Rolls "Canada" - 2 of the most delicious recipes at home

Delicious Canada rolls can be tasted not only in a themed Japanese restaurant. To prepare such a dish is quite possible for any housewife. And you can find all the products necessary for the recipe in a special department of supermarkets or in Asian cuisine stores.

Classic japanese food

One of the main ingredients of this treat is eel. It is usually used in smoked form. If there is such an opportunity, it is best to take eel by weight, and not in vacuum packages.

Ingredients:

• smoked eel - 60-70 g;
• fillet of slightly salted salmon - 30-40 g;
• avocado and fresh cucumber - 15-20 g each;
• cheese (Philadelphia or any soft curd) - 15-20 g;
• rice - 100-120 g;
• Nori seaweed sheets - 1 pc.;
• grains of fried light sesame seeds - 3 g;
• sauce for eel - 10-15 g;
• rice vinegar.

Cooking:

1. According to the classic Canada roll recipe, the first thing to do is cook rice. Croup needs to be cooked according to the scheme - for 1 tbsp. dry product 2 tbsp. water. You can take special rice for sushi, but regular rice is also suitable. Pour groats into a pot of water, close the lid and cook for a quarter of an hour. Then - season with vinegar to taste, mix very carefully. Leave to cool.
2. Cut smoked eel across the fibers with thin, neat plates. Chop red fish with long, non-thick bars.
3. Cut the cucumber at random. Most conveniently - long thin cubes. And also chop and peeled avocado peeled and pitted.
4. Cover the mat with cling film. Lay the nori on it with the rough side on it.
5. Spread a small portion of rice on top. It should take a little more than half of the algae.
6. In the middle, distribute soft cheese, cucumbers, avocados, slightly salted fish. Twist the roll mat.
7. Top with pieces of eel.Again, pull off, helping yourself with cling film.
8. Remove coating. Cut the workpiece into 8 equal parts. Repeat the process with the remaining products.

Sprinkle the finished rolls with sesame seeds and pour over the sauce.

Sharp rolls "Canada"

Fans of spicy dishes will definitely like this option of Canadian rolls. True, it can be quite difficult to find a good spicy sauce for sale.

Ingredients:

• soft cheese (best Philadelphia) - 80-90 g;
• smoked eel - 130-150 g;
• large sheets of nori seaweed - 2 pcs.;
• fresh cucumber - 70-100 g;
• rice (special - for sushi) - 180-200 g;
• rice vinegar - 20-25 ml;
• slightly salted salmon - 70-100 g;
• spicy sauce - to taste;
• kombu (seaweed) - a small piece;
• sesame light or dark - 8-10 g;
• salt and sugar.

Cooking:

1. To prepare these delicious and original rolls at home, the first thing you should do is grits. Rinse the rice thoroughly. Pour the same amount of water and add the combo.
2. After boiling, remove a piece of seaweed, reduce heat to a minimum, cook the product under the lid for 17-20 minutes. It is not required to interfere with it in the process.
3. Let the finished cereal stand under the lid for about a quarter of an hour, only then open it, season with rice vinegar, salt and sugar to taste, mix.
4. Coat the mat with cling film. Place nori on top of a portion of rice, leaving one end of the algae free. In the process of working with cereals, you need to wet your hands with water so that grains do not stick to your fingers.
5. Carefully turn the workpiece so that the rice is outside. Coat nori with cheese. The more it will be in the filling, the tastier the result will be a dish. It is most convenient to do this with a pastry bag.
6. Top with salmon cut in cubes and chopped cucumber in the same way.
7. Generously sprinkle the filling with spicy sauce.
8. Wrap rolls, helping yourself with a mat and film. Repeat with remaining products.
9. Cut the eel into thin slices. Put them on top of ready-made rolls rotated with rice up. To do this, you need to cut the fish obliquely and firmly press it to the groats.
10. Fix blanks with foil and mat.
11. Transfer the rolls to a cutting board. Using a very sharp wet knife, cut each into 3 or 4 pieces.

Sprinkle the finished treat with sesame seeds.

What can replace eel

Traditionally, the composition of the rolls "Canada" must include eel. This is their main feature. But if such a product was not at hand, then you can take smoked salmon, tuna, snow crab.

Cooking Tips

To prepare a truly delicious and successful dish of Japanese cuisine, it is very important to properly cook rice and add special vinegar to it. Otherwise, the basis of the rolls will not have that “secret” flavor, and they will begin to fall apart very much at the cutting stage.

Inside the Canadian rolls, you can add a variety of salted, lightly salted and smoked fish. But salmon, salmon and trout are best for them. A cheaper option is pink salmon.

Ready-made Canada rolls can be served immediately. Be sure to supplement them with soy sauce.