Crystal dumplings
In my last post I shared a recipe for pork, cabbage, and chive dumplings. Those were made with a flour-based homemade dough, which I'm assuming most people imagine when they hear the word dumpling . But if you've ever had dim sum, you know that the world of dumplings is vast, and also includes fillings wrapped in a crystal dough. Years ago I took a virtual dumpling making class hosted by food blogger Kristina Cho, where she walked us through the process of making these crystal dumplings. She also taught us a variety of methods for wrapping the dumplings, which was so much fun! It was such an educational and entertaining lesson, it reminds me that I should take more cooking classes to learn new-to-me techniques! The zipper fold was my absolute favorite, and its not as hard as it looks! You can Google tutorials on the process, but here is one from Facebook where Kristina demonstrates multiple folder techniques . Here is another post/video from Red House Spice , with demo...
