Surprise Rolls
Description
It works for both holidays and everyday meals. I’d like to share an idea with you. The appetizer is ready. Serve right away.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. Cut the tuna with a sharp knife into very thin strips. Drizzle with soy sauce and let marinate for 30–50 minutes. Do not leave the tuna to marinate for longer than an hour, or the fish will become tough.
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Step 2
2. Add finely chopped herbs (cilantro in this case, but you can use something else) and wasabi masago to roughly one third of the prepared sushi rice. Mix thoroughly.
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Step 3
3. Wrap a strip of tuna in nori and cut it carefully. From strips like these you will make two ears, two eyes, a nose, and a mouth for our future panda that will be hidden inside the rolls.
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Step 4
4. Assemble the first roll: place the nori on the work surface. Spread a little rice in an even layer, and lay a strip of tuna on the nori. On top — rice again and more tuna. This will be the nose and mouth. Next — another layer of rice and two strips of fish, which will be the eyes.
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Step 5
5. Carefully roll up the roll, and you will end up with a little face like this. But that is not all yet.
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Step 6
6. Spread the green rice made earlier in an even layer on the nori sheet.
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Step 7
7. Using chopsticks, make two indentations and place the tuna in them—these will be the panda’s ears.
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Step 8
8. Place the previously rolled roll on top and wrap everything together. This is the beautiful result you get. Cut carefully into portion-sized pieces and serve at the table with soy sauce and pickled ginger.