California rolls

Method

• step 1

  To make the rice, rinse it in several changes of water until the water becomes clear, then drain really well. Put the rice in a pan, add 250ml cold water and bring to the boil on a high heat. Cover tightly, then simmer on a low heat for 30 minutes. Remove from the heat and leave covered for 15 minutes to allow it to steam.
  Meanwhile, put the rice vinegar, sugar and 1 tsp salt in a saucepan. Heat until the sugar dissolves, then take off the heat and cool to room temperature. Put the still-hot rice in a very large shallow bowl and add ¼ of the rice seasoning. Fold in then repeat 3 times until all the seasoning is used up. You can help cool the rice down by fanning it for 5 minutes.

  

• step 2

  To assemble, spread approximately 1/6 of the rice over ⅔ of a sheet of nori.

  

• step 3

  Sit a sheet of clingfilm over a sushi rolling mat and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

  

• step 4

  Flip the nori and rice onto the sesame seeds, rice-side down.

  

• step 5

  Line up the avocado, crabstick and cucumber along the centre of the nori sheet.

  

• step 6

  Use the mat to roll everything into a log – rolling towards the nori without any rice on it.

  

  

• step 7

  Take off the clingfilm and trim the nori.

  

• step 8

  Repeat with the remaining ingredients to make 6 logs. Cut each log into 6.