- May 16th and a chapter entitled Fiddly cooking. Mr Slater says he normally doesn't want to do fiddly cooking, I quote " ........do I want to be fiddle- arsing around making little parcels of food........."
He confesses to, on occasions, buying ready made pastry and says ".......he refuses to buy into the idea that everything we eat has to be made from scratch......." How refreshing it is to read this from a chef, makes a lesser mortal feel much happier!!!!!
This recipe - gyoza - Japanese pork and cabbage dumplings
Not one who really goes in for fiddly cooking I wasn't looking forward to making these, thought they might be a bit of a failure. Still now retired, I have the time to take all day if needs be so here goes.
The accompanying dip was quick and simple to make. The filling for the dumplings was pretty straightforward but although I read the recipe several times I was not sure when to add the Chinese cabbage. Made a guess - seemed to work.
Once I got the hang of crimping the dough I was fine , indeed fiddly but quite rewarding to see my dumplings lined up in perfect unison.
My dumplings ready for cooking !
Not a big fan of the finished cooked dumpling, loved the dip, but don't think I will make these again. Took some round for my future- son- in -law so will wait for his verdict for a second opinion.
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