Alex Mattei and Nick Camilleri Preziosi, who prepare sushi on a professional basis, show you how to do it. Although a master sushi chef will undertake apprenticeship for nine years, you can make sushi at home with good results. Here are simple methods, using basic tools and ingredients sold under the Japanese Yutaka brand.

Malta is blessed with some of the best tuna in the world, a lot of which is sold to Japan for sushi. We have other varieties of fresh seafood which are prized by the sushi connoisseur. In Japan, all kinds of seafood go into the making of sushi: shellfish, crustaceans, sea urchin roe, and even eel. The more sophisticated fishmongers in Malta are now accustomed to the idea of sushi, and will guide you accordingly.

First, prepare your kit. You will need a bamboo rolling mat, sushi rice (short-grain rice similar to risotto rice), nori (the dark seaweed in which the rice is wrapped; the darker the nori, the better the quality), wasabi (very hot green paste that can also come as a powder, which is mixed with water to make up the paste), rice vinegar (used to flavour the rice), pickled ginger, and light soy sauce for dipping the sushi into.

Alex Mattei and Nick Camilleri Preziosi are professional caterers who will prepare food for any kind of gathering. Call Alex on +356 9924 9024 or Nick on +356 9924 0357.

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