Sushi for the Wedding!!!!!!!

We were invited the wedding of my hus' colleague in his office. And I was asked to make some sushi platters for nearly 100 people for their wedding. It was on Saturday the 13 the of July. It was very beautiful hot day!!

The picture above is just one day before the wedding. Ready for the big day.

Cooked the sushi rice very first in the morning. While the rice was cooking, I cooked shiitake mushrooms and carrots with soy sauce, sugar and mirin and other food. 

Menu;

Actually, those pictures are a bit old, but good to explain.

Hoso-maki (cooked shiitake and carrot, cucumber, egg, herring, smoked salmon, etc)

Nigiri (herring, smoked salmon, egg)

and,

Temari-zushi,  in the middle of the top picture. (egg, avocado&salmon. salmon, italian hams)

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We attended the church service in the morning, but I had so many thing to do for the sushi platters. Needed to decorate & the ingredients on the to of nigiri and then the table as well.

I really wanted to take pictures my perfect sushi platters, but I couldn't!!!!!!! Sorry.

Because I was so busy for preparation, but my hus helped me a lot. Thank him, really!!

So instead, I took some pictures after finished the eating! I know I should've taken many pictures!!! Never mind, next time, though.

The sushi platers were massive success. Everybody loved my sushi!!! 

I didn't use any raw materials like fresh tuna or salmon this time, because it was very very hot day! It was impossible to keep the freshness of the raw stuff.

I thought many people still misunderstand the sushi uses the only raw fish. You can use any thing as you want. I used many cooked stuff and hams and avocado, many ideas here. 

If you have a plan for a wedding or a party etc. Let me know, I can help you.

I also can teach you how to make THE proper sushi from scratch, of cause, using some local ingredients.  

xxxxxxx

  

Sushi Night

We had my husband's old friend's family from Bordeaux, France, last Sunday night.

They have a vineyard in Bordeaux.  My husband and Philippe had a language exchange when they were 14 years old,,,,, more than 35 years ago!!!! Still keep in touch!!

Of course, I made Sushi, this time, "Temaki Zushi （手巻き寿司）!

Fresh Tuna (Zuke), Smoked Salmon, Avocado, Cooked Shiitake mushroom and carrot, Surimi, mongetout, Triyaki chicken, Tamago (egg), Ikura (salmon eggs) and Cucumber.

Temaki Zushi is a hand rolled sushi. 

 "Te" means hand and "maki" means rolling.

This Temaki Zushi night was, I think 5 years ago, with our friends from Luxembourg.

This called "Salon Caviar" from Waitrose.

Ikura（イクラ）in Japanese.

Nigisi zushi（握り寿司）again, but a bit different ingredients, though.

Smoked Salmon, Herring Mops  and fresh Tuna (Zuke)

This time I used a fresh Tuna（マグロ）bought at the fish counter of waitrose. 

  

Zuke 「ズケ」means "marinating" 

1. put the tuna into the boiling water for a few seconds until the colour changed.

2. immediately put it into the cold water with ice cubes. Stop cooking anymore.

3. wrapping the tune with a kitchen roll and place it in the sauce (soy sauce : mirin , 9 :1, but I added a little Sake. You can use the cider or sherry instead).   leave it for 2 - 4 hours and cut in pieces.   

Do not forget the Wasabi for the raw fish. Wasabi would kill the germs in the raw fish.

The raw fish must be very very fresh!!!!! 

The tuna I bought at Waitrose, I asked the possibility to use the tuna for sashimi on Sunday night to the fishmonger, but typically he didn't say yes or no. Then I asked him when the tuna came to the counter instead, and he said 'today' (Friday). I decide to buy a block of the tuna!!!! Of course, the tuna looked so fresh!!

You can buy Fresh Wasabi in England

http://www.thewasabicompany.co.uk