Chinese steamed dumplings

Ingredients

• 200 g minced meat
• 1/3 courgette
• 1/4 onion
• 1 cabbage leaf
• salt
• black pepper
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 cm piece fresh ginger
• 1 garlic clove
• fresh parsley
• a little olive oil
• 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 cm piece fresh ginger
• a little olive oil

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Preparation

• Mix the minced meat with the other ingredients.
• Shape the dough into rounded long cylinder. On a floured surface, cut the cylinder into circles. Press palm down on each piece to form a flat circle.
• With a rolling pin, roll out a circular wrapper from each flat disc. Place a tablespoon of filling in the center of each wrapper and fold the dough in half, pleating the edges along one side.
• Heat water in a wok, place grid over it, spread some cabbage leaves over the grid and put the dumplings on them.
• Mix all ingredients in a small bowl and use this sauce to drizzle over the dumplings along with some sliced red hot chilli pepper and some parsley, or to dip the dumplings in it.