Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Bánh Hoa Hồng (Rose Dumplings)

"Pastry" Shell:
-1 cup wheat starch
-2/3 cup rice flour
-1 cup boiling water
-2 tbs oil

*Mix flours together and stir in boiling water. Let dough rest until cool enough to handle and knead in oil to make a smooth dough. Divide into 12 portions.

Filling:
-1/2lb ground pork
-1 carrot
-1/2 onion
-2 shitake mushrooms
-cilantro
-1/2 tsp each: salt, pepper
-1 tsp each: soy sauce, sugar
-2 cloves of garlic
-few slices xá xíu (chinese bbq pork "cha siu", optional)

*Dice carrot, onion and bbq pork. Soak mushrooms in water for a few hours to hydrate and cut into thin slices. Mince garlic and cilantro, mix everything together and divide into 12 portions.

What to Do
:
Flatten the wrappers and wrap the filling. Use a rose dumpling tweezer to pinch the dough to form petals (can use you fingers if you don't have the tool). Steam dumplings over high heat for about 15-20 mins, lifting the lid of the steamer every 5 mins to release excess steam. Serve with fish sauce.

Rose Dumpling "Tweezer"

7 comments:

  1. Anonymous4:33 AM

    Hi TT,

    The dumplings look very nice and yummy but I can't still imagine how to form those petals for the dumpling. Did you do one petal at a time then connect them together?

    Thanks for sharing those recipes!

    thi

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  2. Thi,

    when you wrap the filling you get a round "dumpling". Just pinch the dough to make petals, 1 pinch = 1 petal. I guess it's one of those things you have to learn by doing.

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  3. Anonymous10:26 AM

    Hey tt,
    I am also confused on how to form the rose.

    Is it too much to ask you post step by step picture?

    Thanks,
    Thu

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  4. it actually is too much to ask that i take pictures on how to make the roses as I don't make these dumpling often. My advice is to just do it, experiment, play with your food and you'll figure it out.

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  5. tt

    i never had much success with this pastry skin and i am going to give this one a go. wish me luck.

    did you get the tweezer from the asian stores?

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  6. lily,
    yeah i bought the tweezers from a local asian store. You can use the dough recipe to make dim sum steamed shrimp dumplings by replacing rice flour with tapioca starch.

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  7. Anonymous4:23 PM

    TT,

    You are very talented. This is a perfect example of how creative you are. Keep up the good work.

    Nina

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