Shrimp and Pork Dumplings

My mom asked me to make some dumplings today.

She bought some ground pork (with lots of fat) and shrimps from the wet market, and some stock dumpling wrappers in the ref.

I just added some finely chopped onions, garlic, ginger and a variety of seasonings to the meat, and assembled the dumplings.

I did the dumplings two ways:

Steamed

and Fried

Enjoyed them with some soy sauce, calamansi, and some home-made chilli garlic.


And as a bonus, made from the leftover shrimps

Stir-fried shrimps with Soba :)

Yummy!

Banana Chocolate Fudge Cake

My inspiration for this:


hershey's chocolates

  
  




bananas

  











You can't go wrong with a choco-banana combination.   This is not a frou frou dessert with intricate and delicate components.  This one is really plain and simple comfort food.   A layer of rich, creamy, velvety chocolate on top of soft and moist banana bread.

What I did:

I  baked a relatively thin layer of banana bread because I will be adding a layer of chocolate to it. 

I adjusted the  flour to banana ratio, adding more flour to make it sturdier and then baked it 350'F for 20 minutes and then turned the oven off and let it set for another 10 minutes.

While waiting for the bread to cool down, I made some chocolate fudge.  It's not strictly chocolate fudge because my recipe calls for condensed milk and semi-sweet chocolate, but I decided to use half condensed milk and half cream to lessen it's sweet-umay factor.  I don't know if it's right to still call it chocolate fudge because it's like half-fudge and half ganache but I liked how it turned out.

I then poured the chocolate mixture on the cooled down banana bread and let it set in the ref overnight.


I really love the balance of the clean taste of the moist banana bread combined with the rich taste of the chocolate.

Sinfully delicious! 

Rating:  Bilbil enhancer  :)

This would definitely add a few inches to your waistline.