Recipes – Page 3 – Towards China

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Challenging

Stretch, pleat and wrap. Allow the resting time, and enjoy learning a new skill.

Challenging47 min

Homemade scissor-cut noodles

A firm piece of dough becomes small noodles when you snip it with kitchen scissors.

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Challenging1 hr 45 min

Hong Kong mango pancakes

Hong Kong mango pancakes wrap fresh fruit and whipped cream inside thin, soft crêpes. The pancakes need to cool completely before you add the filling.

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Challenging3 hr 35 min

Hong Kong pineapple buns

Hong Kong pineapple buns have a cracked cookie topping and soft bread underneath. The name refers to the crust’s appearance: there is no pineapple in this recipe.

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Challenging1 hr

Jianbing breakfast crepes

Jianbing wraps egg, sauce and crisp crackers in a thin crepe.

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Challenging3 hr 30 min

Lanzhou-style beef noodle soup

A long-simmered beef broth, white radish and chilli oil define this Lanzhou-style bowl. Ready-made noodles let you focus on getting the broth clear and the beef tender.

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Challenging3 hr

Layered sesame and spring-onion bread

A rolled, split dough makes visible layers in this baked spring-onion bread.

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Challenging8 hr 5 min

Lotus-leaf sticky rice with chicken

Lotus-leaf parcels steam sticky rice with chicken, shiitake and Chinese sausage. The leaf is a wrapper for fragrance, opened before you eat.

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Challenging3 hr 15 min

Naturally colourful dumplings

Vegetable juices colour these wrappers without food dye.

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Challenging2 hr 55 min

Pan-fried pork buns

These little pork buns steam in the pan after their bases brown.

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Challenging1 hr 10 min

Peanut and sesame brittle

Toasted nuts and seeds turn into crisp brittle when they meet caramel.

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Challenging1 hr 30 min

Pork and prawn shumai

Open-topped shumai hold pork, prawns and shiitake inside thin wrappers. The filling stays visible, so there is no complicated top seam to master.

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Challenging11 hr 15 min

Pork and shiitake zongzi

Sticky rice wrapped in bamboo leaves, with pork and shiitake inside. Set aside a wrapping afternoon and an overnight soak.

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Every swap explains what changes. Some specialist ingredients are worth finding: plain flour cannot do the job of glutinous rice, and chilli sauce cannot recreate fermented bean paste.