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Steamed Pork and Shrimp Dumplings (Siu Mai) (recipes) and collation(2) (iou)


Steamed Pork and Shrimp Dumplings (Siu Mai) (recipes)


Steamed Pork and Shrimp Dumplings (Siu Mai)

Yield: Makes 3 dozen dumplings



Ingredients:



1package (5 ounces) frozen cooked tiny shrimp, thawed and rinsed

1pound lean ground pork

1/2cup finely chopped water chestnuts

2green onions with tops, finely chopped

1tablespoon soy sauce

1tablespoon dry sherry

2teaspoons cornstarch

1teaspoon minced fresh ginger

1/2teaspoon dark sesame oil

1/4teaspoon sugar

1egg, separated

1tablespoon water

36wonton wrappers (3 inches in diameter)*

36fresh green peas (5 or 6 pods)

Additional soy sauce (optional)

Chili oil (optional)

Fresh tarragon sprig for garnish









Preparation:





1.Drain shrimp on paper towels. Set aside 36 shrimp. Place remaining shrimp in large bowl. Add pork, water chestnuts, green onions, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, sherry, cornstarch, ginger, sesame oil and sugar; mix well.2.Stir egg white into pork mixture until well blended; set aside. Place egg yolk in cup. Whisk water into egg yolk; set aside.3.To trim square wrappers into circles, stack 12 wrappers on top of each Other, keeping remaining wrappers covered with plastic wrap to prevent drying. Cut into 3-inch circles with tip of paring knife using round cookie cutter as guide. Repeat procedure 2 more times, keeping trimmed wrappers covered with plastic wrap.4.Lightly brush each wrapper with egg yolk mixture. Spoon 1-1/2 tablespoons pork mixture onto center of each wrapper. Bring edge of wrapper up around filling in small pleats, leaving top of filling exposed. Press wrapper around filling in middle to form pinched "waist." Place on tray and cover with plastic wrap. Repeat with remaining wrappers and filling.5.To steam dumplings, place 12-inch bamboo steamer in wok. Add water to 1/2 inch below steamer. (Water should not touch steamer.) Remove steamer. Cover wok; bring water to a boil over high heat.6.Oil bottom of bamboo steamer. Arrange 1/2 of dumplings about 1/2 inch apart in steamer. Brush tops lightly with egg yolk mixture; place 1 pea and 1 reserved shrimp on top of each dumpling, pressing to secure in place.7.Place steamer in wok over boiling water; reduce heat to medium. Cover and steam dumplings about 12 minutes or until pork is firm to the touch. Remove wok from heat. Transfer dumplings to serving plate.8.Repeat steps 6 and 7 with remaining dumplings. Serve immediately with soy sauce and chili oil for dipping, if desired. Garnish, if desired.











collation(2) (iou)



collation noun. ME.
[Old French collacion, -tion from Latin collatio(n-) collection, comparison, (in medieval Latin) conference, repast, formed as COLLATE verb: see -ATION.]
I. Conference.
a. In pl., John Cassian's Collationes Patrum in Scetica Eremo Commorantium, Conferences of (and with) the Egyptian Hermits (AD 415-20); sing. a section of this work. ME.
b. A reading in a Benedictine monastery from this work, later also from any Other edifying text, before the light meal taken at the end of the day; this meal; transf. (in mod. Roman Catholic usage) a light meal in the evening of a fast-day. ME.
A (private or informal) conference; a discourse, a homily, a treatise. LME-M17.
A light meal, esp. at an unusual time. Now chiefly in cold collation. E16.
II. Bringing together.
a. A collection, esp. of money; a contribution. obsolete exc. Scot. ME.
b. Roman & Scots Law. A bringing together of the whole estate and funds on which the children of a deceased parent have a claim in succession, including any funds etc. advanced previously to any of the children, for its subsequent equal division among them. E19.
The act of collating; comparison; esp. the textual or critical comparison of various documents, editions, etc. LME.
b. The recorded result of such textual etc. comparison; a set of corrections compiled after such comparison. L17.
The action of collating the sheets etc. of a document or printed book. M18.
III.
Conferring or bestowal (esp. of a dignity, honour, etc.). Now only Ecclesiastical, the bestowal of a benefice on a member of the clergy; the appointment (by the Ordinary) of a member of the clergy to a benefice. LME.
b. The right of institution to a benefice. Now rare. L15.
co'llational adjective of or pertaining to collation M20.