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In 2003, Marisa Baggett boarded a Greyhound bus with a one-way ticket to Los Angeles and $300 in her pocket to study at the California Sushi Academy. After graduation, Marisa moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where her passion for sushi, her southern background and determination to use local, sustainable ingredients resulted in the development of unconventional and delectable sushi! In Sushi Secrets, Marisa shares with you both traditional and nontraditional sushi, all of them delicious and all of them very easy to make. Marisa includes surefire recipes for making perfect sushi rice, tips on how to find and buy the freshest seafood and sustainability and how to achieve it at home. Plus, with her background as a pastry chef, Marisa has created a dessert chapter that will make your mouth water! With this book you'll be ready to prepare a host of sushi and sashimi recipes and it gives loads of hints on how to slash otherwise lengthy prep times. From the traditional favorites to new and unique combinations, Sushi Secrets will have you rolling delicious sushi like a pro in no time at all. Recipes include: Scallop Carpaccio Sashimi Avocado and Pomegranate Nigiri Pork Thin Rolls with Gingered Cherries Pickled Okra Thick Rolls Short Ribs Sushi Bowl "Cat"erpillar Rolls Faux Eel Hand Rolls Fudge Wontons with Peanut Dipping Sauce Fried Cherry Hand Pies
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SushiSecrets Easy Recipes for the Home Cook Marisa Baggett foreword by Trevor Corson
Prepare delicious sushi at home using sustainable local ingredients! T UT T L E
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Intro
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Kappa Maki
Sushi Secrets Easy Recipes for the Home Cook
by Marisa
Baggett
foreword by Trevor Corson
T UT T L E Publishing Tokyo Rutland, Vermont Singapore
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Contents
CHAPTER 1
Appetizers
Foreword by Trevor Corson 6 My Story: From Raw Novitiate to Seasoned Sushi Chef 8 Getting Started 10 Planning a Sushi Meal 12 Sushi Ingredients Made Easy 13 Simple Sushi Tools 16 Buying, Cleaning, and Cutting Fish for Sushi 18 Making Perfect Sushi Rice 22 Buying the Right Kind of Rice 22 Sushi Rice Dressing 22 Traditional Sushi Rice 23 Quick and Easy Microwave Sushi Rice 24 Brown Sushi Rice 25
Grilled Yakitori Skewers 32 Quick Cucumber Salad 32 Age Dashi Tofu 33 Sesame Soba Salad 33 Japanese Pizza with Bacon and Mushrooms (Okonomiyaki) 34 Miso Broiled Shrimp 35 Chicken Dumplings (Gyoza) 36 Japanese-style Crab Cakes 38 Fragrant Herb and Mushroom Spring Rolls 39 Crunchy Light Tempura Vegetables 40 Basic Tempura Batter 41 Salad with Ginger Dressing 41 CHAPTER 2
Sashimi G reat Sauces and
Cond iments for Sushi Sweet Chili Sauce 26 Tempura Sauce 27 Gyoza Dipping Sauce 27 Ponzu Sauce 27 Peanut Sauce 27 Sesame Noodle Dressing 28 Sweetened Soy Syrup 28 Spicy Mayonnaise 29 Anchovy Mayonnaise 29 Wasabi Mayonnaise 29 Dashi Stock 29 Hondashi Instant Soup Powder Method 29
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Sashimi Serving Tips 44 Scallop Carpaccio 45 Sweet Prawn Sashimi 46 Poké Trio 47 Halibut with Lemon and Matcha Salt 47 Beef Tataki Platter 48 Sashimi Salad 50 Oyster San Ten Mori 51 Tuna Sashimi with Jalapeño Granita 52 Melon Sashimi 52 Tilapia and Shrimp Ceviche Sashimi 53 Heirloom Tomato Sashimi 54 Paper Thin Tilapia Sashimi 54 Tuna and Avocado Tartar 55 Mixed Sashimi Platter 56
Pressed , Gunkan and Nigiri Sushi
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Making Nigiri Sushi and Gunkan Maki 60 Beef Tataki Sushi 61 Glazed Eggplant Sushi 62 Tuna Tataki Nigiri 62 Arctic Char Nigiri 63 Spam Musubi 64 Avocado and Pomegranate Nigiri 65 Shiitake Nigiri 66 Smoked Salmon, Cream Cheese, and Cucumber Stacks 67 Japanese Omelet Sushi (Tamago Nigiri) 68 Masago Gunkan 70 Sardine Nigiri 70 Smoked Duck Nigiri 71 Deviled Egg and Avoca