East Meets West Recipes: #2. Pasta Pork Soup with Shimeji Mushrooms

 Ingredients

• 200 g. Penne Pasta (you can also use other types of pasta i.e. Macaroni, Fusilli, Farfalle)
• 200 g. minced pork
• 100 g. Shimeji Mushrooms
• 1 pan of water (about 1000 ml) for cooking soup
• 1 pan of water with a pinch of salt to cook the pasta
• 3 tablespoons of fish sauce or Salt
• 1 tablespoon of soy sauce

How to cook

• Pasta
• Bring a pot of water to a boil over high heat. Add a pinch of salt into the boiling water. This will stop the pasta from sticking together.

 

• Add the pasta to the pot of water. Boil the pasta for 10 mins, over medium at high heat. 

 

• Stir regularly to avoid having the pasta stick together. Drain the pasta and set aside.

 

• Soup
• Bring a pot of water to a boil over high heat.

• Season the pork with 1 tablespoon of fish sauce and put the pork in a small bowl. Pour the boiling water over it.

 

• Mix gently and pour back to the pot. This technique will help to make a delicious soup stock. 

 

• Bring it all to a boil and let it all sit for about 5 minutes before turning the heat back down. For a clear broth, be sure to remove the bubbles that floats on top of the soup.

• Add 2 tablespoons of fish sauce and 1 tablespoon of soy sauce to add some extra flavor.

 

• Add the Shimeji Mushrooms into the pot and let it all simmer for another 5 minutes.

 

 

• Add the cooked pasta into the pork soup pot. Mix well, and take off the heat.

 

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East Meets West Recipes: # 1. Fried Ham & Cheese Wontons

Crispy & Delicious Snack! 

Ingredients of Fried Ham & Cheese Wontons

• 8 wonton wrappers 
• 2 cheddar cheese slices 
• 2 sheets of ham 
• 1 egg yolk shredded cabbage (optional) 
• cooking oil for frying 
• sweet plum sauce or mayonnaise 

How to Cook Fried Ham & Cheese Wontons

• Cut ham and cheddar cheese slices into 4 triangles. Note: Shredded cabbage can be added as optional ingredient to increase nutrients)

• Place ham and cheese sliced in the middle of the wonton wrapper.

• Fold over the wonton wrapper. Use your finger to spread egg yolk around the edges of the wonton wrapper as glue to make it stick together in a triangular shape. This is to make sure that the filling will not come out when frying.

• Fry at medium heat until golden brown on both sides.

• Drain the oil.

• Serve with sweet plum sauce or mayonnaise. Ready to eat!