January 2012
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Chinese New Year Dumplings
新年快乐！I previously posted a recipe for breakfast jiaozi (dumplings). In time for the Year of the Water Dragon, here’s a more traditional jiaozi recipe.
Ingredients
For the dough:
1 cup plain flour
1/4 cup water
For the filling:
250g ground pork
1 tbs soy sauce
3 tbs sesame oil
2 spring onions
200g chives
Notes: (1) Jiaozi dough should be very dry, if in doubt use...
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Mango Ice Cream
The first time I had mango ice cream was on a long-haul flight from China to the UK. At about 4am (time isn’t particularly fixed when you’re flying through 8 different time-zones) the cabin attendants brought ice cream to the few passengers who were still awake. It was a revelation, refreshing and fruity whilst still retaining the sweet luxuriousness of good ice cream.
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British Chinese Custard Tart
Following the mass of chocolate mousse I made for a previous recipe, I had 12 spare egg yolks sitting in the fridge. Rather than use these for scrambled eggs or something simple (mainly because I was in a cooking mood) I decided to make custard tart, a traditional British dessert which is also very popular in China and Hong Kong.
Ingredients
321 Pastry:
300g flour
200g butter/marge
100g...
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Luxurious Dark Chocolate Mousse
This was prepared as part of a three course meal for a dinner party, the complete menu for which I will cover in a later post. Light but indulgent, this delicious chilled dessert needs to be prepared several hours before serving (or the day before).
Ingredients
300g dark chocolate
12 egg-whites
1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
80g caster sugar
Notes: (1) Chocolate should as dark as possible,...