Celery & Mushroom Dumpling: The Smiling Nun Fold

Name: Celery & Mushroom Dumpling: The Smiling Nun Fold (芹菜蘑菇餃)
Yield: Makes 25–30
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 spring onion (scallion); 50 g (1¾ oz) Tian Jin preserved Chinese cabbage (optional); 200 g (7 oz) Chinese celery (swapsies: Western celery); ½ tablespoon pure sesame oil; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1 teaspoon salt; 50 g (1¾ oz) dried shiitake mushrooms; 100 g minced pork; ½ a thumb-size piece of ginger; 1 clove of garlic; 5 sprigs of fresh coriander (cilantro); 25–30 ready-made Shanghai dumpling pastries (square) or thinly rolled squares of shui gao dough

芹菜蘑菇餃

Preparation info

Makes
25–30

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Hong Kong Diner

By Jeremy Pang

Published 2017

About

Ingredients

25–30 ready-made Shanghai dumpling pastries (square) or thinly rolled squares of shui gao dough

Asia
Hong Kong (China)
Garnish
Main course

Method

Soak the shiitake mushrooms in hot water overnight, or for at least 2 hours, then drain.

Finely chop the mushrooms, celery, cabbage, garlic, ginger, spring onion (scallion) and coriander (cilantro) and place in a large mixing bowl. Add the minced pork and the marinade ingredients and mix well.

To make the smiling nun fold, place one of the pastries on a flat surface in front of