Chinese pork and prawn dumplings
My lovely boys love flavours from all around the world. As I am supporting them to learn to cook they want to replicate some of their favourite dishes - these aren't always things that are already part of my repertoire and it takes a bit of research to find recipes that are simple enough to do with beginner cooks and that contain ingredients that are available in small town NZ. I figure if I can get them here they are probably available in every other conceivable corner of the world. The dumplings we ended up with were fragrant and delicious with great texture contrasts in the tasty parcel. These were simple to make - although took a wee while to assemble and steam (a larger bamboo steamer is on my wish list the next time I'm in a town with an Asian grocery store). We will definitely be making them again and I can see quite a few variations to try - including different cooking methods and dipping sauces. We chose to serve these in a chicken broth with gin...