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Saturday, May 26, 2012

Philippines - Shrimp & Shiitake Mushroom Lumpia with Orange Chili Mint


Shrimp & Shiitake Mushroom Lumpia with Orange Chili Mint



Yield: 24 servings

Lumpia Ingredients

-       2 lb Diced Peeled Fresh Shrimp
-       2 c Chopped Shiitake Mushrooms
-       1/2 c Thin grated Carrot
-       2 oz Bean Sprouts
-       2 oz Shredded Kai -Choy Chinese Mustard
-       2 oz Shredded Won Bok Cabbage
-       1/2 oz Garlic Chopped
-       1/2 oz Chopped Lemongrass
-       4 ea Kaffir Lime Leaves
-       4 oz Cooked Long Rice Noodles
-       2 tb Chopped Fresh Mint
-       2 oz Chopped Fresh Cilantro
-       1/2 oz Nam Pla Fish Sauce
-       1 oz Oyster Sauce
-       1 tb Hot Chili Paste
-       Sesame Oil
-       Soybean Oil
-       24 Lumpia Wrappers

Sauce Ingredients

-       3 Oranges
-       2 c Rice Wine
-       1/2 c Rice Vinegar
-       1/2 Bottle Lingham Chili Sauce
-       Fresh Picked Mint Leaves

Directions

Lumpia:

-       Stir fry at high heat in a equal parts sesame-soybean oil blend, ginger, garlic, lemongrass, carrot, cabbage, mustard, mushrooms, bean sprouts.
-       Add the lime leaves, cilantro & mint and season with the oyster sauce, fish, soy and chili paste to taste, keeping the vegetables crisp.
-       Set aside to cool.
-       Fold in the cooked rice noodles with the vegetable mixture.
-       In a hot saute pan stir fry the chopped shrimp in sesame-soybean oil with chopped ginger & garlic, finishing with the same seasonings of fish soy, oyster sauce & chili paste.
-       Combine the shrimp with the vegetable/noodle mixture.

Assemble:

-       On a lumpia wrapper, place a mound of the shrimp vegetable mix, brush the edges lightly with egg, then roll the mixture up folding in the edges to close the ends.
-       Pan fry in soy bean oil til golden brown & crispy and drain well on paper towels.
-       Place the orange chili sauce on a plate and slice the rolls at an angle, arrange on the sauce & garnish with a spoonful of the diced fruit salsa, mint, cilantro and black seeds.

Sauce:

-       In a sauce pan, add the wine, vinegar, oranges cut in half and squeezed (include rind & skin).
-       Bring to a boil.
-       Add the lingham chili sauce, simmer for about 5 minutes, and strain.
-       Set aside warm.

Philippines - Lumpia with Sweet Potatoes


Lumpia with Sweet Potatoes



Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients

-       1 c Pork, finely cubed
-       6 tb Lard
-       3 Cloves garlic, minced
-       1 md Onion sliced
-       1/2 c Diced bean curd
-       1 c Raw shelled deveined shrimp
-       1 c String beans, cut into 1" -pieces
-       1 c Cabbage, cut into 1" squares
-       1 c Cubed sweet potatoes
-       Salt to taste
-       1 Stalk celery, finely chopped
-       20 Lumpia wrappers (recipe -below)

LUMPIA WRAPPERS
-       3 c Flour
-       1 tb Salt
-       5 c Water
-       Pork fat

LUMPIA SAUCE
-       6 tb Cornstarch
-       1 c Water
-       1/2 c Soy sauce
-       1/2 c Brown sugar

Directions

-       Boil the pork in a pot until tender and the fat comes out.
-       Remove the pork from the pot and drain.
-       Put the lard in a large skillet and saute the pork, garlic, onion and bean curd.
-       Add the shrimp, string beans, cabbage, sweet potatoes and a little water.
-       Season with the salt and cook over medium heat until tender.
-       Set aside on a platter to cool, add the celery on top.

LUMPIA WRAPPERS

-       Sift the flour into a bowl. In another bowl, mix the salt with the water.
-       Add 1 cup of salted water to the flour to make a stiff dough.
-       Beat the dough hard against the sides of the mixing bowl to soften and make it elastic.
-       Add more of the water to soften the dough.
-       Continue beating and adding water until the mixture becomes very elastic and has a consistency of heavy cream.
-       Use only enough water to achieve this consistency.
-       Heat a frying pan greased with pork fat and pour in about 2 tablespoons of the thin batter, tilting the pan to spread the batter as thin as possible.
-       Turn the wrapper when it can be freed from the frying pan
-       And fry quickly on the other side.
-       Remove from pan.
-       Do the same with the rest of the batter.

To serve, put 2 tablespoons of lumpia mixture in each wrapper and fold into a tight roll. Serve with lumpia sauce.

LUMPIA SAUCE Cook over low heat until thick, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and let cool.