Mango Avocado Summer Rolls with Miso Sesame Ginger Sauce

Raise your hand if you’re from the Northeast and have officially turned into a human prune!!! *both hands up*

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Did YOU know it was possible to feel both dehydrated AND saturated at the same time? Heat and humidity are the latest power couple, and it is getting rough out there. I just got back from an incredible week in Connecticut at the Amherst Early Music Baroque Academy, but it wasn’t always fun and games for my fiddle… Let’s just say when working with a period instrument with gut strings in 95% humidity, the name of the game is “What The F#*! Just Came Out of My Instrument?!” 5 points every time a string goes a whole step out of tune. 10 points when two consecutive strings go out of tune in opposite directions. 15 points when you play a note and nothing comes out… You don’t really want to win.

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In this heat, my second love (cooking) also becomes not-so-lovely. When the mere thought of turning on an oven drowns me in my own sweat, I often resort to “un-cooking.” Luckily, the summer season offers us a huge selection of delicious produce, so filling up on raw fruits and veggies is hardly boring. And, not to diss salad, but there are plenty of creative ways to enjoy your raw produce, which was precisely our challenge at The Recipe ReDux this month.

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This month’s theme, “Get Your Fruits and Veggies in Shape,” challenged us to transform summer produce using creative cuts. My spiralizer is one of my FAVORITE tools in the kitchen for this, and summer rolls are a go-to meal for me during the warmer months – oven-free, fresh, crunchy, light, healthy, and filling! What could be better than combining the two?! 

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While making this recipe, I was pleased with how quick and SAFE spiralizing was as an alternative. Julienning veggies with a knife or special peeler is fine, but it takes forever… Plus, I will take any chance I can get to keep my fingers away from blades.

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To “wrap up” this delicious dish (hehe) I made an easy miso sesame ginger dipping sauce. Miso automatically lends an explosion of flavor to whatever it’s in, and I am always looking for new ways to incorporate it. This was a home run as far as I’m concerned!

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Mango Avocado Summer Rolls with Miso Sesame Ginger Sauce


Description

Fresh, crunchy summer rolls with spiralized veggies and an addictive miso sauce.


Ingredients

Scale

Rolls

  • 1224 sheets rice paper
  • Warm water
  • 1 large carrot
  • 2 large (or 3 medium) cucumbers
  • 1/2 purple cabbage
  • 1 avocado, thinly sliced
  • 1 mango, thickly sliced
  • 1 cup cilantro or Thai basil leaves

Miso Sauce

  • 3 Tbs. light miso
  • 4 Tbs. seasoned rice wine vinegar
  • 1 1/2-inch knob ginger, grated (about 1/2 tsp)
  • 1 Tbs. sesame oil

Instructions

  1. Spiralize carrots using the “spaghetti” blade, or thinnest blade possible. Set aside.
  2. Spiralize cucumbers using the “spaghetti” blade. I like to drain my cucumber noodles after spiralizing by squeezing them through a cheesecloth or a stack of paper towels. Set aside.
  3. Spiralize purple cabbage on the “ribbon” blade, or thickest blade possible. Set aside.
  4. Prepare your avocado, mango, and cilantro and arrange them alongside your other prepared veggies for easy assembly.
  5. Submerge a sheet of rice paper in a bowl of warm water for 5 seconds. Immediately lay the wet sheet on a cutting board or large plate.
  6. Fill your roll (careful not to overfill!) with veggies. I like to start with cilantro so you can see the leaves laying flat through the roll, and then add the veggies from thinnest to thickest. I also like to add more cilantro on top before rolling.
  7. Roll each summer roll delicately while keeping it as compact as possible.

Sauce

  1. Whisk all ingredients together until smooth.

Notes

  • Work as quickly as possible to prevent your rice paper from sticking to your surface!
  • If necessary after rolling, double up with another sheet of rice paper.

 


 

 

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