Nori [3] is the most popular sea vegetable and, with its mild taste and easy-to-use sheet form, can be enjoyed in a wide variety of ways. Clearspring range have four different types of nori, so take your pick!
Nori Untoasted
Called hoshi nori in Japanese, these purple looking sheets require a brief toasting by unfolding the sheet and holding it over a gas flame or electric burner until it begins to turn green. They make an ideal snack or wrapping for rice or sushi rolls.
Torn or cut with scissors into thin strips, nori makes a tasty garnish for grain, noodle and vegetable dishes as well as soups and salads.
Like many foods, nori is available in different qualities. Lesser grades are a dull, purplish-black colour and lack the vibrant sheen of Clearspring Japanese Nori whose fine, even texture and translucent, deep-green colour are proof of its excellent quality.
Available in a 25g resealable pack containing 10 sheets
Sushi Nori
Clearspring Sushi Nori [3] is ready toasted and can be used straight from the pack as a snack or for wrapping sushi.
With its fine, even texture and translucent, deep green colour, it is the same high quality as Clearspring Nori, with the added benefit of each of its seven sheets coming ready toasted.
Available in a 17g resealable pack containing 7 sheets
Toasted Fine Cut Nori
Known as kizami nori in Japan, fine cut nori [3] is a versatile condiment to use in a wide range of dishes.
Clearspring Fine Cut Nori is made from the finest toasted nori sheets. Made by the same producer as the sushi nori sheets, it has a delicious nutty flavour and dark, shiny green colour. It makes a perfect garnish for anything from rice to noodles, pasta or salad. Simply sprinkle it on just before serving as no preparation is required.
In Japan it is often used for chilled soba noodles [4] or mixed with other ingredients such as sesame [5] to make a delicious condiment (furikake).
Available in a 10g resealable pack
Flavoured Toasted Nori Strips
Tasty Clearspring Flavoured Toasted Nori [3] Strips are ideal for sushi or as a snack.
Using Clearspring Flavoured Toasted Nori Strips
- wrap sushi: use two strips stuck end-to-end by moistening to wrap each roll
- cut with scissors into very thin strips for garnishing rice, pasta and vegetable dishes
- eat straight from the pack as a snack
Clearspring Flavoured Toasted Nori Strips are prepared in Japan from high grade nori sea vegetable that has been dried, toasted and coated with top quality traditional Japanese seasonings to give each strip a deliciously rich taste combining savoury, sweet, salty and spicy tones.
Ingredients: Toasted nori sea vegetable, soya sauce (water, whole soya beans, whole wheat, sea salt [6]), water, mirin [7] (sweet rice, water, cultured rice), malt syrup (sweet potato starch, water, sprouted barley [8]), sea salt, kombu [9] sea vegetable, shiitake [10] mushrooms, chilli pepper.
Available in a 13.5g resealable pack