Happy February! This month we are sharing some of our favorite Asian-inspired recipes. These are our Americanized versions of fortune cookies and sushi. We hope you enjoy them!
Fortune Cookies
¼ cup of pastry flour
¼ cup of superfine sugar
Pinch of salt
1 large egg white
½ teaspoon vanilla, orange, or almond extract
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Place a baking mat on a baking sheet.
Whisk the dry ingredients together.
In a separate bowl whisk the egg white and extract until frothy.
Add the dry and wet ingredients together and mix thoroughly until the batter falls like ribbons.
Pour 1 heaping teaspoon of batter in the center of each circle on the baking mat. Use the back of a spoon to spread the batter.
Bake until the edges are golden, about 6-8 minutes.
Prepare the fortunes using an edible marker and cut them into strips.
Use a spatula to quickly flip the cookies upside down. Place the fortune* in the middle of the cookie, then fold the cookie in half.
Place the cookie over the rim of a glass to form the shape, then place the cookie in a muffin pan to maintain the shape during cooling.
*= This is a great opportunity to create fun fortunes for your family and friends! Simply write your fortunes on a small piece of paper, cut small enough to fit inside the cookie. You may consider using an edible marker for this, just in case these get snacked on by mistake ;)
PS- Making these cookies was a lot of fun and doesn’t require a lot of ingredients, however, we did find this process a little more labor intensive than we would like for an everyday treat. If you’re hosting a special dinner, these would be well worth the time! Another tip: it helps to have an extra set of hands for this project because these cookies cool quickly.
Veggie Sushi Roll
Sushi is a funny thing- I have never met someone who only “kind of” likes sushi, it seems you either love it or you hate it. Sarah is firmly in the “love it” camp! She started eating sushi in high school to impress her friends (sounds like high school, right?) and quickly came to love it. You can make all kinds of different sushi with various fillings, from cooked to raw, vegetable to cream cheese, the sky really is the limit! In this post, we’re sharing a simple veggie roll without any protein. You can easily modify this to include crab (a classic California roll), tuna, or even fried chicken (not traditional but certainly delicious). Let us know what you make in the comments.
Note: You can hand roll sushi without a bamboo mat or with one- we chose to use one here. For rolling techniques and tricks, we recommend checking out YouTube. You can also choose to make your rolls with rice on the inside or the outside. We tried both versions and neither was more tricky than the other, so choose whichever you prefer.
Nori (seaweed)
Sushi rice, cooked to package instructions and cooled
Avocado, sliced
Shredded carrots
Cucumber, cut into matchsticks
Lay the nori on the rolling mat. Cover thoroughly with rice. Lay ingredients on top. Roll into a log. Slice into pieces using a very sharp knife.
Serve with soy sauce, wasabi, and pickled ginger, if you like. Eat right away.
A few notes here:
-Be sure to season your rice well during the cooking process.
-Take your time when you roll the sushi, your patience will pay off.
-You need a very sharp knife to cut the sushi.
-To cut the roll evenly, cut it in half over and over again and the pieces will be the same size.
-This was much easier than we imagined!
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