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shiitake mushroom dumplings

Shiitake Mushroom Dumplings

dishbyrish
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course dim sum
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 22 dumplings

Equipment

  • Rolling Pin
  • Pasta roller
  • 2.5" cookie cutter
  • Steamer

Ingredients
  

For the filling:

  • 250 g shiitake mushrooms
  • 1 birds eye red chilli minced
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp light soy sauce
  • Handful of spring onion greens finely sliced

For the wrappers:

  • 125 g plain flour
  • 25 g tapioca flour
  • 80 g boiling water
  • Corn flour or rice flour for dusting

Instructions
 

For the wrappers:

  • Mix together the plain flour and tapioca flour
  • Add boiling water and mix with a fork to incorporate
  • As soon as the dough cools enough to touch, start kneading by hand for around 5-7 minutes or until smooth. It will still look like a dry dough but it will hydrate as it rests
  • Roll into a ball and cover. Allow to rest for a minimum of 20 mins
  • Then lightly dust the dough with corn flour or rice flour and roll out to elongate
  • Pass the dough through a pasta roller starting from the largest size onwards. I go up to setting 4 on my Atlas
  • Use a cookie cutter to cut out even pieces
  • Dough scraps can be re-kneaded, allow them to rest for 10 minutes then pass back through the pasta roller

For the mushroom filling:

  • Blitz the mushrooms through a food processor until coarsely chopped, alternatively chop with a knife
  • Sauté the mushrooms in the sesame oil on a high heat until they begin to caramelise and brown
  • Then add the minced garlic and chilli and sauté for a further minute
  • Add the soy sauce and continue to mix until it has incorporated
  • Turn the heat off and add the finely sliced spring onions
  • Allow to cool completely before filling the wrappers

Folding the wrappers:

  • Placed a heaped tsp of filling in the centre of the wrapper, keep the other wrappers covered under a lightly damp kitchen towel to prevent them from drying out
  • Pinch the middle of each end of the wrapper together and create 4-5 symmetrical pleats on either side
  • Place in a steamer and steam over boiling water for 10 minutes
Keyword dim sum, dumplings, mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, steamed dumplings