{"id":280,"date":"2020-01-27T19:08:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T19:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tipsforahealthylife.eu\/?p=280"},"modified":"2020-01-27T19:08:03","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T19:08:03","slug":"jiaozi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tipsforahealthylife.eu\/index.php\/2020\/01\/27\/jiaozi\/","title":{"rendered":"Jiaozi"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Preparation time:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>1 hour 30 minutes, plus resting
\nCooking time:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>40 minutes
\nServes:\u00a0<\/strong>20-25 dumplings<\/p>\n

Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Chinese leaf lettuce
\n5 salad onions, finely sliced
\n250g pork mince
\n1 red chili, finely chopped and deseeded if preferred
\n2 garlic cloves, chopped
\n25g fresh root ginger, finely grated
\n11\u20442 tbsp light soy sauce
\n11\u20442 tbsp Waitrose Cook’ Ingredients Chinese rice vinegar (or sherry vinegar)
\n1 tsp Waitrose Cooks\u2019 Ingredients Shaoxing rice wine (or dry sherry, such as Amontillado)
\n1\u20442 tbsp caster sugar
\n1\u20442 tbsp cornflour
\n1 tsp toasted sesame oil<\/p>\n

For the dumpling dough:<\/strong>
\n200g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
\n1\u20444 tsp salt
\nGroundnut oil, for greasing<\/p>\n

For the soy-vinegar dipping sauce:<\/strong>
\n15g fresh root ginger, grated
\n11\u20442 tbsp light soy sauce
\n11\u20442 tbsp Waitrose Cooks\u2019 Ingredients Chinese rice vinegar (or sherry vinegar)
\n1\u20442 tbsp Waitrose Cooks\u2019 Ingredients shaoxing rice wine (or dry sherry)
\n1 tsp sesame oil
\n1 tsp caster sugar<\/p>\n

Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Start with the dumpling dough. In a bowl, mix the flour and salt with 110ml just-boiled water; using a spoon, bring together to a dough.<\/p>\n

Cool for a few minutes, then knead for 5 minutes, until smooth. Coat with a little groundnut oil, wrap in cling film and rest for 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

2. Remove 6 leaves from the Chinese leaf lettuce; set aside. Finely shred the rest; toss with a big pinch of salt. Set aside for 20 minutes. Rinse well; squeeze out the excess liquid. Reserving the salad onion tops, mix the lettuce with the remaining ingredients; cover and chill.<\/p>\n

3. Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface as thinly as you can, thinner than 0.1cm if possible; it may be easier to do in batches, or using a pasta machine. Using a 9cm cookie cutter, stamp out as many small circles as you can, layering them up between squares of baking parchment, before covering with a tea towel. Re-roll any scraps; you should get about 20-25 wrappers in total.<\/p>\n

4. Place a heaped teaspoon of filling into the centre of a wrapper. Fold in half, crimping one of the edges to create a pleated effect, before pressing firmly together and expelling as much air as possible from around the meat. (Dampen the inner edge with a little water if it doesn\u2019t stick naturally.) Repeat with the remaining ingredients, setting the dumplings on a flour-dusted tray as you go.<\/p>\n

5. Prepare a steamer with simmering water and put 2-3 lettuce leaves (or circles of baking parchment) on the bases of the steamer layers. Steam the dumplings, in batches, for 10-12 minutes, until piping hot.<\/p>\n

6. Mix the sauce ingredients and serve with the dumplings, scattered with the reserved salad onion tops, and toasted sesame seeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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