Inari Sushi with Nuts and Dried Fruits

Name: Inari Sushi with Nuts and Dried Fruits
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 180 ml Uncooked white rice; 50 grams Dried cranberries; 3 Dried apricots; 1 tbsp Pine nuts; 8 inarizushi worth Precooked aburaage for inari sushi; 30 grams Daikon radish sprouts; 1 tbsp Sake; 2/3 tsp Dashi stock granules; 1 Sudachi citrus fruit; 1 tbsp Vinegar

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I originally created this recipe as an entry for a recipe contest sponsored by the company that sells the nuts and dried fruits I used. However, the theme of the contest was rather extravagant and I didn't think this fit well, so I entered it in a healthy eating recipe contest sponsored by another company instead.
I made these inari sushi with the rice showing so they would be fun to look at.

I used the sweetness of the dried fruit only, and didn't add any sugar to the rice (as you usually would to sushi rice).
They are good when they're freshly made, but they are also delicious if made ahead of time for a party. I personally like them better after they have rested for a while. Recipe by Mizuki shan

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Ingredients

180 mlUncooked white rice
50 gramsDried cranberries
3Dried apricots
1 tbspPine nuts
8inarizushi worth Precooked aburaage for inari sushi
30 gramsDaikon radish sprouts
Flavoring ingredients
1 tbspSake
2/3 tspDashi stock granules
1Sudachi citrus fruit
1 tbspVinegar

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Steps

1

I used these pine nuts, apricots and cranberries. I like the packaging, which clearly lists the nutritional information of the contents.
2

Wash 1 rice cooker cup worth of rice, and add a bit less water than usual. Put in the dried fruit, sake, and dashi stock granules.
3

I used these store-bought inari sushi skins.
4

Add the pine nuts to the freshly cooked rice, squeeze in the juice of one sudachi, and mix. The apricots will melt a little and add a subtle color to the rice.
5

I wanted to use the sourness of the sudachi juice only, but I found that vinegar is needed after all. Add 1 tablespoon of vinegar and mix.
6

Chop up the daikon radish sprouts and mix them into the rice. Stuff the rice into the inari sushi skins, and they're done.
7

Bonus: I didn't have enough of the premade inari sushi skins, so I chopped up 2 of them and mixed them with the remaining rice for a chirashi sushi-style dish.