Every year, Guild Wars 2 has the dragon bash festival filled with holographic dragons and interesting consumable items. This is one of the items that I always thought would be a fun, easy recipe to make but, it ended up being a bit more difficult than anticipated. I wanted to use fruit to mimic the colors of the in game art but encountered issues preparing it like a typical sushi roll; the fruit was harder to cut through and the fruit roll-up was more inclined to pinch together than cut nicely and if I froze it then the fruit roll-up became brittle and shattered.
I ended up having to use a mold for the rice and fruit to have enough stability to cut through then using those lines as a guide for cutting strips of the fruit roll-up, which is how the recipe is written.
Candied Dragon Roll
Ingredients
- 1 c sushi rice cooked
- 1 tbsp coconut cream
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 strawberries sliced into matchsticks
- 1 pear sliced into matchsticks
- 2 green fruit roll-ups
Instructions
- In a small microwaveable bowl, combine the coconut cream and honey. Microwave until the mixture becomes smooth, about 1 minute.
- Add the coconut cream and honey mixture to the rice and mix until evenly combined.
- Into a small cylindrical mold, place a think layer of the rice. Add 2-3 matchstick sized strawberry and pear slices. Layer more rice on top of the fruit and compress until firm.
- While molded, slice into 4 even sections.
- Unroll one of the fruit roll-ups and place the molded sushi on top. With the sections as a guide cut the fruit roll-up into strips and roll to cover outside of sushi.