Festive Sushi Balls
- Prep time: 90 minutes
- Cook time: 15 minutes
- Yields 12 sushi balls
Sushi rice balls
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Ingredients |
Metric |
1.5 cups |
Japanese short grain rice |
330 g |
2 cups |
water |
500 mL |
1-inch square piece |
kombu |
2.5 cm square piece |
3 tbsp |
rice vinegar |
45 mL |
1 tbsp |
sugar |
10 g |
1 tsp |
kosher salt |
6 g |
- In a medium bowl, cover the rice with cool water, swish it around with your hand to wash and then discard the water. Wash a total of 4 times.
- In the same bowl, soak the rice in cool water for 30 minutes.
- Pour the rice into a metal strainer and allow the water to drain for 10 minutes.
- In a small pot with a tight-fitting lid, cook the rice with the 2 cups/500 mL water and kombu for 15 minutes. Remove the pot from the heat and let the rice steam covered for 10 minutes.
- Mix together the vinegar, sugar and salt until everything is dissolved.
- Scoop the rice into a wide non-stick pan, add the vinegar mixture and mix it in using a slicing and turning motion while fanning the rice to cool.
- Separate some of the rice to colour with turmeric, soy sauce and black sesame seeds.
Great Serpent of Ronka
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sushi rice |
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turmeric |
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inari (fried soy) |
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nori (seaweed) |
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tuna sashimi or red deli meat |
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white sesame seeds |
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- Mix together sushi rice with some turmeric to make it yellow, then shape it into a ball.
- Slice the inari into rectangular strips to make the serpent’s stripes.
- Cut shapes for the eyes out of nori.
- Cut shapes for the mouth out of tuna/deli meat.
- Place the toppings on the rice ball and use sesame seeds as the teeth.
Moogle
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sushi rice |
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nori (seaweed) |
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sliced deli meat |
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radish or tomato |
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- Shape the rice into a ball and shape two triangles for the ears.
- Cut shapes for the eyes and wings out of nori.
- Cut shapes for the ears and mouth out of deli meat.
- Place the toppings on the rice ball and use the radish or tomato as the pom.
Korpokkur
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Ingredients |
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sushi rice |
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avocado |
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lemon juice |
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soy bean |
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nori (seaweed) |
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spinach |
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- Shape the rice into a ball.
- Cut the nori into small circles for the eyes.
- Slice the avocado very thinly and pour over the lemon juice to prevent browning.
- Place the toppings on the rice ball using the soy bean as the mouth and the spinach as the leaf.
Fat Cat
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Ingredients |
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sushi rice |
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black sesame seeds, ground |
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soy sauce |
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nori (seaweed) |
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sliced deli meat |
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- Mix some rice with sesame seeds to make grey rice and mix some rice with soy sauce to make brown rice. Shape white rice into a ball and shape one grey ear and one brown ear.
- Cut shapes for the eyes and mouth out of nori.
- Cut shapes for the ears out of deli meat.
- Place the toppings on the rice ball.
This recipe was created by adapting from: