STUFFED
ZHUSHENG WITH BIRD'S NEST Ingredients :
225 g shelled shrimps
1 green crab (about 375 g)
19 g zhusheng (dictophora phalloidea)
38 g soaked bird's nest pieces (with water absorted)
300 g asparagus
any suitable amount of stock
1 egg white
1 tsp wine
Seasoning :
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp caltrop starch
dash of sesame oil
1/2 tbsp egg while
Thickening Solution
1/2 cup stock
1 tsp caltrop starch
1/6 tsp salt
1/2 tsp light soy sauce
dash of sesame oil
pinch of pepper
Method :
1. Remove vein from shrimps. Wash and wipe dry. Pat with knife.
Add bird's nest and refrigerator for 1/2 hour.
2. Gut crab and wash. Remove fat from crab. Add dash of ginger
juice and wine. Stir well. Pour in boiling water until the crab
is half-cooked. Then remove meat.
3. Soak Zhusheng until it becomes tender. Cut into 2 1/2 inches
sections. Parboil and rinse. Simmer with stock for a while.
Absorb the water. Put shrimps paste onto Zhusheng. Steam stuffed
Zhusheng for 4 minutes. Pour away steaming sauce. Blanch asparagus
in water with oil and salt. Arrenge around the plate.
4. Heat oil. Sizze wine. Add thinckening sauce. Bring to the
boil. Then add crab fat and meat. Mix well. stir in egg white.
Then put on the centre of the plate.
