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

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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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