Master Recipe My Mother’s Classic Thick Roll

Futo-maki

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    4

    thick rolls (2-inch-diameter rolls)
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Sushi Experience

By Hiroko Shimbo

Published 2006

  • About

This thick roll is stuffed with sweet simmered shiitake mushrooms, kanpyo gourd, sweet fish flakes, and thick rolled omelet, all of which require advance preparation before you push up your sleeves to begin making rolls. The good news is that these ingredients can be prepared in advance and kept refrigerated or frozen. I make my thick roll a little thinner than the traditional one, so it is lighter and easier to eat.

If you would like a shortcut for the sweet fish flakes, there is a