Homemade Sushi Night with Moshe & Kurt

[S2 E06 | Moshe Kasher & Kurt Braunohler Make Sushi | Something's Burning]

Moshe Kasher and Kurt Braunohler roll through the kitchen for a DIY sushi session: quick hand rolls stacked with salmon, tuna, uni, and roe, a silky scallop carpaccio, and a bright wakame seaweed salad. It’s raw, it’s fast, and yes—there’s wasabi.

Homemade Sushi Hand Rolls

Ingredients:

  • Salmon roe
  • Wasabi
  • Salmon (sushi-grade)
  • Tuna (sushi-grade)
  • Amberjack (sushi-grade)
  • Uni
  • Sticky rice
  • Seaweed (nori) sheets
  • Pepper paste
  • Wasabi salt

Steps:

  1. Slice fish against the grain into even strips suitable for hand rolls.
  2. Place a small mound of sticky rice on a nori sheet, add desired fish and toppings (roe, uni, pepper paste, wasabi/wasabi salt), roll into a cone, and enjoy immediately.

Scallop Carpaccio & Seaweed Salad

Ingredients:

  • For Scallop Carpaccio: Sushi-grade scallops
  • Olive oil
  • Ponzu
  • Pepper paste
  • For Seaweed Salad: Dried wakame seaweed
  • Soy sauce
  • Rice vinegar
  • Mirin
  • Sugar
  • Grated ginger
  • Grated garlic
  • Toasted sesame oil
  • Cucumber, thinly sliced
  • Black and white sesame seeds

Steps:

  1. Scallop Carpaccio: Thinly slice scallops and arrange on a plate; drizzle with olive oil and ponzu, then dot lightly with pepper paste.
  2. Seaweed Salad: Soak dried wakame in water until rehydrated, then strain well.
  3. Whisk soy sauce, rice vinegar, mirin, sugar, ginger, garlic, and toasted sesame oil to make a dressing.
  4. Toss rehydrated wakame with cucumber and the dressing; sprinkle with black and white sesame seeds.