Bacon Sushi

Today I took a trip to Catskill Native Nursery to scope it out and get some information to help me fill in the picture for what I want to plant this year in the way of fruit and nuts in the field. It’s a beautiful drive, and the day could not have been nicer. I came home with lingonberry plants, and some flowers for the bed next to the driveway that needs some work. I spent the afternoon doing that work, and I’ll be posting pictures next week.

Tonight, in keeping with the recent theme of lighter, warm-weather food, a quick improvised 3-course feast that turned out pretty well. I was tired, but so were the others, and we were all hungry. To get something on the table asap, I decided to do it in stages. First up, super-fast wilted spinach with garlic and a splash of white wine. I threw out the seed packet for this spinach, which is a pity because it’s both beautiful and tasty. Since it bolted, this was the last of it.

Next, cubes of sweet potato steamed and then dressed with our old standard tahini-miso sauce. Those two things mixed with lemon juice and not much else (sometimes a little water) make for a pretty great anointment of most steamed vegetables.

Last up, a happy confluence of freezer and pantry in the form of Berkshire pork belly sushi. There was some black rice in a jar, and I hadn’t made it in ages, so I pulled it out. And some thinly sliced belly, after a very prim kiss with a hot pan, draped ever so nicely over the sticky purple grain. I made a sort of insta-barbecue sauce by mixing hoisin, HP Sauce, and ketchup with soy sauce and rice vinegar, and dabbed a little on each piece, topping them with a claytonia leaf. It made kind of a mess in the kitchen; I spent more time cleaning up than I did cooking. But it was worth it.

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6 Comments

  1. Hannah
    May 20, 2010

    If the spinach has bolted why don't you let it go to seed and save the seeds?

  2. mimicooks
    May 21, 2010

    I want to come have dinner at your house. Everything looks so delicious!

  3. RayRay1234
    May 21, 2010

    wow – that sushi is beautiful!

  4. peter
    May 21, 2010

    Hannah: I have three plants that I left alone for just that reason.

    Mimi: It's actually all sculpted out of wax. I can't cook to save my life.

    Rachel: Also, there is bacon on it.

  5. Heather
    May 22, 2010

    Heeeyyyy, that's bacon on your sushi! Nice use of miner's lettuce. Your swampy lil' crick must be full of it about now.

  6. Girl Foodie
    May 22, 2010

    The bacon sushi is genius.

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