Thermomix Distributors Visit Edmonton: Stir Fry Prawns/Shrimp and The Chinese Dumpling
That dumpling even tastes more delectable than it looks! Believe me! What a treat we were all in for last week! We had five days notice that Merry and Victor were visiting us from Vancouver. You would have that it was the early 1800’s the way we panicked! Lynda and I had wanted them to come for over a year, but I was thinking I would just go there to meet them. It hadn’t happened in over a year, and then, “Ringy-dingydingy! Hello! Valerie, Lynda, Hanna! We are coming to see you!” “But, but, but, but, but… ” We all had a lot on our plate, but cleared what we could to make some time together on the Friday evening and more later on. Therer was not a planned conference, or even an agenda, but it was a wonderful, and long overdue warm evening of cooking together. Everyone came with something to prepare and to share. I started with my Yogurt Cheese Balls, then made white and whole wheat bread and Porcini Chestnut Soup with White Truffle Oil. Merry stir fried beautiful black tailed tiger prawns in the Thermomix. She had marinated them for three hours in some seasonings and a bit of white wine. I had no idea they were so easy to do. She put the blade on Reverse at Speed 1-2 for three minutes. They were the best prawns I have eaten in my life. Absolutely jumped right out of the sea and on to my plate. YUM!
Then she made dumpling dough and the filling for Chinese Dumplings. This was a lot of fun. I need a pasta maker, Vanja! Merry was so suprised we didn’t have one. Good thing, too. Half of the fun was rolling them by hand.
See how Merry is beaming? She should be. She did a wonderful job of teaching us all how to make the most magnificent Traditional Chinese Dumplings I have ever had.
She and Victor brought a very special kind of sauce with them that you cannot buy in Canada. It is a kind fo mushroom ferment and is meaty and earthy with a depth of richness that I have never tasted, yet it is also light. It brought the moist parcels of fragrant flavour a presence that really grounded the dish.
Hanna made crepes with cheese filling that she made in her Thermomix. I will try to get a link for this really lovely recipe.
Meanwhile, here is the shrimp recipe
Stir Fry Prawns or Shrimp
These shrimp are absolutely delicious and take only 3 minutes to prepare once marinated. The cleaning takes a considerable 30 minutes and marinating 2 hours, but they are then ready for immediate service after cooking! The best shrimp recipe I have used!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 3 minutes
Total Time 18 minutes
Servings 2 servings
Ingredients
Ingredients for Marinade:
- 3 cloves Garlic , minced
- 5 g Ginger chopped
- 15 g White Wine
- Pinch of sugar
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- 10 g Oil
- 15 g Soya Sauce
- 20 g Oil for Stir Fry
Ingredients for Stir Fry:
- 400 g Raw Prawns , shelled, de-veined, and marinated for 2 hours
Instructions
Instructions for Stir Fry:
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Place 20g oil into TM bowl for 2 minutes at Varoma, speed 1
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Add marinated prawns for 3 minutes at Varoma on Reverse speed 1
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Serve immediately
Maureen Jaeckel says
November 6, 2009 at 9:46 pmLove the video’s and your entire blog entries, esp. the Summer family vacation. Finally I will make the yoghurt and yoghurt cheese. What container do you use and where can I get it to let it become yoghurt? 2 quarts is quite a big container. I could improve on the multiple uses and would welcome more video’s. Can you give the exact cooking time and instructions for the shrimps?
Valerie Rodgers Lugonja says
November 10, 2009 at 9:46 pmIf you have a Thermomix, Maureen, you can get the Themobowl from your Thermomix Consultant. Each area has different ways of getting the bowl. Some let you buy it, some have you earn it. You can use a regular bowl that has a towel wrapped around it – or just a regular bowl that is sat in a warm corner of your kitchen for 5 hours. You can also make half of what I did, and use a thermos. I sent you the shrimp recipe and will now add it to this blog.
cathy says
September 1, 2010 at 11:29 pmHi Love the videos. do you have the full recipe for the pork dumpling recipe? i would love to give them a go in my thermomix how long do you steam them for etc is there a dipping sacue to have with them too??
cheers from Australia
Valerie says
September 2, 2010 at 5:44 amHi, Cathy!
I will double check and get back to you later in the week. I thought the full recipe for the dumplings was on the post, but I do have it and will put it in. They used a special soy-based sauce from China. I will add notes about others and send you a message when that is done in the post. They were boiled and not steamed. They CAN be steamed, and they told me that if you steam them, it takes less than (but close to) 10 minutes. You need to check for the puffiness of the dough.
Thanks for stopping by, and I will get to all of your answers soon!
🙂
Valerie
cathy says
September 2, 2010 at 7:54 pmThanks Valerie, that would be great. I am a Thermomix owner and consultant and doing some Cooking classes of my own for my customers. thought it would be great to give the dumplings a go and something we can all get down and dirty with(so to speak)making them all together. look forward to the full recipe, they look great. Dont know if i will be able to find that sauce in Aus though? do you know what its called?
Cathy