We've had stews and grilled meats a lot so far so this was an opportunity to try something quite different. We wanted to start with something easy so we picked Wontons and followed the recipe on Not Quite Nigella. It's a great food blog and the recipe is her mum's. I have no idea how authentic it is but they tasted great.
They were surprisingly easy to make. The filling is mixed up pretty quickly and then the wontons themselves are quick to make. Both the traditional dumpling shaped wontons and the frilled crescent circle styles worked out easily.
We found it hard to boil them but they worked really well steamed. We'd recommend using a steamer with a fair amount of space (we don't have one of those lovely bamboo ones that would probably make this a lot easier) and also possibly lining the base with greasproof paper. They stuck to the steamer if we weren't careful.
They also froze well (we interspersed the wontons with layers of greasproof paper) and were defrosted by Boy to deep fry (his deep fryer is his new pride and joy. I'm sure he's going to turn up at a State Fair soon frying unbelieveable things.) They came out really well but weren't quite as healthy, obviously!Schwester's flatmate suggested that we list the places we locate our ingredients. Being Londeners it's a lot easier for us than many people but it's still useful to have tips.
For this recipe Schwester located most of the ingredients in China Town. My favourite supermarket there is New Loon Moon, 9 Gerrard Street. It sells a range of products that cover most of the Far East. There are plenty more supermarkets in the vicinity though so if you can't find it in China Town, chances are you won't! My flatmate also recommends a Chinese supermarket 'at the bottom of Queensway' which apparently sells more unusual Asian vegetables.
All in all, a successful cooking! I'm looking forward to using up the wonton pastry :)
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