My friend got married last August and for her Hen party we went out on a boat on the River Thames to dance and drink wine. Before we went we had a little tea party at hers beforehand and made a little spread.
We had chicken skewers, hummus and cucumber crackers, spring rolls, party rings and homemade sushi.
To make the homemade sushi the recipe is as follows;
Sushi rice
Seaweed sheets
Cucumber
Smoked salmon
Soy sauce
Rice wine vinegar
Start with making your rice as this has to be left for a while to cool before rolling the sushi. Add boiling water to the rice (I'm all about the guessing amounts but the general rule is 2 cups of water to every cup of rice) as well as the rice wine vinegar, around a tablespoon per cup of rice. I also add a dash of soy sauce for taste at this stage.
Once the rice has absorbed all the water and vinegar, and is the texture of how you would eat sushi, transfer the contents to a bowl and leave to cool completely.
Cut the cucumber and salmon into very thin strips ready to roll.
Place your seaweed sheets onto a bamboo mat, I use basic table mats made from bamboo, you don't specifically need mats made for sushi.
Spread the sushi rice evenly onto the seaweed sheets, not too thin as you don't want the rolls to break, and not too thick as remember, you have to roll the sheets which will mean the rice is doubled up.
Place the cucumber and salmon across the middle of the sheets and then carefully roll.
Once rolled, slice it into smaller sushi pieces and your sushi is done! Serve with soy sauce for dipping.