Alastair Little

Squid Roll Sashimi

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

#51Keep it Simple
Keep it Simple

By Alastair Little and Richard Whittington

Published 1993

  • About

Some people find the idea of raw squid unattractive, but it is delicious and has the most unusual texture that contrives to be both resilient to the bite and meltingly tender.

Ingredients

  • 4 cleaned squid bodies, each weighing about 115g/4 oz
  • 4

Method

Mise en Place

First prepare the squid: cut along one side of each of the squid bodies and open out. (There is a line like a seam running along the back of the squid: cut along this.) Clean the squid very carefully, using a blunt knife to scrape the inside free of all ink, membranes and innards. Turn over and repeat the cleaning process for the outside skin, peeling away the outer memb