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Title: California Rolls
Categories: Appetizers
Yield: 8 Servings

1 1/2 c Short grained white rice
1 3/4 c Cold water
1/4 c Sugar
1 1/2 ts Salt
1 tb Mirin or dry sherry

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2 ts Wasabi powder
1 tb Water
1 md Avocado; cut into 1" slices
4 Whole sheets nori; toasted
-seaweed
6 oz Cooked crabmeat
1/4 Cucumber; cut into 1/4"
-strips
Soy sauce and wasabi for
-dipping

1. Rinse the rice. In a saucepan with a tight fitting lid, add the rice and
cold water. Let stand 15 minutes then bring to a boil, cover and reduce
heat. Cook for about 10 minutes until the water is absorbed.

2. Redice the heat to low and simmer for another 5 minutes. Remove from
heat and let the rice stand, for 5 minutes. Transfer the rice to a large
platter.

3. Mix together the vinegar, sugar, salt and mirin, and pour over rice
while mixing with a fork. Cool to room temperature.

4. In a small bowl, combine wasabi and water.

5. Lay one sheet of seaweed on work surface and with dampened hands, spread
1 cup of rice over the seaweed leaving a 1 inch strip along the top.

6. Using 1/4 of the wasabi mixture paint a stripe on the rice, 1 inch above
the bottom edge. Arrange 1/4 of the crab over the stripe. Arrange 1/4 of
the avocado slices next to the crab and then 1/4 of the cucumber next to
the avocado.

7. Beginning at bottom edge, carefully roll the seaweed and it;s contents
jelly roll style. Moisten the top edge to seal.

8. Continue in the same manner for the remaining three sheets of seaweed.

9. Using a sharp knife slice into 1 inch pieces.

10. Serve with wasabi and soy sauce for dipping.

Recipe by: The Sable and Rosenfeld Cookbook

Posted to TNT - Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by RecipeLu
on Dec 16, 1997