By: Cheri Browne | July 22 2011
Posted in Recipes - Southern Oregon Recipes

Frushi! Photo by: Cheri Browne

Frushi is a truly wonderful thing. It can easily be explained as fruit sushi, but it is so much more. This is a dessert that allows you to turn the creative kitchen wheels, inventing new slicing techniques and showcasing your favorite fruits. It can easily make you look like a master of food artistry, impressing your friends and scoring points with your family. It’s a healthy dessert that can be adapted for breakfast or brunch.

Ingredients

1 cup short grain sweet rice or sushi rice

2 cups water

12 ounces coconut milk

Sugar to taste

Fresh strawberries, halved

Fresh blackberries, de-segmented

Honeydew melon, cut into thin 6-inch long strips

Cantaloupe, cut into thin 6-inch long strips

Whole fresh blueberries

Pear, cut into thin strips

Mango, cut into thin strips

Directions

Bring water and rice to a boil in medium saucepan. Cover, reduce heat and simmer until water is absorbed. Immediately place in large bowl to cool uncovered for about 20 minutes. Reduce coconut milk by half on low heat, adding sugar to taste. Stir coconut milk into the rice until combined well.  Form rice into small rectangle shapes, and place strawberries, pear, and mango on top. Take melon strips and form into circles, placing small spoonful of rice in the center. Top with blackberries or blueberries.  

In photo above, clockwise from top left: strawberry; mango; cantaloupe wrap with honeydew and blueberry; banana with caramelized turbinado sugar; pear; cantaloupe wrap with de-segmented blackberry

Tip: Fruit preparation will be made easier with a well-honed knife.

Use any seasonal fruit! Have fun with it and get creative! What would you top yours with?

 

Cheri Browne is a writer, photographer, reveler of Southern Oregon and enamored connoisseur of all things West Coast.

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