Cherry Blossom Celebration Decorated Sushi

Name: Cherry Blossom Celebration Decorated Sushi
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: ¼ cup minced gari (sweet pickled ginger); 6 simmered shiitake mushrooms (3 ounces), minced; 8 strips simmered kanpyo gourd, minced; 2 whole sheets nori (laver), cut with scissors into needle-thin julienne strips, 2 inches long; Four 8-inch-diameter thin omelets without potato starch; 6 cups (lightly packed) prepared sushi rice for small bowls or 8 cups (lightly packed) prepared sushi rice for large bowls; 6 cups (lightly packed) prepared sushi rice for small bowls or 8 cups (lightly packed) prepared sushi rice for large bowls; ¼ cup minced gari (sweet pickled ginger); ¼ pound freshly shelled green peas (1 cup), fresh or frozen; ¼ pound freshly shelled fava beans or other beans; ¼ pound freshly shelled fava beans or other beans; ¼ pound fiddlehead ferns; ¼ teaspoon salt; 1-inch-thick daikon radish, top part, cut out into thin “cherry blossom petals”; 1-inch-thick daikon radish, top part, cut out into thin “cherry blossom petals”; Dash of red food coloring (optional); 2 whole sheets nori (laver), cut with scissors into needle-thin julienne strips, 2 inches long; 2 whole sheets nori (laver), cut with scissors into needle-thin julienne strips, 2 inches long; 1 tablespoon sugar; 3 tablespoons komezu (rice vinegar); 3 tablespoons komezu (rice vinegar)

Hanami chirashi

Preparation info

Makes
4
small or 4 large sushi bowl servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Sushi Experience

By Hiroko Shimbo

Published 2006

About

This cherry blossom celebration sushi is my creation to celebrate our New York spring and cherry blossoms. I toss the sushi rice with locally available springtime ingredients from the farmers market—shelled peas, fava beans, and fiddlehead ferns—and I decorate the sushi with a gimmick: some little daikon radishes, lightly dyed and cut to resemble cherry blossom petals.

Ingredients

Asia
Japan
Main course
Gluten-free
Vegan
Spring
New York

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