Blue Cheese and Pastrami Sushi

Blue Cheese and Pastrami Sushi

This is sushi with a strong Western flavour. 🙂

Ingredients

2 spring onion (scallion or shallot)
6 ozs pastrami slices
4 Tbsp Wasabi mayonnaise
2 cups cooked sushi rice
4 Tbsp blue cheese
1 Tbsp pine nuts
2 nori (seaweed)sheets

Method

1. Cut spring onion in half lengthwise.
2. Lay out nori sheet on bamboo rolling mat. Put plastic wrap under nori sheet to keep bamboo mat clean. The shiny side of the nori sheet should be underneath.
3. Spread some of the Wasabi Mayonnaise on the nori sheet leaving 25mm (1 inch) clear on the short edge furthest from you.
4. Spread approx 1 cup of sushi rice over mayonnaise. Leave far end clear of rice.
5. Spread some blue cheese (or crumble it) onto one of the pastrami slices and roll the pastrami up into a tight tube.
6. Lay the pastrami tube approximately 40mm (1.5 inches) up from the short edge of the nori sheet closest to you on top of the rice.
7. Next to that lay the half of the spring onion.
8. Place pine nuts next to the spring onion.
9. If the pastrami tube and spring onion does not cover the full width of the nori sheet then add more until the width is covered.
10. Now, roll up the nori sheet tightly, but not too tight. The rice and contents should not squeeze out of the ends of the nori tube.:)
11. Use some water on your finger to seal the edge of the nori sheet to itself to complete the tube.
12. Repeat with 2nd nori sheet until all the ingredients are used.
13. Allow the tube to rest for 10 minutes and slice with a sharp, wet knife into the normal round sushi slices.
14. Serve with Wasabi Mayonnaise rather than the normal soy sauce, wasabi and pickled ginger.

These can be used as appetisers as well as a healthy snack. Enjoy!