Sushi Recipes - Sesame Spinach Sushi

Ingredients

• 4 large eggs

• 1/2 teaspoon salt

• 1 h teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

• 2 tablespoons oil

• 2 hard-boiled eggs, shelled and diced

• 150 g (1 cup) cooked Sushi Rice

• 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

• 1 h sheet nori, toasted, cut into 6 strips 

• Sesame Spinach

• 2 tablespoons white sesame seeds, toasted

• 300 g (10 oz/4 cups) fresh spinach leaves

• 1/2 teaspoon sugar Large pinch of salt

• 2 tablespoons Dashi Stock or 1/4 teaspoon instant dashi granules dissolved in 2 tablespoons boiling water

• 1 tablespoon soy sauce

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Method:

1. Wash the spinach leaves and set aside to drain.

2. To prepare the Sesame Spinach, grind the sesame seeds until smooth with a mortar and pestle. Heat the sugar, salt, dash; stock, soy sauce and the ground seeds in a large saucepan over high heat. Toss in the spinach, one handful at a time until all the spinach is just cooked. Remove from the heat and drain. Set aside to use as a filling for the sushi, or serve immediately as a side dish garnished with toasted sesame seeds.

3. To make the egg wrappers for the sushi, mix the eggs, salt and pepper together in a bowl. Cook one sixth of the egg mixture in an omelet pan using 1 tea­spoon of oil. Do the same with the rest of the egg mix­ture to make 6 small omelets. Stack the omelets on top of each other and cover with a cloth to prevent them from drying out.

4. Combine the diced hard-boiled eggs and spinach with the Sushi Rice. Season with salt and black pepper.

5. Place the omelets flat on a work surface and spoon 2 tablespoons of the egg and spinach mixture onto each. Gather up the edges of the omelet and tie with a thin strip of nor; to form a parcel. Repeat to form 6 parcels.