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    Home » Recipes » Appetizers

    Updated: Feb 26, 2023 by Marc Matsumoto · 37 Comments

    Tuna Sashimi “Pizza”

    Pizza reinterpreted through Japanese ingredients. A rice cracker makes the crust, layered with citrus mayo, tuna sashimi and herbs.
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    For me, this was without a doubt the toughest of the ten Project Food Blog challenges. You see, I've been travelling around Asia for over three weeks now, and while I managed to get challenges one through four scheduled before I left, FoodBuzz hadn't posted the dish for challenge five before my departure.

    Since Japanese kitchens don't typically have ovens, I was vaguely concerned about a cake or bread showing up, but I figured I could always do a steamed cake or bun on the stove. I never anticipated pizza to show up as the dish upon which we needed to base our fifth entry. A steamed pizza didn't sound very appetizing, and while I was able to find some pre-baked naan at a grocery store here, making an Indian-style pizza just didn't seem like it was making good use of the locally available ingredients.

    Thankfully, the prompt for the challenge had a very vague definition of pizza, listing the requirements as having a "solid base, a sauce and at least one topping". The title of the challenge, "Recipe Remix" seemed to imply that we weren't aiming for authenticity, so I decided to run with it and see if I could come up with a Japanese style pizza.

    Watch the video below (shot on an iPod Touch) to see what my supermarket run yielded and get a peak at my hometown: Kadogawa, Japan.

    My first attempt was a Japanese take on a Pizza Margherita. It turned out looking great, but heating the rice cracker in the fish grill, once it had wet ingredients on top, proved to be a bad idea. The crispy rice cracker to soaked up the liquid, giving it a stale texture in the middle.

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    Tuna Sashimi “Pizza”

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    Ingredients 

    • 4 salt rice very large flavored crackers (about 6" in diameter)
    • 4 ounces Ahi tuna sashimi grade slightly frozen
    • 2 tablespoons mayonaise Kewpie
    • 1 tablespoon olive oil
    • 4 shiso green leaves , cut into chiffonade
    • 1 package daikon kaiware sprouts
    • sea salt

    Instructions

    • Lightly toast the rice crackers so they are nice and crispy (be careful not to burn them).
    • Before you start assembling these, make sure you have all the toppings ready as they need to be eaten immediately after being assembled.
    • Slice the semi frozen tuna as thin as possible (think prosciutto thin).
    • Mix the mayonaise, kabosu zest and kabosu juice until combined. When all the ingredients are ready, use a pastry brush to paint on a thin layer of the citrus mayo on the rice cracker. Top with some tuna slices, then use a different pastry brush to apply a thin coating of olive oil. Top with some green shiso and kaiware daikon, then sprinkle on a pinch of sea salt.
    • Serve immediately.
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    1. Marilia says

      October 21, 2010 at 7:48 pm

      I've voted for you - all the very best Marc!

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    2. Have Spork Will Travel says

      October 21, 2010 at 8:42 pm

      This was a very creative entry considering what little you had to work with! Best of luck 🙂 I voted for you!

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    3. Daily Spud says

      October 21, 2010 at 9:12 pm

      That one was a challenge in more ways than one for you Marc! Best of luck with getting through to the next round, you more than deserve to.

      Reply
    4. Reeni says

      October 22, 2010 at 12:24 am

      If you hadn't told us I would of thought you planned this one right from the start. It turned out great! Really gorgeous. Best of luck!

      Reply
    5. Daphne says

      October 23, 2010 at 3:33 am

      another very good Asian treat. . Pizza OMG! so inviting

      Reply
    6. marla (Family Fresh Cooking) says

      October 24, 2010 at 11:53 pm

      Congrats on your Sashimi pizza win! It does look awesome 🙂

      Reply
    7. Natika says

      October 04, 2013 at 12:13 pm

      I realise this is super old now, but if you're feeling like trying sushi pizza again, you should check out the sushi pizza conceived in Toronto, Canada.

      You basically make a crust out of leftover sushi rice formed into a flat patty and fry it (kind of like purposely making okoge). The sauce is half mayo half hot sauce (I like to use doubanjiang) and the toppings are either fake crab or salmon with roe, nori and sesame seeds sprinkled on top. Some people also put down a layer of thin avocado slices before adding the fish. Some restaurants also bread and deep-fry the rice crust, but that's just too much for me.

      Since the sauce is a bit strong, you have to use a strong-flavoured fish which sort of limits your choices to the two I mentioned above. However, I'd like to try it with smoked salmon sometime because I think that would work too.

      I'm going to try making your sushi pizza too! Looks gorgeous!

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