serves
2-4
prep
10 minutes
cook
20 minutes
difficulty
Easy
serves
2-4
people
preparation
10
minutes
cooking
20
minutes
difficulty
Easy
level
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Ingredients
- 30 yellow (or white) wonton wrappers, 7.5cm, square
Dumpling filling
- 125 g fresh green prawns, peeled, deveined
- 155 g fatty pork mince
- ½ cup water chestnuts, finely diced
- ½ cup canned, drained bamboo shoots, finely diced
- ½ cup finely diced spring onions (mainly white part)
- ½ cup finely diced celery
Seasoning
- 2 tsp table salt
- ¼ tsp white pepper
- 1 tsp finely grated fresh ginger
Dipping sauce
- 2 parts soy sauce
- 1 part sesame oil
Chilling/freezing time: 30 minutes
Instructions
- Using a Chinese cleaver, finely chop the prawn meat to a mince. Place in a large mixing bowl with the pork, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, spring onion and celery and add to mince.
- Add the seasonings and pound the mixture against the side of the bowl until smooth. Chill for 30 minutes.
- Cut the corners off the wrappers to create a slightly round shape. Hold a wrapper in your palm and place a tablespoon of filling in its centre. Wrap the sides up and around, squeezing the wrapper close to the filling so the top gathers into pleats.
- Using a round-tipped butter knife, gently push the filling down from the top to pack the 'flowerpot' firmly and top up with extra filling if needed. The filling should be seen above the wrapper.
- To cook, flatten the bases slightly and place in steamer basket lined with steamer paper, and sit in wok over boiling water. Alternatively, you could place directly in a lightly oiled bamboo basket or on a lightly oiled plate. Steam for 15-20 minutes. Serve with the dipping sauce.
Photography by Kitti Gould.
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Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
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