Shumai: create a dipping sauce- mix 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1/2 tsp kosher salt, 1 tsp sugar and add to 1/2 cup peanut oil at 300 degrees then turn off heat and add 1/4 cup chili flakes and 2 crushed cloves of garlic and let cool an hour....cut 1 pound of country style pork spare ribs into 1 inch cubes. 10 one second pulses in food processor for half the meat then the other half of the pork and 1/2 pound of shrimp with 5 one second pulses. Combine the meat the. Add 1/4 cup chopped Chestnuts, 4 chopped shiitake mushrooms, 2 tbsp corn starch, 2 tbsp minced cilantro , 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar, 1 tbsp Chinese rice wine, 1 tbsp sesame oil, 2 tsp fresh grated ginger, 2 tsp sugar, 1/2 tsp table salt, 1/2 tsp black pepper then add a mixture of 2 tbsp soy sauce and 1/2 tsp gelatin. Use a 3 inch biscuit cutter to make circle cutouts of egg roll wrappers. Put 1 tbsp of meat mixture in each circle and fold up. Add pinch of grated carrot to top and steam for 10 min in steamer basket...adapted from season 11 ATK
Shumai with Chili Oil Sauce
Taketsuru Pure Malt Whiskey
Aged 17 Years
Tasting Notes
Japanese Whiskey
Color: Chestnut
Nose: Peat, Peat, Citrus, Sherry and Toffee
Taste: Honey sweetness on the front palate that is followed by a light smokey peat flavor on the mid palate and leather on the edges of the tongue
Finish: There is a smooth finish with only the hint of spice
Body: Medium
Personality: Sir Sean Connery
Impression: This is a great Japanese. We found it very sweet forward and the peat was not overwhelming. Overall a very well balanced whiskey.