Chinese Dumplings Recipes - Roast Pork Dumplings Recipe

Ingredients

• 2-3 tablespoons lean roast pork

• 1 dessertspoon peanut oil

• few drops soy sauce

• pinch each salt, sugar and Ve-Tsin (M.S.G.)

• 3/4 teaspoon corn-flour

• 3 tablespoons cold water

• 1 teaspoon oyster sauce

Dough

• 4 oz. plain flour

• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder

• 1 level dessertspoon sugar

• 2 tablespoons peanut oil

• 1 tablespoon water

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Method:

1. Chop the pork fairly finely and fry it in the oil for under a minute, tossing it about.

2. Add the soy sauce, seasonings and 1/2 teaspoon of corn-flour, blended with the water, and cook, stirring, for 1 1/2 minutes. Set aside to become cold.

3. Mix together the remaining corn-flour and the oyster sauce and add to the meat. Divide the mixture into 5 equal portions.

4. To make the Dough: Turn the flour, baking powder and sugar on to a pastry board. Make a hole in the centre. Pour the oil arid water into it and gradually mix together with the handle of a wooden spoon.

5. Gather up the dough and knead it very well, using the heels of the hands, until it is very firm. Divide into 5 balls and flatten each into a round 2 1/2 inches in diameter.

6. Place one round of dough in one hand. Add a portion of the filling and bring the outer edges together and pinch them with the thumb and forefinger of the other hand.

7. Continue this pinching and shaping all round to form the dumplings. Place each dumpling on a square of greaseproof paper and steam for 20 minutes.