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This Is a Book About Dumplings: Everything You Need to Craft Delicious Pot Stickers, Bao, Wontons and More
Brendan Pang, as seen on MasterChef Australia, invites readers into the world of dumplings. Flavorful cooking was the centerpiece of Brendan’s childhood, and one taste of his grandmother’s pork wontons led to a lifelong passion for cooking and sharing dumplings. His approachable recipes make it easy to craft amazingly flavorful professional quality dumplings. Readers will be equipped with all the tools required for making classic and popular dim sum dishes and mouth-watering soup dumplings. Step-by-step photos show readers how to make wrappers and craft fun shapes and folds. Through a variety of cooking techniques, like steaming, boiling and frying, readers can explore exciting dumpling styles, as well as sides and accompanying dishes from Spring Onion Pancakes to Tea Smoked Duck Breast.
Brendan’s signature rainbow dumplings, colored with natural vegetable ingredients, are a huge hit for entertaining and taste even better than they look. Traditional flavors feel fresh in recipes like Pork and Peanut Dumplings, Crab Soup Dumplings, Chinese Spicy Beef Dumplings and Crispy Yam Dumplings. Round out the table with noodles, soups, flavorful meats, pickled vegetables and plenty of dipping sauces. Brendan’s obsession with all things dumpling is deliciously contagious.
This book will have 60 recipes and 60 photos.
Brendan’s signature rainbow dumplings, colored with natural vegetable ingredients, are a huge hit for entertaining and taste even better than they look. Traditional flavors feel fresh in recipes like Pork and Peanut Dumplings, Crab Soup Dumplings, Chinese Spicy Beef Dumplings and Crispy Yam Dumplings. Round out the table with noodles, soups, flavorful meats, pickled vegetables and plenty of dipping sauces. Brendan’s obsession with all things dumpling is deliciously contagious.
This book will have 60 recipes and 60 photos.
160 pages, Hardcover
Published May 26, 2020
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About the author
Brendan Pang
4 books23 followersBrendan Pang appeared on MasterChef Australia and founded Bumplings, a mobile dumpling kitchen. He travels internationally teaching cooking and dumpling workshops.
This is a Book about Dumplings is his first book.
This is a Book about Dumplings is his first book.
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November 5, 2020
A lovely little book about, well, dumplings, this covers the gamut from easier dumpling recipes to more complex ones. There’s some nice veggie recipes in here too, but some of the complexities left me wishing there were some simpler recipes included, and some other sides to try. There’s a lot of love and work in here, and the author doesn’t hesitate to share what other chefs would keep secret, so this was a delight to read in that sense. Definitely a good pick up for those above beginner chef level!
August 15, 2021
This book is fun but the recipes are time consuming and the ingredients are too exotic.
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Glad I returned to this one!
Though this book is little, it is fierce! Everything recipe collected here will make you long for dumplings of all varieties. Some of the recipes will be challenging, others are simpler. If you are a dumpling fan, and an adventurous cook, this book is for you!
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Glad I returned to this one!
Though this book is little, it is fierce! Everything recipe collected here will make you long for dumplings of all varieties. Some of the recipes will be challenging, others are simpler. If you are a dumpling fan, and an adventurous cook, this book is for you!
March 21, 2022
I needed to read something for fun, and to distract myself from thinking about work. This book served the purpose. The recipes are fun. I enjoyed reading about his stories and comments around dumplings and asian cooking.
June 21, 2022
Good recipes, clear instructions, and pictures of all the finished products. I would have liked more process photos but overall this is a great book for anyone who wants to try making their own dumplings.
October 22, 2020
All dumplings all the time. I'm too lazy to make them but if their your thing check out this book! The real cover is super cute, I don't know why Amazon doesn't have it here.
August 25, 2021
This is a treasure trove of a book.
Brendan is a Masterchef Australia favourite of mine and featured in the 2020 series where all the favourites came back. He has grown so much as a cook since we first met him & his speciality is definitely dumplings!
That meant this book was a must buy for me as I’m a huge lover of dumplings but can’t get them close to home so want to learn to make my own.
The book goes through the different types of dumplings, with some traditional and not so traditional fillings. There’s a whole section on how to make the different wrappers as well as great pictures of how to wrap them too. There’s a chapter on sauces and also one on sides.
But mainly, it’s just a cute little book full of tasty dumplings, from steamed, through boiled and fried.
Brendan is a Masterchef Australia favourite of mine and featured in the 2020 series where all the favourites came back. He has grown so much as a cook since we first met him & his speciality is definitely dumplings!
That meant this book was a must buy for me as I’m a huge lover of dumplings but can’t get them close to home so want to learn to make my own.
The book goes through the different types of dumplings, with some traditional and not so traditional fillings. There’s a whole section on how to make the different wrappers as well as great pictures of how to wrap them too. There’s a chapter on sauces and also one on sides.
But mainly, it’s just a cute little book full of tasty dumplings, from steamed, through boiled and fried.
April 3, 2024
Accessible, reliable, dumpling-y
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