Video & Photography by Anthony MacFarlane
Chef Notes
- Avocado works well with modern Japanese cuisine, it adds richness and creaminess to any dish.
- This dish is a Japanese take on smashed avocado. The slices of avocado on top add a texture contrast to the crispy rice.
- Imperfect avocados can be used in the salsa underneath which is hidden to ensure no waste.
Ingredients
- 1 Australian avocado
- 30ml spicy mayo
- 200g sushi rice, cooked
- 15ml ponzu
For the sushi rice:
- Short grain rice
- Rice vinegar
- Sugar
- Salt
For the spicy mayo:
- Kewpie mayonnaise
- Chilli garlic sauce
For the ponzu:
- Soy sauce
- Lemon juice
Preparation
Spicy mayo
- 2 parts kewpie mayonnaise.
- 1 part chilli garlic sauce.
- Mix together.
Sushi rice
- Cook 150g of short grain rice.
- Add 30g rice vinegar, 30g sugar, 10g salt, and mix together, not working it too much.
- Get a square mold and press the sushi rice into the mold and put weight over it, let it completely cool. For best results let it sit overnight.
Ponzu
- Mix 1 part soy sauce and 1 part lemon juice.
Plate up
- Cut the avocado half in half, peel off skin and de-seed.
- Using a sharp knife, slice half the avocado as thinly as possible.
- Move the sliced avocado onto cling wrap.
- With the other half of the avocado, chop it up into a salsa-like texture.
- Put the chopped avocado into a mixing bowl, add 25-30ml spicy mayo and 5-10ml ponzu and mix together.
- Cut the sushi rice so it weighs about 200g.
- Fry the sushi rice square in very hot oil of 210C for 90seconds to 2 minutes till golden. Let it rest for 2 minutes then cut into 4 pieces.
- Add 1 large tablespoon of mixed avocado salsa on top of each crispy rice.
- Get the sliced avocado and plate nicely over each piece so the salsa is totally covered.
- Add one nice dot of spicy mayo on each piece, drizzle a bit of ponzu.