Month: April 2011

One of my stocking stuffers this past Christmas was a dumpling press.  I was skeptical.  But I recently gave it a try, and I made some beautiful dumplings.  I made a basic Asian filling with ground chicken, carrots, scallions, ginger, garlic.  The dumpling press was quite easy to use.  Just put a round wonton wrapper on the open press, add some filling, brush the edge with egg white and press!  I froze about 4 dozen in small batches.  I steam them and finish them off in a little sesame oil for some crunch on the outside.  A quick and delicious meal after  a tough day at work.  Beautiful.

Just a quick follow up to my last post.  I did indeed cook chicken wings sous vide-style.  They were tasty, but the trouble is that if you want to utilize a bone as a vehicle for getting food from a plate to your mouth, using a cooking method that makes things literally fall-off-the-bone tender is probably not the best way to go.  Lesson learned.