Plum Wine Fumet with Fish Balls and Glass Noodles

Name: Plum Wine Fumet with Fish Balls and Glass Noodles
Yield: Serves 6 to 8 in large bowls, 10 to 12 in small bowls
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: Infused Glass Noodles; ⅓ cup finely shredded carrot; 1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine or dry sherry; 4 fresh water chestnuts, cut into tiny dice; 1 packed cup finely slivered Napa cabbage; Kosher salt; ¼ cup finely chopped Chinese or Western chives; ½ teaspoon kosher salt; ½ cup thinly sliced green and white scallion rings; Coriander sprigs (figure 1 per bowl), for garnish; 1 pound fish paste; China Moon Fish Fumet; ¾ teaspoon fresh ginger juice (squeezed from finely minced fresh ginger); Roasted Szechwan Pepper-Salt; 3 to 4 twists Freshly ground black pepper; 3 tablespoons thinly sliced green and white scallion rings; ¼ teaspoon Chinese chili sauce; 1½ tablespoons slivered fresh coriander leaves and stems

Preparation info

Serves
6 to 8
in large bowls

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

China Moon Cookbook

By Barbara Tropp

Published 1992

About

A very delicate soup, this has a special refinement. There is nothing showy or spicy about it, just the light and refreshing flavors of fish and ginger and the pleasant crunch of fresh water chestnuts.

For a note on fish paste. If the fish paste or the time to make the fish balls is unavailable, you might substitute fresh scallops or prawns (velveted and poached), or slivers of any impeccably fresh non-oily f

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China
Pescatarian
Spicy
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