A merger of two culinary cultures the Japanese with sushi rice and the Italian more precisely Lombard with the filling of dried beef and cucumber accompanied by the sauce of radish leaves and green apple.
The sauce accompanying the sushi is one of many ways to cook the radish leaves that not everyone knows.
The radish leaves in the kitchen have a thousand possibilities, I suggest some are perfect for pesto, salads, centrifuged, omelets, pancakes, dumplings and coloring or farcirle fresh pastas, risottos and soups.
To use the leaves should be fresh and not yellowed, they have a slightly spicy taste and the same nutritional characteristics of radish are blood purifying, detoxifying and calming.
Ingredients for sushi:
- 200 g rice for sushi or soups
- 400 ml water
- 300 g dried beef slices
- 2 cucumbers
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 1 teaspoon agave syrup
- 1/2 tsp salt
- black sesame seeds to decorate
Ingredients for the radish leaves Sauce:
- 100 g of radish leaves
- 70 g green apple
- 20 g of lemon juice
- 1 pinch of salt
Ingredients for salad:
- 2 bunches of radishes
- 100 g of soy sprouts
- extra virgin olive oil to taste
- salt to taste
How to prepare sushi
Peel the cucumber.
With the help of the peeler cut into very thin strips in the longitudinal direction.
Do blanch in boiling salted water for 1 minute, cool quickly in a bowl with cold water.
Wash rice well under running water until the water is clear, drain and pour into a saucepan with 400 ml water.
Bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes covered.
Remove the rice from the heat and let it rest in the pan for another 10 minutes.
Season the rice with the vinegar and agave syrup and salt, stirring well.
Spread rice in a square between two sheets of baking paper and let cool to room temperature.
When the rice is cold, cover it with the cucumber strips and over the cutlery strips bresaola slices.
Cut into small cubes with a knife.
With wet hands to superimpose vinegar two cubes that form the sushi square.
How to prepare the sauce
Peeled green apple and cut it into small pieces.
Wash very well the radish leaves.
Blend all sauce ingredients together.
How to prepare salad
Wash the vegetables.
Cut into wedges radishes.
Season the vegetables with extra virgin olive oil and salt.
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