Chocolate Dumplings with Strawberry Dipping Sauce

Ingredients

• 2 cups (10 oz) All-purpose flour
• 1 cup (8 oz) Boiled water
• Pinch of salt
• 8 oz Chopped chocolate
• 1 cup Heavy whipping cream
• 1/2 lb Strawberries
• 2 tbsp Sugar
• 1/2-1 tbsp Lemon juice to taste
• 1/2 tsp Cornstarch

Instructions

1. 1

   --- Homemade Dumpling Dough ---

2. 2

   Add flour and salt into a large bowl. Slowly pour in just-boiled water. Mix the dough together with a fork or chopsticks until water is absorbed. Use your fingers to grab the dough and pinch together to form a cohesive dough ball.

3. 3

   Knead for 2-3 min until the dough is round and smooth. Place dough in a ziplock bag or cover with plastic wrap and allow to rest for 30 min or up to 3 hours

4. 4

   --- Chocolate Ganache ---

5. 5

   Add chocolate chips to a heatproof bowl. Warm-up heavy cream in a saucepan until it simmers. Pour heavy cream over the chocolate. Using a spatula mix until the chocolate has melted. Cover with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for about 1 hour.

6. 6

   --- Assembly ---

7. 7

   Take the dough and cut it in half. Roll half the dough into 1 in thick rope and place the other half back into the plastic so it doesn’t dry out.

8. 8

   Cut each rope of dough into 16 equal pieces, for a total of 32 pieces. Press the dough with the palm of your hand to form a flat disc. Roll out dough into a 4” round circle.

9. 9

   Take one wrapper and fill with 1 tbsp of ganache. Tightly pleat by pinching the dough in a circle and seal about 12-14 pinches. When you reach the end of the circle continue pinching around the center two or three times to fully seal the dumpling.

10. 10

    Place the formed dumpling on a baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dumplings.

11. 11

    --- Steam the Dumplings ---

12. 12

    Bring a pot of water to a boil. Line your steamer with perforated parchment paper. Fill the steamer with dumplings, spaced 1/2 inch apart. Cover the steamer with the lid and steam for 6-7 minutes.

13. 13

    --- Strawberry sauce ---

14. 14

    Dice up the strawberries into small pieces. Mix the lemon and cornstarch together in a small bowl to make a slurry.

15. 15

    In a saucepan mix together the strawberries, sugar, lemon, and cornstarch and cook over medium heat until it simmers and reduces into a paste about 10-15 minutes.