[Sca-cooks] Shanghai Soup Dumplings, was, Re: Chinese dinner was Period substitute for tomatoes?

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Aug 24, 2009, at 4:36 PM, Johnna Holloway wrote:

> And maybe by the time we leave I will have learned how to make soup
> dumplings like they make at Din Tai Fung.
> http://www.shanghaiexpat.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1103558

Florence Lin's Complete Encyclopedia of Chinese Noodles, Dumplings And  
Breads (probably the one Chinese cookbook I'd choose if I could choose  
only one) uses pork belly, with the rind, as the pork component, with  
the rind supplying gelatin for a rich stock which is an essential part  
of the filling. The ne plus ultra version involves pork and crabmeat,  
I gather.

The Taiwanese fried version (also extremely juicy, sometimes made with  
beef) is good, too.

Adamantius






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