Sushi and rolls have long become the favorite and somewhat fashionable dishes of Japanese cuisine. The combination of rice, seafood, various sauces and many other products will not leave indifferent even the most fastidious gourmet. Today we’ll talk in more detail about Alaska rolls. We will study the composition and learn how to cook them right at home.
Rolls "Alaska": composition
In fact, there are many recipes for making Alaska, because when you cook it at home, you decide which ingredient to put and which to replace or not to use at all. But still there is a certain composition that was formed many years ago. In order to prepare this roll at home or speed up the process of choosing a serving in a restaurant, just remember a completely simple list of ingredients:
- nori;
- boiled rice;
- avocado;
- slightly salted salmon;
- cream cheese;
- sesame.
The method of cooking at home
Having tried a portion of rolls in a Japanese restaurant at least once, you will probably want to repeat this dish at home and please your loved ones with it. Do not be frightened by the cooking process, because it takes very few skills to get an appetizing, beautiful, and most importantly - a very tasty roll at home. For cooking, you will need a mat, which must be wrapped with cling film. Put on the mat a leaf of nori seaweed and cover half of it with boiled rice in the amount of seventy grams. Sprinkle a layer of rice with sesame seeds and flip over to the back. Next, you can take for laying out the filling, consisting of twenty-five grams of avocado and twenty grams of slightly salted salmon, which must first be cut into strips. Add cream cheese and begin to gently and tightly roll the roll, giving it a rounded or square shape. Before serving, cut the Alaska roll as pictured — into six or eight parts — and garnish with pickled ginger. Remember to serve soy sauce.
The benefits of rolls
The benefits of sea fish and other seafood can be talked about endlessly. After all, the content of iodine, vitamins and minerals in these products is just off scale. By regularly consuming them, you protect your heart and blood vessels and establish mental activity.
Rice will help improve digestive processes due to the high content of fiber in its composition. A great ingredient for dieters.
Soy sauce, served always complete with rolls, will help to maintain youth, strengthen the walls of blood vessels and establish metabolic processes throughout the body. Please note: it is very important that the sauce is made from high quality raw materials and using the right technology.
Ginger is a wonderful product that incredibly stimulates your own immunity.
On the whole, rolls, including Alaska, are a wonderful balanced dish that contributes not only to weight loss (except for portions with a high content of cream cheese, bacon and other high-calorie foods), but also to reduce the risk of oncology and increase mood .