Vegan summer rolls with nectarine

Vegan summer rolls with nectarine

vegan summer rolls close up

As you can tell, I am in a South-East Asian food mood these days. After my take on bun noodles last week, this week we are stuffing our faces with Greekified summer rolls with an addictive almond butter sauce on repeat. Why Greekified you ask?

This is a new take on one of my first recipes, which I came up with when we lived on the Greek island of Paros for four years. As summer there is synonymous with juicy stone fruit, I decided to stick a slice of ripe nectarine (or peach, a plum would work also) into my summer rolls instead of the typically used exotic fruit, like mangos for example, and it worked a treat. I now do that all the time. Not only does the nectarine contribute a lot of delicious sweetness and juiciness, it also works super well against the traditionally used mint.

These little rolls are a perfect hot weather food as they require no cooking at all. The assembly is kind of therapeutic and lends itself to chatting to someone or listening to your favourite podcast at the same time and you do get quicker at putting them together with more practice. These rolls are refreshing, crunchy and filling – if you want to make them even more filling, add a clump of rice vermicelli to each roll, but I decided not to as I like them as they are.

vegan summer rolls ingredients

vegan summer rolls process

vegan summer rolls rolling

vegan summer rolls rolled up

vegan summer rolls macro

vegan summer rolls platter

makes
40 halves
PREP
60 min
COOKING
0 min
makes
40 halves
PREPARATION
60 min
COOKING
0 min
INGREDIENTS
DIPPING SAUCE

  • 120 ml / ½ cup all natural almond butter (or peanut if you prefer)
  • juice of ½ lime (about 2 tbsp), adjust to taste
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce or tamari, adjust to tase
  • 1 tsp maple syrup, adjust to taste
  • 1-2 tsp chilli sauce (I used sambal oelek)
  • 2 tsp grated ginger, grated finely

SUMMER ROLLS

  • 20 rice paper wrappers (mine were 16 cm diameter)
  • a small bunch of fresh mint (and / or coriander)
  • 2 ripe peaches, divided into segments
  • 2 carrots, cut into thin matchsticks*
  • 1 cucumber, cut into thin matchsticks
  • 1 pointed red pepper, cut into thin matchsticks
  • 1-2 baby gem lettuce and/or 2 curly kale leaves, divided into smaller pieces

METHOD
DIPPING SAUCE

  1. Place almond butter, a good splash of water, 2 tbsp of lime juice and 1 tbsp soy sauce in a mixing bowl. Mix until you achieve the right consistency.
  2. Taste and season with more lime juice (if needed), soy sauce / tamari (if needed), maple syrup, chilli sauce and ginger.

SUMMER ROLLS

  1. Dampen a clean kitchen towel and place it on a work surface.
  2. Prepare a bowl with cold water and rehydrate one rice paper wrapper at a time by immersing it fully in the water for about 15 seconds and then placing it on the damp kitchen towel. Do not immerse the wrapper for too long – you want it flexible but not fully soft when you take it out of the water. It will continue to soften once out of the water.
  3. Place two mint or a small clump of coriander leaves at the bottom of each roll, in the middle of the rehydrated rice paper. Follow by a segment of peach, veggie matchsticks and a lettuce leaf or a piece of kale. Take care not to overfill as the roll will tear in the process of rolling it up.
  4. Once you finish with the filling, start rolling each summer roll like a burrito. Fold the sides over and start rolling from the bottom, making sure you keep on wrapping the rice paper over the filling tightly with your other hand. It takes a few goes to get the knack of it.
  5. Repeat steps 2, 3 and 4 until you’ve run out of your filling and / or wrappers.
  6. Cut the rolls in half and enjoy them fresh, dipped in the prepared dipping sauce.

NOTES
*Be sure to adjust the length of your veggie matchsticks to the diameters of your rice paper wrappers. I used 16 cm / 6.3″ wrappers so I cut all my veggies to 5 cm / 2″ to allow for a generous margin on both sides of the filling, which makes rolling the rolls much easier.

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NUTRITIONAL INFO
calories
41
2%
sugars
1 g
2%
fats
2 g
3%
saturates
0 g
1%
proteins
1 g
2%
carbs
5 g
2%
*per roll
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REVIEWS & QUESTIONS
Helen Golding:
How long do they take to prepare?
I’m thinking of doing them for an afternoon birthday tea. Are they fiddly?
    Ania
    Ania:
    Hi Helen,
    If you have not made them before, you may find them fiddly. They take a little practice to get the knack of it. I would say it takes about an 1hr to make 40 halves. Ania
Lisa Kitahara:
Oh yum nectarines in summer rolls?! I've got to try that! I've tried mangoes & apples which are also super goood!!
    Ania
    Ania:
    I think they work really well, especially with mint! I hope you'll like them if you do try! x Ania
Jen:
Wow, I have only used hot water (as recommended in recipes I had read) to soften the rice wrapper. Looking forward to trying your method - much easier then keeping hot water ready! Also, do you you have any suggestions for keeping the finished rolls from becoming sticky? Thank you , love your recipes!
    Ania
    Ania:
    Hi Jen,
    I always only use cold tap water and it always work. In my experience, they only become sticky if the wrapper is kept in the water for too long. It should not be softened when taken out of water - only just flexible, the wrapper will continue to rehydrate to as it's being worked with and once it sits there too. Hope that helps! Ania
gretchen:
These look delicious! This has me thinking up other fruit combinations to also try.
Any idea if they’d be ok if refrigerated and made the day before eating?
    Ania
    Ania:
    Thanks, Gretchen! Yes, they will be fine, but obviously not quite as nice as made fresh. x Ania
Sally:
It’s like I’ve said before, you can take the girl out of Paros but you can’t take the Greek light out of her photo’s! Magnificent☺️
    Ania
    Ania:
    Hahahaha, thanks Sally. The light has been merciful lately, hope it stays that way a little longer. Ania
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