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Onigiri

  • Easy
  • 30 min
  • roughly 2 of 4 for cost
  • Vegetarian

briny Leads with a briny, maritime salinity.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups short-grain rice, cooked and warm
  • Salt
  • Fillings: umeboshi, tuna-mayo, salmon flakes
  • Nori strips

The words inside

Wild Salmon: The Run CalendarNoriTuna Grades (Akami, Chūtoro, Ōtoro)Tuna & Winter Fat

Allergen screen

Found: egg · fish

Screened for: gluten, dairy, egg, nuts, peanuts, fish, shellfish, molluscs, soy, sesame, celery, mustard, lupin, alcohol. Not screened: sulphites.

Screened by keyword from the ingredient list, not reviewed by a person; check every label for what the list cannot show.

Method

  1. Wet your hands, salt your palms.
  2. Take a handful of warm rice, tuck a spoon of filling in the center.
  3. Press into a triangle with firm, gentle turns: 3 presses, rotate, repeat.
  4. Wrap with nori just before eating so it stays crisp.

At the Table

The Pour
Pinot Noir (Willamette or Burgundy)
Also Right
Chilled Gamay (cru Beaujolais)
From the Taps
Saison
Zero-Proof
Hibiscus iced tea

The fatty fish that cross the red line: silk-textured, low-tannin reds meet their oils without a metallic clash.

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