Body By Beignets

Episode 19: Flower & Garden Festival

Episode Summary

Food, flowers, food, culture, and more food!! Join us today as we stroll through EPCOT on a food tasting extravaganza. We discuss the many different festivals that EPCOT hosts each year with a special focus on the Flower & Garden festival. We will also try to recreate a festival favorite recipe! Grab a pen because you will want to write down all of these must-try snacks & treats on this week’s episode of the Body By Beignets podcast - where Disney does a body good!

Episode Notes

EPCOT’s Flower & Garden Festival

Frushi - Japan: Hanami Booth

Frushi is served at the Walt Disney World Flower and Garden Festival at Epcot! This fruit inspired sushi is a popular dish to get!!

**Recipe from recipesofdisney.com

Ingredients

• 2 cups sushi rice, cooked per package directions
• 1 tablespoon cream of coconut
• 16 soy wrappers
• 16 fresh strawberries, hulled and quartered
• 1/2 cantaloupe, cut into four-inch-long by 1/4-inch-wide rectangles
• 1/2 pineapple, peeled and cored cut into four-inch-long by 1/4-inch-wide rectangles
• toasted coconut, for garnish
• raspberry puree, for garnish
• whipped cream, for garnish

Instructions

1. Cook the sushi rice. Let sushi rice cool slightly; stir in cream of coconut. Set aside to cool to room temperature.
2. Lay one soy wrapper on a flat surface. Place about 1/4 cup sushi rice on the soy wrapper, pressing with moistened fingers to cover the whole sheet.
3. Place one piece each of pineapple and cantaloupe, and four pieces of strawberry in the center of the rice-covered sheet.
4. Starting at one end, fold about 1/3 of the roll up, then roll the sheet into a cylinder, keeping the fruit in the middle. Moisten soy wrapper to seal.
5. Cut into 4 equal pieces
6. Garnish with raspberry puree, coconut, and whipped cream!