Scallop and Papaya “Gunkan” Sushi

Serve 6

2 whole nori sheets

1 cup bay scallops

Salt and black pepper, to taste Togarashi pepper, to taste

1 teaspoon sesame oil

½ cup papaya, sliced into small cubes

¼ cup Japanese mayo

2 stems green onions, sliced finelly

1 ½ cups sushi rice (recipe below)

   


  

• Cut the nori sheets into 6 equal strips.
• Season scallops with salt, pepper and togarashi, in a pan, heat seasame oil and sauté scallops for 45 seconds. Drain and mix with papaya, mayo and green onion.
• Take 1/8 cup of sushi rice (recipe below) and shape like a battleship (oval shape). Wrap a nori strip around it and top with a spoonfuls of the scallop mixture. Repeat with the rest of the ingredients. Serve with wasabi and soy source.

Sushi Rice

1 ½ cups Japanese rice

2 ¼ cups water

1 cup rice vinegar

½ tablespoon salt

1 tablespoon sugar

      * Cook the Japanese rice in water.

      * Mix together the vinegar, salt and sugar.
Drizzle vinegar over the rice while it is still hot, mixing continually until rice becomes lukewarm.