs mirin
  • 3 cs sucre
  • 2 cs sel

Autres

  • poisson (thon, saumon par exemple - coupés en lamelles fines) et crevettes
  • wasabi
  • feuilles d’algues
  • légumes: 1/2 concombre, 1 carotte, 1/2 avocat - émincés finement
  • St Moret (le meilleur de tous les makis !)
  • graines de sésame

Pour servir

  • sauce soja
  • wasabi
  • gingembre macéré

Préparation

Il faut commencer par préparer le riz: rincez-le bien à l’eau claire. Laissez-le égoutter, puis versez-le dans une casserole et ajoutez l’eau. Couvrez, portez à ébullition, puis baissez à feu moyen. Laissez cuire environ 25 minutes, jusqu’à quasi complète absorption de l’eau. Retirez du feu, ôtez le couvercle, couvrez avec un linge et laissez reposer 10 minutes.

Pendant la cuisson du riz, mélangez le vinaigre de riz, le mirin, le sucre et le sel dans une casserole et faites chauffer à feu doux sans cesser de remuer jusqu’à dissolution du sucre. Retirez la casserole du feu et laissez refroidir.

Dispersez le riz au fond d’un saladier évasé. Remuez délicatement à l’aide d’une spatule pour séparer les grains tout en incorporant lentement la sauce au vinaigre.
Eventez le riz jusqu’à ce qu’il atteigne la température ambiante.

Maki

Placez une feuille d’algue la face brillante contre la natte de bambou (la natte doit être bien sèche). Humectée vos mains avec de l’eau vinaigrée et formez une boulette de riz. Placez cette boulette de riz sur l’algue et étalez délicatement sans appuyer trop fort. Laissez une marge d’environ 12mm à l’extrémité de la feuille d’algue.

Prenez un peu de wasabi sur votre index et étalez-le d’un trait sur le riz. Placez la farce sur le wasabi et humidifiez la bande d’algue non recouverte de riz.

Relevez le bord de la natte de bambou se trouvant près de vous et roulez le maki en pressant fermement. L’algue se collera automatiquement. Vérifiez à chaque extrémité du rouleau que le riz et la farce ne tombent pas, puis laissez reposer quelques minutes.
Humidifiez un couteau bien aiguisé avant de couper le rouleau en 6 ou 8.

Servez avec de la sauce soja, du wasabi et du gingembre macéré.

Sushi

Formez des boulettes de la taille d’une balle de ping-pong.

Ouvrez votre main, paume vers le haut, et placez une tranche de poisson cru sur vos doigts, au ras de la paume. Etalez un peu de wasabi sur le poisson.

Placez une boulette de riz par dessus.

Fermez doucement la main en pressant la boulette de riz avec la paume.

Retournez soigneusement le sushi, pressez légèrement les bords et les extrémités.

Bon Appétit !

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