This week was his first roll.

If you’ve never made sushi before, don’t be intimidated.  I’m not a fan of true sushi, with raw fish, and will just make rolls with cooked ingredients or with vegetables.  With a few supplies you can get rocking, and really, there’s no wrong way to do sushi.  It’s like sandwiches: you can put anything between the carbohydrates, and in some combination, it will probably taste good.

If you are looking for a good tutorial, go to this tutorial by Pioneer Woman.  She’s got it spot on (with the exception of not being able to make sushi on the stovetop.  I do it, and you just need to practice a little bit more than with a rice cooker.)

Disclaimer: These rolls are not like the normal recipes I sometimes talk about.  They aren’t heavily tested, which means the results can sometimes be interesting.  But it’s fun.

Week 1 Sushi Recipe

Sauce (mix them together)

1 tsp mayo

1 dash coriander

1 pinch sugar

1 splash soy sauce

Inside of Roll

2 strawberries

1 raddish, sliced into sticks

1 handful peas, fresh

1 green onion

Place items evenly along roll, in a pleasing manner.  Roll the sushi, and slice.  Serve and eat soon after.

What were my thoughts on this roll?  With the peas and the Strawberries, this could definitely be more of a desert roll instead of a dinner roll.  The sauce was good, but wasn’t quite the match I was thinking of.  I also think the sauce would have been better served over the roll, and that it would have looked better, presentation-wise, if it had been served inside-out, with the rice on the outside and the seaweed wrap on the inside.  Overall, pretty good.

Do you like sushi?  What non-standard rolls have you encountered that you’ve enjoyed?