Sushi Layers Recipes

Steps:

• Bring water, vinegar, sugar and salt to a boil in medium saucepan.
• Stir in rice.
• Reduce heat, cover, simmer 15 to 20 minutes until water absorbed and rice is cooked.
• Stir in rice wine.
• Cool to room temperature.
• Makes about 8 cups rice.
• Line 9 x 13 inch pan with plastic wrap.
• Arrange thin even layer of lemon slices in bottom of pan.
• Sprinkle with capers.
• Cover 1/2 of pan with smoked salmon and 1/2 with shrimp.
• Using wet hands, pack about 2 1/2 cups cooked rice in an even layer on top.
• Lay 2 sheets of nori, trimmed to fit in single layer, on rice.
• Cover nori with cucumber and green onion.
• Pack 2 1/2 cups rice on top.
• Layer carrot and red pepper.
• Cover with remaining rice.
• Lay 2 sheets of nori, trimmed to fit in single layer, on rice.
• Cover with plastic wrap directly on surface.
• Set another 9 x 13 inch pan on sushi and press down firmly to compress layers evenly.
• Chill 2 hours.
• Remove top plastic wrap.
• Invert sushi onto cutting surface.
• Remove remaining plastic wrap.
• Use sharp, wet, clean knife for each cut.

Steps:

• KIDS the writing in bold is for you. ADULTS the rest is for you. TO MAKE SUSHI ROLLS: Pat out some rice. Lay a nori sheet on the mat, shiny-side down. 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.
• Spread over some Japanese mayonnaise. Use a spoon to spread out a thin layer of mayonnaise down the middle of the rice.
• Add the filling. Get your child to top the mayonnaise with a line of their favourite fillings - here we've used tuna and cucumber.
• Roll it up. Lift the edge of the mat over the rice, applying a little pressure to keep everything in a tight roll.
• Stick down the sides like a stamp. When you get to the edge without any rice, brush with a little water and continue to roll into a tight roll.
• Wrap in cling film. Remove the mat and roll tightly in cling film before a grown-up cuts the sushi into thick slices, then unravel the cling film.
• TO MAKE PRESSED SUSHI: Layer over some smoked salmon. Line a loaf tin with cling film, then place a thin layer of smoked salmon inside on top of the cling film.
• Cover with rice and press down. 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.
• Tip it out like a sandcastle. Turn block of sushi onto a chopping board. Get a grown-up to cut into fingers, then remove the cling film.
• TO MAKE SUSHI BALLS: Choose your topping. Get a small square of cling film and place a topping, like half a prawn or a small piece of smoked salmon, on it. Use damp hands to roll walnut-sized balls of rice and place on the topping.
• Make into tight balls. Bring the corners of the cling film together and tighten into balls by twisting it up, then unwrap and serve.