Cucumber Sushi

Cucumber Sushi is bound to wow your friends. It's very artistic looking and surprisingly easy to make. There is just one technique I wasn't able to photograph, since I needed both hands to cut the cucumber. It involves slicing your cucumber into very thin strips. I'll either need to do a video on this one, or have a friend take a bunch of pictures while I slice... maybe both.

Slicing a Cucumber for Maki (Cut Rolls)

This may be easy enough to do, but after my last blog about Cucumber Masago Rolls, I realized I didn't do a very good job of slicing my Cucumber.

Here is a quick and easy guide not just on how to properly slice a Cucumber for use in Cut Rolls, but how to cut it so that none of the cucumber is wasted.

You can see in the picture below, that the top row of 3 pieces of Cucumber are very close in size. These three come from the center of the cucumber. The pieces of Cucumber in the middle of the picture are made up of 5 pieces of Cucumber, 1 from the center, and 4 from the ends, however, all of them line up to be about the same size.

 

Cucumber Masago Roll

So I love Masago! It's the roe (or eggs) of the Capelin, a fish from the smelt family.... Think very tiny orange-red caviar that's affordable!

Masago

There are tons and tons of things you can make with it, so I thought I'd show you how to use it in Maki (cut rolls).

Video Production Under Way!

Big shout-out to director Mike Popek for coming by the last two weekends to help me shoot a few video tutorials! Thanks also to Albert and Angela for coming by and helping us eat all the food I made! The shoot went well. I'll have videos on making Rice, Tuna Sashimi, my take on a Spicy Tuna Roll, Spicy Mayo, Eel Sauce, Maki, Nigiri, California Rolls, and Miso Soup!

I've already started editing and my first few videos should be up on my blog as well as YouTube soon. I'm still looking for some good Sushi making music, but my friend - a local LA artist called Sukriya - has loaned me some tracks I might be able to use.

Here are some pictures from the shoots: