Dim Sum and Snacks Recipes - Spicy Chinese Sausage Rolls

Ingredients

• 1 cup self-raising flour

• 2 teaspoons baking powder

• 1/4 cup warm milk

• 2 teaspoons caster sugar

• 2 teaspoons lard

Filling

• 6 Chinese pork sausages

• 2 tablespoons plum sauce or hoi sin sauce

• 2 teaspoons soy sauce

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Method:

1. Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl. Make a well in the centre, add the milk, sugar and lard. Mix to a soft dough with a wooden spoon. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and allow to stand 20 minutes.

2. Cut the sausages in half, place in a bowl with the plum or hoi sin sauce and soy sauce  and stir to coat. Cover wit plastic wrap and leave for 25 minutes.

3. Dust the bench with flour (use self-raising), tip out the dough and knead lightly with floured hands until soft and smooth. Roll the dough into a thick sausage 30 cm long. Cut into 16 pieces and cover with a clean towel to prevent the dough drying out.

4. Working with one piece of dough at a time, rub the dough between lightly floured hands to form a thin sausage about 10 cm long. Wrap a dough piece around a piece of sausage in a spiral leaving the ends exposed. Place on an oiled tray and repeat with the remaining dough and sausage.

5. Line the base of a bamboo or metal steamer with a circle of baking paper. Arrange the sausage rolls on the paper, spacing them well apart. (The roll may need to be cooked in batches.) Cover the steamer and cook over an pan of simmering water 12-15 minutes or until the dough is puffy and firm to the touch.

6. Repeat with the remaining rolls and serve immediately with extra plum or hoi sin sauce, if desired.