Christmas Party Food : Christmas Temari Sushi

Christmas Party Food : Christmas Temari Sushi

Prep Time:30 minutes

Cook Time:30 minutes

Total Time:50 minutes

Course: Rice, Rice dish

Cuisine: German/Japanese

Servings: 12

Calories: 94kcal

Author: Shihoko | Chopstick Chronicles

Ingredients

Sushi rice *1

• 200g/1cup Uncooked sushi rice
• 220ml/0.9cup of water
• 1 strip 5 cm (2 inch) Konbu kelp

Sushi vinegar

• 30ml/2tbsp Rice vinegar *2
• 15g/1tbsp caster sugar
• 5g/1tsp salt

Rudolph topping

• 4 Inari age *3
• 2 raspberries *4
• 4 mini pretzels
• 8 drops mayonnaise
• 8 black sesame seeds

Santa belly topping

• 3 slices smoked salmon
• 3 strips nori seaweeds
• 3 lemon skin cutouts
• 9 silver cachous

Metric – US Customary

Instructions

Sushi rice

• Cook the sushi rice as per your rice cooker instructions or see how to cook rice perfectly. *1

Rudolph sushi balls

• Place one inari age in the centre of a piece of cling wrap.
• Place about two tbsp scoops of rice into the inari age pauch, then seal it together with the cling wrap and softly squish and shape it into a ball.
• With a small knife, score the sides of the rice balls and insert the pretzel.
• Place a small piece of raspberry in the centre of the rice balls for the nose.
• Two tiny drop of mayonnaise and place 1 sesame black seeds for both eyes

Santa belly sushi balls

• Cut salmon slices into two and place in the centre of a piece of cling wrap.
• Place about two tbsp scoops of rice on to the smoked salmon, then seal it together with the cling wrap and softly squish and shape it into a ball.
• wrap it with a nori strp.
• Place the lemon cut out buckle over the nori strip.
• Put three silver cachous for buttons of Santa's cloths.

Notes

*1 see how to cook sushi rice

*2 this can be substituted with white wine vinegar, champagne vinegar, or apple cider vinegar

*3 See how to make Inari sushi

*4 this can be substituted with pomegranate 

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