Pasta Sushi

Name: Pasta Sushi
Cook time: 20 minutes
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: For the shells Large pasta shells; about 4 per person Salt; to taste Rice wine vinegar; aceto balsamico or lemon juice to taste Mirin; soy sauce; sweet Marsala or sherry to taste

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Francine Segan | Fri, 05/07/2021 - 10:52

Difficulty Level

Low

Cooking Time

20 minutes

Cost

Medium

Italy’s amazingly creative chefs invented “pasta sushi” a few years ago by substituting pasta shells for the white rice, making a beautiful, Japanese-inspired but Italian-flavored, one-bite appetizer or first-course dish. It’s especially nice in warm weather.

This is a dish that really doesn’t need a recipe. You can season the shells with a splash of rice vinegar and a few drops of mirin, a sweet Japanese rice wine, for a Japanese touch, or season them with lemon or

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