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Cucumber Dumplings
Recipe by Pete Campbell
Healthy and refreshing, these cucumber dumplings in cucumber broth make for a delicious meal.
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- Ingredients
Ingredients
Dumpling Wrappers
Reduced White Wine
Cucumber Broth
Dumpling Filling
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Steps
- For the Dumpling Wrappers, using a mandolin on the thinnest setting, slice chokos lengthways, avoiding the centre seed. Lay 24 of the largest slices on a board and sprinkle evenly with salt. Stack the slices then place into a vacuum sealable bag. Vacuum seal and set aside in the fridge to brine for 30-40 minutes.
- For the Reduced White Wine, bring the wine to a boil then reduce heat to medium low and allow wine to reduce for 20-25 minutes until you have about 1/4 of the original volume. Remove from the heat and set aside.
- For the Cucumber Broth, line a fine mesh sieve with a muslin cloth and place over a bowl. Grate the cucumbers into the sieve. Using a spoon, press down on the cucumber to extract the juice and finish by wrapping the grated cucumber in the muslin cloth and squeeze until cucumber appears dry. Reserve the grated cucumber for the dumpling filling. Season the juice with lemon juice and salt, stir to combine. Chill in the refrigerator until required.
- For the Dumpling Filling, place all the ingredients (reserve 1/2 tsp of each herb) in a bowl and stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper. Taste and carefully add the additional herbs to taste, if desired.
- To assemble, remove choko slices from bag and arrange slices on a tray. Use a 7-9cm ring cutter to trim the slices into circles. Spoon 1 ½ teaspoons of filling into the centre of each wrapper. Fold the wrapper to cover the filling and carefully pinch along the edge of the wrapper to make little folds to resemble a traditional dumpling. Spray the dumplings with lemon juice and sprinkle each dumpling lightly with caraway seeds.
- To serve, use an offset spatula to very carefully place dumplings into serving bowls. Pour the Cucumber Broth into the bowl 1/3 of the height of the dumplings and finish with a few drops of olive oil.
