Steamed Pork Balls And Spring Onions Green Onions Recipes

GREEN ONION, THYME AND SAGE ROLLS

Steps:

• Put the flours, yeast and salt in a large bowl (or stand mixer bowl). Make a well in the center and pour in the water. Mix everything together well (by hand with a wooden spoon or, if by machine, with a dough hook on medium speed) to make a smooth, soft dough ball, 2 to 4 minutes. If doing by machine, continue to knead on medium-high speed for 5 minutes. Otherwise, put the dough on a clean work surface sprinkled with a little flour and knead for about 10 minutes.
• To test to see if the dough has been kneaded enough, form into a ball with a nice taut top. Put some flour on your finger and then prod the dough to make a small indent. If the dent springs back all the way, this means the dough is kneaded enough. If not, then knead a little bit more.
• Put the dough on the work surface (sprinkled with a little flour if you haven't already done so) and then flatten it out with a rolling pin to about an 8-inch round, 3/4 to 1 inch thick. Put the green onions and thyme in a pile in the center and then bring the sides of the dough up over the filling to enclose. Flip it over so the seam side is down and roll it out to the same size again. Once again, gather the edges up and over, but then knead the dough by hand to incorporate the filling ingredients evenly throughout. You may need to dust with a little more flour as you go if the green onions make things a little damp.
• Divide the dough into 10 equal-size pieces and knead each one into a ball with a nice taut top. Put the rolls, seam-side down and spaced apart, on a large nonstick baking sheet. Spray the rolls with a light spritz of cooking spray and then cover with plastic wrap so that it is airtight, but not too tight as the bread needs to grow.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F and leave the bread on a chair about 3 feet away from the oven for 45 minutes, or until the bread has almost doubled in size. To test that the rolls are ready, remove the plastic wrap, put some flour on your finger and prod the side of the dough to make a small dent. The dent should spring back about halfway. When it does, it is ready. If necessary, leave it to rise a bit longer.
• Once ready, brush the dough balls with the beaten egg and lay 3 sage leaves in whatever decorative fashion you like on top of each one. Bake for 20 minutes, or until the rolls are golden brown and sound hollow when tapped underneath. Once ready, remove from the oven and serve warm.

STEAMED PORK BALLS AND SPRING ONIONS ( GREEN ONIONS)

Steps:

• Place in a large bowl, the pork, spring onions and breadcrumbs.
• In another smaller bowl add the remaining ingredients and mix them well then add them to the pork and mix really well. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Shape into 20 even sized balls and steam for around 15 minutes.
• If you want to make them fancy you can tie strips of the green from the spring onions around the balls.

CREAMY SHIITAKE LINGUINE WITH SCALLIONS/ GREEN ONIONS

Steps:

• Cook linguine pasta according to package directions to al dente; drain, reserving some of the pasta water and return to pan to keep warm.
• In a large frying pan, saute mushrooms in butter until they begin to soften.
• Add minced garlic and shallots; sauté an additional 2 minutes.
• Add white wine and simmer until wine is reduced by half.
• Add 1/4 cup of chicken broth, heavy cream, and nutmeg; simmer until sauce thickens.
• Remove from heat; add scallions, lemon juice, salt, and pepper.
• Add drained pasta to sauce; tossing gently to coat the pasta. Add more chicken broth or pasta water if sauce seems too thick. If sauce is still thin, add some (Wondra) flour. (Avoid using parmesan to thicken, as I've found that it interferes with all of the other flavors).
• Place pasta on individual plates by using a long-tined fork, twisting each portion onto a heated plate so that it stands up as high as possible.
• Spoon any mushrooms left in the pan over the top, sprinkle with fresh thyme and drizzle white truffle oil over the top and serve.