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Cucumber Pear Sushi

Recipe makes 4-5 sushi rolls.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Author Veggie Primer

Ingredients

  • 4-5 nori sheets
  • 1 cup uncooked short grain brown rice
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 Tbsp. brown rice vinegar
  • 1 Tbsp. maple syrup
  • 1 pear sliced into thin strips
  • ½ avocado sliced into thin strips
  • ¼ english cucumber about 4 inches, sliced into thin strips
  • Teriyaki Sauce or Peanut Sauce to taste

Instructions

  • Add rice and water to a large sauce pan and bring to a boil. (Or cook rice in a rice cooker - follow manufacturer’s instructions - and skip to step 4 when done.)
  • Reduce heat and simmer with cover open a crack for 45 minutes.
  • Remove from heat, cover fully and allow cooked rice to sit for 10 minutes.
  • Transfer cooked rice to a mixing bowl, add vinegar and maple syrup, stir to mix, then set aside to cool.
  • Prep pear, avocado and cucumber while the rice is cooling.
  • Place a nori sheet on a bamboo mat and place about 9 spoonfuls of rice in 3 rows on the nori. (The rice will be easier to spread in small spoonfuls.)
  • Wet the tips of your fingers (you may wish to have a bowl of cool water nearby for this purpose) and press/spread the rice into a thin layer - working towards the edges of the sheet, leaving about an inch of sheet remaining on the edge farthest from you.
  • Place a row of sliced cucumber on top of the rice covered nori sheet an inch or two from the edge closest to you.
  • Top with a row of sliced pear and a row of sliced avocado.
  • Use the bamboo mat to roll the sushi roll. (Watch a video.)
  • Set sushi roll aside and repeat with remaining ingredients.
  • Once all the ingredients are used, slice the sushi rolls into evenly sized pieces and serve with Teriyaki Sauce or Peanut Sauce.