CALIFORNIA ROLLS with SALMON (Inside Out Sushi)

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The California Roll is not a traditional Sushi. This roll is famous because of the delicious combination of crabmeat, surimi, cucumber and avocado. The California-Maki is an Inside-Out-Rolle because the rice is on the outside of the roll.

INGREDIENTS (for 16 pieces):

2 seaweed sheets (= Nori sheets)
400 g (13 oz) cooked sushi rice
1/2 avocado
100 g (3 oz) salmon
4 Tbs sesame seeds
50 g (2 oz) cream cheese (z.B. Philadelphia)

To serve: soy sauce, wasabi paste, pickled ginger

available at Asian grocers or amazon

PREPARATION:

1. Cut avocado into halves. Remove core. Peel avocado and cut into stripes.

2. Slice salmon.

3. Roast the sesame seeds without oil in a hot pan and let cool on a flat plate.

4. Form an Inside-Out Roll with the avocado, cream cheese and salmon. See Inside-Out-Instruction.

5. Cut roll into appr. 8 pieces.