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smoky Italian sushi
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Zippylip
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Been on a sushi kick lately but wanted some different ingredients, so here it is, hot-smoked hot Italian sausage, egg plant, fresh mozzarella & fresh basil all rolled in cooked orzo. Following the barleysagna & barleyzaa experiments, figured the starch from the riso would be sufficient to hold it together once cooled which did work for the cold ‘sushi’ version of this cook, not so much for the hot version served with tomato sauce. I actually thought I invented this until I googled it, found out it’s been done, slightly differently but done nonetheless…
The ingredients:
Nice hot fire with a fist full of cherry chips:
Some of the internal ingredients:
The ‘rice’
Between 2 sheets of plastic wrap to firm up:
Add some weight to be sure:
Basil down:
Smoked sausage:
Mozzarella:
All together:
Rolls up pretty well:
Not nearly as sticky as sushi rice, but enough to hold itself together:
All wrapped up & into the fridge to set up:
Few hours later slice them up & serve, excellent cold:
Had to have some hot too, so a simple fast sauce in the back & a cast iron plate up front with olive oil heating up:
On the plate following a catastrophic loss of structural integrity:
No matter, taste was out of this world, happy day
The ingredients:
Nice hot fire with a fist full of cherry chips:
Some of the internal ingredients:
The ‘rice’
Between 2 sheets of plastic wrap to firm up:
Add some weight to be sure:
Basil down:
Smoked sausage:
Mozzarella:
All together:
Rolls up pretty well:
Not nearly as sticky as sushi rice, but enough to hold itself together:
All wrapped up & into the fridge to set up:
Few hours later slice them up & serve, excellent cold:
Had to have some hot too, so a simple fast sauce in the back & a cast iron plate up front with olive oil heating up:
On the plate following a catastrophic loss of structural integrity:
No matter, taste was out of this world, happy day
happy in the hut
West Chester Pennsylvania
West Chester Pennsylvania
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Looks good and originality is over the top. Which was better, hot or cold?CheersB_BFinally back in the Badger State!
Middleton, WI -
+1 with Black_Badger-that is a great cook. Defintiely a winner-and a keeper.
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Black_Badger said:Looks good and originality is over the top. Which was better, hot or cold?CheersB_B
happy in the hut
West Chester Pennsylvania -
Excellent. How original. Have you tried it with sushi rice? Understanding you want to keep the Italiano theme, just wondered as Orzo is the medium to deliver the flavour, much like sushi rice. Like the basil, to me it is like bacon - goes with anything. Great cook, thanks!Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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awesome, thats on my to do listLBGE 2013 Located in Savannah, Georgia
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Skiddymarker said:Excellent. How original. Have you tried it with sushi rice? Understanding you want to keep the Italiano theme, just wondered as Orzo is the medium to deliver the flavour, much like sushi rice. Like the basil, to me it is like bacon - goes with anything. Great cook, thanks!
thanks, and no I haven't tried it with actual rice, figured since I was bastardizing the entire thing I may as well be consistent... and yea, basil is one of the world's perfect foods
happy in the hut
West Chester Pennsylvania -
Looks good Zippy! I'll be over tomorrow.
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That looks an awful lot like a Weber....blaspheme
Steve
Caledon, ON
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Awesome!
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When I saw the title - had to read. No idea where you were headed.
Great idea - great execution.
Cookin in Texas -
Little Steven said:That looks an awful lot like a Weber....blaspheme
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