China

Wu Gok

Name: Wu Gok
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 10 pieces
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 500 g Taro; 80 g Wheat starch; 200 g Ground pork; 4 pieces Dried shiitake; some of each Oyster & soy sauce; plenty Oil for frying

Fried taro puffs with pork filling

Wu gok are fried taro puffs from Cantonese dim sum with an airy, lacy crust.

Steamed and mashed taro encases a savoury filling of pork, shiitake and oyster sauce.

Servings10 pieces

Time70 min

LevelAdvanced

Ingredients

Taro500 g
Wheat starch80 g
Ground pork200 g
Dried shiitake4 pieces
Oyster & soy saucesome of each
Oil for fryingplenty

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Steam the taro and mash with starch and fat into a dough.
Fry ground pork with shiitake and sauces into a filling.
Form small cups from the taro dough.
Load with filling and seal.
Deep-fry crisp and airy in hot oil.

Make it original

Oyster sauce and shiitake for wu gok are in the Asia Boutique.

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