FOOD FUN: Christmas Sushi & Sashimi

December 10, 2013 at 8:08 am · Filed under Appetizers-Hors d’Oeuvre, Chinese/Lunar New Year, Fish-Seafood-Caviar, Recipes

Delicious Christmas trees. Photo courtesy
Bemka.com.

Sushi and sashimi fans: Delight your fellow enthusiasts with these hors d’oeuvre:

RECIPE: SASHIMI TARTARE CHRISTMAS TREES

Ingredients

Cucumber slices

Waffle potato chips (you can substitute conventional chips)

Tuna tartare and/or salmon tartare (recipe below)

Garnish: chives and/or wasabi tobiko caviar

Optional garnish: slices of yellow grape tomato for top of trees

EASY TARTARE RECIPE

Ingredients

1 pound sushi grade tuna or salmon, finely diced

3 tablespoons olive oil

1/4 teaspoon wasabi powder

1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted

1/8 teaspoon cracked black pepper

Pinch salt

Preparation

1. BLEND together olive oil, wasabi, sesame seeds, pepper and salt. Add fish and toss until evenly coated.

2. ADJUST seasoning as desired with additional wasabi powder, pepper and/or salt.

3. ASSEMBLE on cucumber and potato chip bases as shown in photo.

RECIPE: CALIFORNIA ROLL SNOWMAN

The photo shows a non-edible scarf and hat. We’ve substituted edible versions in our recipe.

Ingredients

California rolls, purchased or homemade

Black sesame seeds or black caviar roe (e.g. lumpfish caviar) for face

Toothpicks

Optional nose: a small piece of carrot

Optional garnish: red “scarf” cut from a roasted red bell pepper (pimento) or a green scarf made from the top portion of a green onion

Optional garnish: “hat” made from small square crackers

Preparation

You can assemble a standing snowman by slightly flattening the bottom piece, or simply arrange it flat on a dark colored plate (for contrast with the white rice).

Stack California rolls to make a snowman. Photo courtesy Genji Sushi.

1. CREATE the face on the top piece: eyes, nose and mouth. Use the bit of carrot as an optional nose.

2. STACK three California roll pieces. For a standing snowman, use toothpicks to join the pieces.

3. ADD toothpicks as arms.

4. ADD optional “clothing”: red scarf and hat. For a hat, affix two crackers in a perpendicular fashion with cream cheese. If using a green onion scarf, blanch it in boiling water to make it easier to tie.

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