Walnut Floss Dumplings

Name: Walnut Floss Dumplings
Cuisine: Australia
Ingredients: 1 litre (35 fl oz) grapeseed oil; 60 g (2¼ oz) walnut kernels; 100 g (3½ oz) whole fresh chestnuts; 8 heaped teaspoons bitter chocolate black pudding; 20 ml (¾ fl oz) boiling water; 30 g (1 oz) fine glutinous rice flour; 200 ml (7 fl oz) milk; 25 g (1 oz) unsalted butter; ½ level teaspoon ammonium bicarbonate

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Organum

By Peter Gilmore

Published 2014

About

Ingredients

100 g (3½ oz) whole fresh chestnuts
60 g (2¼

Oceania
Australia
Main course

Method

Cut a small cross in the top of each chestnut and roast in a 180°C (350°F/Gas 4) oven for 30 minutes or until tender. Allow to cool slightly, then peel, removing the outer shell and inner skin. Reserve and keep warm.

Place the walnut kernels and