PAN-FRIED "TURNIP" CAKE (LAW BAK GO)
Ever since I was a young child, my mother would recruit me a week before Chinese New Year as a prep cook. My main responsibility was to shred many pounds of daikon on a small box grater as she prepared the other ingredients for law bak go, one of my favorite foods of the holiday. We would spend the next few hours cooking down the tall mountain of shredded daikon into a snowy puddle. The best part was watching my mother stir in the rice flour slurry with long wooden chopsticks and seeing the mixture thicken up. We made about 30 cakes every year. As family and friends came by the house to bless us for the New Year, she would kindly gift each of them one. She reserved only two cakes for our immediate family. On New Year mornings, she'd pan-fry the pieces and we'd eat them for breakfast, dipping the crispy golden pieces in oyster sauce. These days, I am the one who makes law bak go from scratch and gifts them to family and friends. It's a true labor of love that's been passed on from generation to generation.
Provided by Vivian Chan
Time 2h30m
Yield Two 9-inch daikon cakes
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Put the dried shiitakes, scallops and shrimp in 3 separate small heat-safe bowls. Pour enough boiling water into each bowl to cover the ingredients, 1 1/2 to 2 cups. Set aside to soak, 20 to 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, using the large side of a box grater or a food processor with the shredder attachment, grate the daikon into shreds. This may take several batches; just transfer the shredded daikon to a large bowl and continue with the rest. Be sure to reserve all the liquid.
- Heat a wok or large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat and add the shredded daikon with its liquid. Cook, stirring occasionally so the mixture doesn't burn or brown on the bottom, until the daikon is softened and cooked down by half and much of the liquid has cooked out, 20 to 25 minutes (see Cook's Note). The daikon should resemble something like sauerkraut. Set aside.
- When the shiitakes are done soaking, remove them from the bowl; discard the liquid and mushrooms stems. Cut the mushroom caps into small dice. Discard the liquid from the dried scallops and shrimp and cut into small dice.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the bacon and cook, stirring occasionally, until some of the fat starts to render, about 3 minutes. Stir in the sausage and shallots and continue to cook until the sausage is slightly golden and more of the fat has rendered, about 3 more minutes. Add the shiitakes, scallops and shrimp, toss to coat in the fat and cook until the aromatics are slightly golden, 3 to 5 minutes. Set aside to cool slightly.
- Fit a large wide pot with a steamer insert, fill with 2 to 3 inches of water and set over high heat. Cover and bring to a boil.
- Combine the cornstarch and rice flour in a large bowl. Slowly add 2 1/2 cups of water and mix with a large rubber spatula until well combined. It will be very thick and difficult to stir, but as it slowly combines, it will become easier. The mixture should resemble a thick slurry. If it?s too thick, feel free to add an additional 1/4 cup water at the end to help bind everything.
- Return the wok with the daikon to medium-high heat. Give the slurry mixture one last stir to make sure everything is mixed well, then pour it into the daikon. Cook, stirring with a large wooden spoon or large rubber spatula so the mixture does not set up, until the mixture is thickened and beginning to clump up, about 5 minutes; it should resemble grits or thick mac and cheese. Remove from the heat, add the bacon mixture and the fat from the skillet and stir to combine. Add the bouillon, white pepper, sugar if using and 1 teaspoon salt. Set aside.
- Lightly coat two 9-inch round disposable aluminum pans with vegetable oil and divide the daikon mixture between the pans. Steam one pan at a time in the steamer, adding more water to the pot as needed, until a skewer or chopstick inserted in center of the mixture comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Carefully remove the steamed daikon cake and transfer to a trivet and cool to room temperature. Repeat with the remaining pan.
- When ready to serve, cut the daikon into 3-inch-long by 1/2-inch-thick pieces. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add enough vegetable oil to lightly coat the bottom. Once it starts to shimmer, add the daikon cake pieces in batches and pan-fry until golden brown on both sides, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate and serve with oyster sauce on the side. Garnish with sliced scallions. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
GOURMET TURNIP CAKE (KIHEN FIN VEISSERIBEN)
Posted for the Zaar World Tour 2006-Israel. From the "Best of International Cooking" cookbook. I have never made a dessert with turnips, but it sounds like it would be a spicy, moist cake. NOTE: The frosting for this cake uses raw egg yolks. If you are concerned about using raw eggs, I suggest making any vanilla frosting to frost cake and sprinkle with the grated walnuts.
Provided by Bayhill
Categories Dessert
Time 1h35m
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- To make cake: Preheat oven to 350ºF. Butter an 8-inch springform pan; sprinkle with flour.
- In a medium bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Beat in eggs, turnip puree, flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, salt and chopped nuts.
- Pour cake batter into buttered pan. Bake 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on a rack 5 minutes before removing side of pan.
- To assemble cake: In a medium bowl, cream butter, egg yolks and powdered sugar. Cut horizontally through center of cooled cake, making 2 layers. Spread 1/3 of the frosting over lower half of cake; place other half of cake on top. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake; sprinkle evenly with grated nuts. Refrigerate until served; refrigerate unused portion.
TURNIP CAKE
This is one of my favorite dimsum. I found this recipe in another website, and I just had to share it!
Provided by Shasha
Categories Pork
Time 30m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Cook shredded turnip with 1 cup of water for 5 minutes.
- Add some sugar if turnip is bitter.
- Heat 1 tspn of oil, stir fry Chinese sausage/ham, dry shrimp, mushrooms, shallots until done.
- Add black or white pepper if desired.
- Mix ingredients and rice flour with turnip.
- Add salt if desired.
- Note: this mixture should not be too thick.
- Turnip cake will turn hard if it is too thick.
- To steam: Choice (1) place step 5 mixture in a container and use steamer to steam for 50 minutes with high flame.
- Choice (2) If you do not have a steamer, use 8x8x2 baking pan.
- Cover baking pan with foil paper, pour in mixture.
- In a large deep pan, add water, position a bowl in center of pan, then, place baking pan on top of bowl.
- Put on lid and steam for 50 minutes with high flame.
- Chill turnip cake in room temperature.
- Slice cake into square or rectangular shape with a cleaver.
- Fry in pan with 1 tbspn of oil until golden brown on both sides.
- Sauce: Minced garlic and red chili pepper Mix with soy sauce, a drop of sesame oil and little bit of sugar.
- Ready to serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 159.1, Fat 0.6, SaturatedFat 0.2, Sodium 27.7, Carbohydrate 35.3, Fiber 2, Sugar 2.3, Protein 2.9
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