In the midst of all my school stress this month, I decided to join Taste and Create this month. Because another deadline is just what I needed, right? I was fairly freaked out when I discovered that I had been paired up with Sushi Day, a blog dedicated entirely to making sushi. Although I love sushi, I couldn’t picture making it at home. I was a little nervous at the thought of trying to find sushi-grade anything around here. But as I discovered, Allison has made an amazing assortment of creative sushi, and I had no trouble finding a recipe that used readily available ingredients. I settled on her recipe for a Shrimp n’ Apple roll, and decided to deal with the small issue of finding a rolling mat when I came to it.
As it turned out, it seemed as though the entire world was against me making my first maki. First I was too busy dealing with school to even think about cooking something outside my comfort zone. Then there was a snowstorm the day I planned to make it, and I couldn’t get to the grocery store. Finally, I managed to make it today, and it was an experience. I started by burning the rice. Since there was enough left that was salvageable, I kept going. Once I came to the rolling mat issue, I used a paper towel. I used Muenster instead of pepperjack for the cheese, but otherwise stuck to the recipe.
My sushi was hideously ugly. I probably overstuffed it a little, and the paper towel didn’t make the best rolling mat. But I really didn’t expect any more than that for my first try, and it tasted really good! You’d think that these ingredients (apples? cheese?) would make for some really weird sushi, but somehow it worked really well. It was a great first try, because it made me want to keep trying. Perhaps I’ll eventually end up with a presentable sushi roll!
Go check out Sushi Day for more creative sushi combinations!
