Salmon sushi

You need

• 1 cup sushi rice, 1 cup water
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 200 g sushi-grade salmon (say it is for raw eating when you buy it)
• soy sauce, wasabi, pickled ginger
• nori sheets if you want rolls

Do this

1. Rinse the rice until the water is almost clear. Cook it with the water, then rest 10 minutes covered.
2. Warm the vinegar, sugar and salt until dissolved. Fold into the rice with a cutting motion. Fan it to cool.
3. Wet your hands. Shape a small oval of rice, about a spoonful.
4. Slice the salmon across the grain, in thin slices, with one long pull of the knife.
5. Dab a little wasabi on the rice, lay the salmon on top, press gently.

Note to self: Wet hands or the rice sticks to everything. No “works on my machine” here. Use only really fresh fish, from a place that sells it for sushi. When in doubt, make rolls with cooked salmon instead.