Spicy salmon uramaki

Begin by preparing the sushi rice. Place the rice in a medium pan with a tightly fitting lid and rinse thoroughly with cold water 5 or 6 times. After the final rinse, refill the pan with water and leave the rice to soak for 20 minutes

Carefully drain the soaked rice and pour over the measured 180ml water. Bring to the boil then cover the pan with a lid and reduce the heat to very low. Leave the rice to steam and simmer gently for 20 minutes

When the rice has nearly finished cooking, prepare the sushi vinegar. Combine the vinegar, salt and sugar in a large bowl and place in a microwave for 10 seconds. One warmed through, stir well to dissolve the sugar

Remove the pan from the heat and transfer the cooked rice to the mixing bowl with the sushi vinegar. Mix together to combine, then set aside and leave to cool to room temperature

Preheat a deep-fryer to 170˚C

Prepare the garnish by deep-frying the leeks until crispy, then drain on a kitchen paper. Deseed the chillies, scrape away as much skin as possible and cut the skin into very fine julienne

To make the wasabi paste, simply mix together the water and wasabi powder

To prepare the salmon, remove the skin from the fillet then chop the meat finely until it becomes pliable and sticks together

Mix the salmon with all of the seasonings and set aside

To prepare the fillings, remove the seeds from the cucumber. Cut the flesh into 5cm long, 8mm wide batons

To assemble the uramaki, place a nori sheet on a cling film lined bamboo mat. Spread 100g of the sushi rice over the nori sheet and flip it over so that the rice is touching the cling film and facing landscape

Add some cucumber julienne along the front edge of the sushi rice then start rolling. As you roll, make sure you firmly keep the filling inside using your fingers

Once you have rolled the sushi, add half of the salmon meat along the top edge of the roll. Bring the mat up around the salmon to create a nice even shape

Repeat with the rest of the rice, the second nori sheet and remaining salmon then cut each roll into 6 pieces

To serve, add a small spoonful of tobiko to each uramaki then top with a pinch of the crispy leeks and red chilli. Sprinkle over some chives and serve with wasabi paste and pickled ginger