New York Deli Roll
Yield: 2 rolls (16 pieces)
Hand Vinegar:
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
Futomaki:
- 2 sheets nori
- 3 cups sushi rice
- 2 teaspoons caraway seeds
- 6 thin slices corned beef
- 4 teaspoons horseradish, well-drained
- 4 thin slices Swiss cheese, sliced into thin sticks
- Dijon mustard
- To make hand vinegar: In small bowl, stir water and rice vinegar.
- To make futomaki: Lay sushi mat on clean surface and cover with plastic wrap. Place one nori sheet on mat, shiny-side down. Moisten hands with hand vinegar and shake off excess. Spread 1 1/2 cups rice across nori. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon caraway seeds. Turn nori over so rice side is down.
- Cover half the rice crosswise with three slices corned beef. Spread corned beef with 2 teaspoons horseradish. Cover corned beef with two slices cheese.
- Securing meat and cheese with fingers, use thumbs to push end of mat up and over filling until edge of nori meets rice on opposite side. Press firmly on roll.
- Lift top of mat and roll firmly until tight and round. Squeeze gently to shape roll. Press ends in carefully to secure loose rice. Remove mat and set roll aside.
- Repeat to make second roll.
- Use thin, sharp knife to cut each roll into eight slices. Arrange on sushi platter and serve with Dijon mustard.