New year tree made of rolls

4 servings
1 hour 40 min

Prepare all the ingredients and inventory to make the rolls. You will need a mat and a film of food. Rice must be purchased Japanese, round-lake or special rice for sushi. Long-grain and steamed rice are categorically not suitable, since due to the low content of starch in the grains, such rice does not have the necessary gluten, and the prepared dish will simply crumble. For refueling, it is necessary to use rice vinegar.

Pour the rice into a bowl, pour in the cold running water and, in order not to damage the grains, rinse the rice with careful movements, drain the cloudy water and pour the clean cold running water again. The rice must be washed at least 4 times, the water must become clean and transparent. Tip the washed rice into a colander and leave it so for 10 minutes, during which time all the extra liquid will drain.

Pour the rice into a saucepan and fill with water, put on a heat. It is very important to observe the ratio of rice to water. It must be 1: 1. When the water boils, cover the pan with a clear lid, reduce the heat to minimal and cook for 15 minutes. During this time, moisture should completely evaporate. The lid cannot be opened during cooking, so to see the cooking process, it is better to use a transparent lid.

After the specified time, remove the pan of rice from the heat and leave the rice to steam under a closed lid for another 10 minutes. Do not open the lid, the rice should be completely cooked.

At this time, prepare the dressing. Pour rice vinegar into a small bucket (Turku), pour in sugar and salt. Place the bucket over a slow heat and, stirring, dissolve the loose ingredients. Once the sugar and salt have dissolved, immediately remove the dressing from the heat. The dressing should not boil in any way, so you cannot cook it over high heat.

Transfer the finished rice to a wooden bowl wiped with a damp towel, so the rice will not stick to the dishes. It's better to use a special hangiri tub from cypress, but I don't have one, so I used the one I had. Wooden utensils are used to prevent any interaction with rice vinegar, and wooden utensils absorb excess rice moisture as it is stirred.

Take a wooden spatula and place it over rice. Pour the vinegar dressing onto the shoulder blade, and it will gently spread over the rice. Break the rice in smooth movements, mix it carefully, trying not to damage the rice grains. Cover with a damp, clean towel and leave the rice to cool. When the rice cools, you can start forming sushi and rolls.

Prepare the hand wetting water. Pour a rice bite and water in a 1: 3 ratio into a small container. Wetting your hands in such a solution will make it easier to work with rice with your hands. It is better to use filtered water, since it directly enters the consumer product without further heat treatment.

Prepare the mat. It must be wrapped several times with cling film. Cut the nori sheets in half. On the prepared mat, place the first half of the nori leaf on the glossy side down. Wet your hands in solution, take 120 grams of boiled rice and flatten it to nori, leaving 1 cm free from the top without rice, and from below we go 1 cm beyond the nori redistributions.

Now turn the nori so that the rice is on the mat. At the same time, arrange the nori so that 1 cm of rice free of nori remains on top. Put the filling in the center of the nori leaf: first, squeeze out curd cream cheese through a pastry bag, put bars of red fish and fresh cucumber nearby.

Holding the filling, start gently using the mat to roll the roll. When the roll is formed, give the roll a round or square shape by pressing it on all sides with a mat.

Finely grind the washed and dried greens beforehand. Roll the finished roll in a crushed dill, and then transfer to a wooden board and, wetting the knife in solution, cut the edges first, then cut the roll in half. Connect the two halves of the roll and cut in half again. And cut each half again. There should be 8 rolls. The knife must be wetted, so the rice will not stick to the knife, and will not lead to deformation of the rolls.

Do that with the remaining ingredients. The base of the Christmas tree will be formed from ready-made rolls. On the base, lay out the next row of rolls, putting them a little deeper. And so on to the very top.

To complete the Christmas tree, it remained only with the help of a teaspoon to put red caviar on the rolls. New Year tree is ready!