Sushi

Prepare

1. 🥄STEP 1
2. 🔥TO MAKE SUSHI ROLLS: Pat out some rice.

Steps

1. 🔥Lay a nori sheet on the mat, shiny-side down.
2. 🧂Dip your hands in the vinegared water, then pat handfuls of rice on top in a 1cm thick layer, leaving the furthest edge from you clear.
3. 🍳STEP 2
4. 🫇Spread over some Japanese mayonnaise.
5. 🍽️Use a spoon to spread out a thin layer of mayonnaise down the middle of the rice.
6. 🌿STEP 3
7. ✨Add the filling.
8. 🥄Get your child to top the mayonnaise with a line of their favourite fillings – here we’ve used tuna and cucumber.
9. 🔥STEP 4
10. 🧂Roll it up.
11. 🍳Lift the edge of the mat over the rice, applying a little pressure to keep everything in a tight roll.
12. 🫇STEP 5
13. 🍽️Stick down the sides like a stamp.
14. 🌿When you get to the edge without any rice, brush with a little water and continue to roll into a tight roll.
15. ✨STEP 6
16. 🥄Wrap in cling film.

Prepare

1. 🧂Remove the mat and roll tightly in cling film before a grown-up cuts the sushi into thick slices, then unravel the cling film.

Steps

1. 🍳STEP 7
2. 🫇TO MAKE PRESSED SUSHI: Layer over some smoked salmon.
3. 🍽️Line a loaf tin with cling film, then place a thin layer of smoked salmon inside on top of the cling film.
4. 🌿STEP 8
5. ✨Cover with rice and press down.
6. 🥄Press about 3cm of rice over the fish, fold the cling film over and press down as much as you can, using another tin if you have one.
7. 🔥STEP 9
8. 🧂Tip it out like a sandcastle.

Prepare

1. 🫇Turn block of sushi onto a chopping board.
2. 🍽️Get a grown-up to cut into fingers, then remove the cling film.

Steps

1. 🍽️STEP 10
2. 🌿TO MAKE SUSHI BALLS: Choose your topping.
3. ✨Get a small square of cling film and place a topping, like half a prawn or a small piece of smoked salmon, on it.
4. 🥄Use damp hands to roll walnut-sized balls of rice and place on the topping.
5. 🔥STEP 11
6. 🧂Make into tight balls.

Serve

1. 🌿Bring the corners of the cling film together and tighten into balls by twisting it up, then unwrap and serve.