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Pasta Sushi
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
