Noble House Crab Shumai Food

NOBLE HOUSE CRAB SHUMAI

Steps:

• In a bowl, mix the pork, scallions, ginger, mirin and salt. Gently fold in the crab meat.
• Dust a baking sheet with flour. Hold a gyoza wrapper in your palm, keeping the rest of the wrappers covered with plastic. Place about 1 1/2 tablespoons of the filling in the center of the wrapper and pinch the edges all around, forming an open cup. Transfer the dumpling to the baking sheet and cover. Repeat with the remaining wrappers and filling.
• Fill a wok with 1 1/2 inches of water and bring to a boil. Arrange the cabbage leaves on 2 tiers of a bamboo steamer so they overlap slightly. Add the dumplings to the steamer and stack the tiers. Cover and steam until the shumai are just cooked, 8 minutes. Serve hot.

CHINESE - CRAB SUI MAI

Steps:

• 1. Peel and devein shrimp; transfer to food processor. Add pork, egg white, wine, oil, ginger, salt and pepper; pulse just until combined, scraping down side of bowl as necessary. Scrape into large bowl.
• 2. Drain crabmeat in sieve, pressing to remove as much liquid as possible; remove any cartilage. Add crabmeat to shrimp mixture along with water chestnuts, coriander and onions; stir gently to combine without breaking up crab.
• 3. Place 4 wonton wrappers on work surface, keeping remainder covered with damp cloth to prevent drying out; brush with water. Place 1 tbsp (15 mL) crab mixture on centre of each; gather around filling, pressing 4 sides to make petal effect and leaving 1-inch (2.5 cm) opening at top.
• 4. Holding dumpling between finger and thumb, squeeze to form "waist"; tap on counter to flatten bottom. Place 1 pea in centre of each top opening. Repeat with remaining ingredients. (Make-ahead: Transfer to cornstarch-dusted rimmed baking sheet; cover with damp towel and refrigerate for up to 6 hours. Or freeze until firm; layer between waxed paper in airtight container and freeze for up to 2 weeks.)
• 5. In wok or steamer, bring water to boil. Line 2 steamer trays with spinach leaves or waxed paper. Arrange sui mai, without touching, in single layer on spinach.
• 6. Arrange stacked steamer trays over wok; cover and steam for 5 minutes. Reverse trays and steam until sui mai are firm and pink in centre, about 5 minutes. Repeat steaming for any remaining sui mai.
• 7. Serve in steamer tray or line platter with spinach and top with sui mai.