Chinese New Year is on February 14 this year, and pork dumplings are an ideal appetiser to make for friend and family to celebrate the occasion.

This recipe comes from Jian Wang from Chinese restaurant Chop Chop in Edinburgh. Jian actually made these dumplings for Gordon Ramsay on The F Word – so it’s a world-famous recipe!

If you fancy trying it out, here is all the information you need.

Ingredients
For 50 dumplings (serves 4)
For the dough case: 
•  350g plain strong white flour for case and dusting
•  Water to bind

For the filling
• 160g medium size pork mince (lean mince) from the shoulder
• ¼ bunch of oriander
• 80g spring onion
• 1 head of ginger
• Soy sauce
• 25ml Malt vinegar
• ¼-½ tsp sesame oil

For the dumpling dip
• 8 tablespoon of light soy sauce
• 4 tablespoon of malt vinegar
• 1 teaspoon of chilli oil
• 2 teaspoon of crushed garlic

Method:
1. Put 2 litres of water in a saucepan and bring to the boil whilst preparing the dumplings
2. Make the dough and divide into pieces of about 9g each
3. Using a small rolling pin, roll and flatten each piece into a circle of approx 10cm radius to form a dough case
4. Mix the filling ingredients together and scoop one teaspoon of the filling onto the dough case
5. Fold the case over into a semicircle and squeeze the open edges together to close, crimping to create a crescent moon shaped dumpling
6. Repeat until you have several dumplings
7. Place the dumplings into the boiling water and stir gently on a rolling boil
8. When the dumplings start to float, continue to stir gently for five minutes. Drain and serve

If you’d like to make a traditional Chinese dumpling dip to go along with the dish, simply mix 2 tablespoons of light Soya sauce with 1 tablespoon of malt vinegar, and add half a teaspoon of fresh crushed garlic and a quarter of a teaspoon of chilli oil. The recipe makes enough sauce for one portion.