When I first got my thermomix, we had just returned from a holiday to Beijing, so one of the first things I made was the delicious steamed dumplings we had been enjoying on our holiday.
These aren’t the doughy ones, they are light and healthy you will need to make a lot as you wont be able to stop eating them!
Ingredients
- 4 spring onions
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 55 g bamboo shoots
- 300g pork mince (or mince your own first)
- 10 g Chinese rice wine
- ¼ teaspoon white pepper
- ¾ teaspoon sesame oil
- 30 fresh wonton wrappers
Method
Mince pork if using pork steak (close lid and turbo 3 – 4 times). Set aside
Place spring onions, garlic and bamboo shoots into bowl and chop for 5 seconds on speed 5
Add pork mince, Chinese rice wine, white pepper and sesame oil and select closed lid then press turbo 3 – 4 times to combine
Place 1 wonton wrapper on bench, brush edges with water then place 1 teaspoon of mince mixture in the middle of the wrapper, then fold wonton wrapper in half to make a triangle.
Fold the top corner over, then twist the side corners once and fold to the opposite side to enclose the filling. Use extra water to stick the edges together if needed.
You can work with a few wrappers at once to save time. I laid out 6 wrappers, brushed them with water, placed mince in the middle of each wrapper then folded each one.
There are heaps of different ways of folding the dumplings and it is probably easiest to do a search on “folding wonton wrappers’ on the internet to find a style that suits you.
As you finish each dumpling place them on the Varoma tray in a single layer. You will probably need to use the Varoma dish as well.
Once all dumplings are wrapped, add 900g water in bowl, place lid on top without MC, place Varoma tray and dish on then Varoma lid on top. Set for 15 minutes at Varoma Temperature on speed 4
Once cooked, place on a serving tray and serve with a dipping sauce. I have some delicious dipping sauce recipes here, or you could try your own.
Serves: 30
Approximate calories per dumpling: 3
