Wiener Sausage Koinobori (Flying Carp)

1. 1

   Cut a straw in half, and cut one of the halves in half again.

2. 2

   Bake the strand of pasta in a toaster oven until golden brown.

3. 3

   Make cuts in the sausage with the straw bits.

4. 4

   You only need to make shallow cuts.

5. 5

   Make any straight cuts with a knife.

6. 6

   This is how it looks after boiling for 1 minute.

7. 7

   Cut either end of the sausage while seeing how well balanced it is.

8. 8

   Make small cuts for the eyes with a round uncut straw.

9. 9

   Use one of the cut straws to dig out the eye holes.

10. 10

    Cut out the sliced cheese using the round uncut straw.

11. 11

    Insert the cheese into the sausage eye sockets.

12. 12

    Pierce the sausage with the baked pasta, and decorate with the corn kernel.

13. 13

    A pick would be cute too.

14. 14

    Punch out the eye pupils from nori seaweed using a nori punch, and stick onto the cheese.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.