Spiral Dumplings

Hang on a sec - why haven't we ever seen these before? These are so simple and wildly delicious - the best use of rice papers ever in our humble opinions.

20 minutes prep

20 minutes cook

Serves 8

Hugh Woodward
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Ingredients

  • 300gpork mince
  • 200gfresh peeled prawns
  • 30g peeled diced ginger
  • 1 tsp corn flour
  • 1 tspblack pepper
  • a glugShaoxing wine
  • a glugsesame oil
  • 50g eachwhite and black sesame seeds
  • at least 16small rice papers

Combined with the best dumpling filling ever - pork and prawn - and crispy sesame bottoms, we're on to a winner. Give these a try this weekend!

Method

  • Place all the ingredients except the sesame seeds and rice papers in a food processor and blitz until finely combined.
  • Wet the rice papers and carefully stretch them, laying two slightly overlapping on a board.
  • Place the filling in a piping bag and pipe it down the centre of the papers, then roll them up to make a long thin sausage, pinching the ends to seal in the filling.
  • Roll the sausages into a spiral. In a bowl, combine the sesame seeds - dip one side of the dumplings into the mix.
  • In a non stick frying pan with a lid, heat a splash of oil. Fry the dumplings in batches until the bottoms are crispy and they are almost cooked through. Turn the heat down and add a glug of water, then put the lid on and allow the dumplings to finish cooking.
  • Serve them with a glug of Chinese vinegar, soy sauce and some chives. Optional chilli oil.

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    Hugh Woodward

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    Hugh's culinary life began aged 14 when he cooked spaghetti hoop burritos to impress girls. Since then his colourful career has taken him to performing in Skegness, making cheese in Peckham, running a wine bar on Columbia Road and reluctantly working in a (briefly) Michelin Starred restaurant. He likes fish, things cooked on charcoal, cheap dinners and London's rich cultural tapestry of food shops. When he's not cooking or eating he can be found mudlarking by the river Thames, buying bits in flea markets and hanging out with his cat Keith.

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