Sushi Brain

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Sushi Brain

I made this for Halloween dinner as a sort of "slice and serve" meal, instead of as a dip as the recipe intended. I'm not sure how it would actually work as a dip.

There doesn't seem to be a written version of this recipe anywhere. It was originally part of a show break during an episode of Halloween Baking Championship and has been on the Food Network's YouTube channel since 2014. I've been eyeing it for a while, but the stars finally aligned for me to have all of the ingredients at the same time.

Ingredients:

whole avocado
cream cheese
prepared sushi rice
smoked salmon
roe

1. Halve avocado and peel the avocado. Remove pit.

2. Press cream cheese into pit cavity.

3. Press halves back together.

4. Put avocado on plate. Pack cooked sushi rice around avocado and keep doing so until you have built a brain shape.

5. Make indentations along the center of rice brain.

6. Separate slices of smoked salmon.

7. Roll into irregular pattern and place on rice brain.

8. Repeat until completely covered.

9. Press together with plastic wrap.

10. Spoon red tobiko (roe) into indentation to simulate blood. (I did not do this step.)


This was a big hit. I wish I'd had some nori on hand to have with it.

Japanese Curry (S&B Golden Curry)

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Japanese Curry (S&B Golden Curry)

I finally tried making the curry recipe on the side of the S&B Golden Curry box.

Ingredients (5 servings)

Beef (or chicken, lamb, shrimp), chopped - 450 g/1 lb (I used beef)
medium onions, minced - 1 3/4 (350 g/13 oz)
medium carrot, chopped - 1/2 (100 g/3.5 oz)
medium potato, chopped - 1 (150 g/5 oz)
Vegetable oil - 1 Tbsp
Water - 540 ml
S&B Golden Curry Sauce Mix 92 g - 1 pack

Directions

1. Stir-fry meat and vegetables with oil in a large skillet on medium heat for approx. 5 min.

2. Add water and bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until ingredients are tender, approx. 15min.

3. Turn the heat off, break S&B Golden Curry Sauce Mix into pieces and add them to the skillet. Stir until sauce mixes are completely melted. Simmer approx. 5 min., stirring constantly.

4. Serve hot over rice or noodles.

I didn't use the exact vegetable amounts, but close, and we had it over rice. I think it turned out really well. My mother had never had curry before, except at the Thai restaurant, and was hesitant to try it, but ended up really liking it.