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🇿🇦 South AfricaSushi

🍣 Prawn / Salmon Nigiri

Classic nigiri.

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Ingredients

  • •3 x 15g Sushi rice (45g total)

prawn

  • •3 Cooked sushi prawns

salmon

  • •3x12g 3 x 12g slices of (36g total)

Equipment

  • Chopping board
  • Sushi knife
  • Rolling mat

Method

  1. 1Roll each of the 15g rice portions into a rice pillow.
  2. 2Place the rice pillows on the chosen topping, without squeezing the rice too hard.
  3. 3Turn both the rice and the topping over, holding gently.
  4. 4Shape the nigiri by gently pressing it between your fingers.
  5. 5Ensure that the ends are pushed gently down.
  6. 6The completed Nigiri must be firm but not too tight, and bite sized.
  7. 7Plate and garnish with wasabi, ginger and pickled red onion.

Plating

Small coloured plate.

Plate

🥡 Takeaway

📦 Small sushi container