Amazing! Sushi made with quinoa is such a brilliant idea.
Serves 4
What You’ll Need:
- 100g skinned salmon fillet, well chilled
- juice of ½ lime
- 1 tsp light soy sauce
- 120g cooked quinoa (see p.204),
- cooled (or use ready-cooked)
- 2 tbsp freshly squeezed orange juice
- 2 pieces of sushi nori
- 6cm chunk of cucumber, cut into
- thin strips, lengthways
- 2 spring onions, finely sliced into long strips
- cress, chives or other herbs
- salt and black pepper
To serve
- sushi pickled ginger
- wasabi paste
- chilli sauce such as sriracha (optional)
What To Do:
- Dice the salmon into ½cm cubes and season them with salt and pepper. Mix the lime juice and soy sauce together and pour it over the salmon. Turn the salmon gently until all the cubes are lightly coated with lime and soy, then set them aside for a few moments.
- Put the quinoa in a bowl, season it with salt and pepper and stir in the orange juice.
- Cut each square of nori in half, following the straight lines. Place a half sheet in your hand, with a short side running along the wrist end of your palm. Put a heaped tablespoon of quinoa over the third of the nori sheet closest to you and spread evenly. Sprinkle over the cucumber, spring onions and cress or herbs, placing them high enough so that they will poke out a little once rolled. Finally, add a quarter of the salmon fillet.
- To roll, take the corner closest to you and fold it up to the top corner where the filling ends. Then simply wrap the rest of the nori sheet round until you have an ice cream cone shape. Serve with pickled ginger, wasabi or chilli sauce, if you like. Eat immediately.
Davina will be at the BBC Good Food Eat Well Show featured as part of the BBC Good Food Show Summer in the City on Friday 20th May.