Xiao Long Tang Bao
1.
The lean pork is chopped into puree for later use, and the eggplant is boiled softly and then stirred into puree for later use
2.
Mix the meat puree and eggplant puree 1:1, add salt to taste, add five-spice powder and sugar for freshness, add a little cooking wine to adjust humidity
3.
Add a small amount of boiled water to the flour and then add some cold water to knead it into a smooth dough, cover it with plastic wrap and wake up for half an hour (you can knead the dough first, and then make the filling when it wakes up)
4.
Knead the dough into thin strips, cut into small pieces, press each small piece into small round cakes (about 2.5 cm in diameter and about half a cm thick)
5.
Roll out into a round dough that is slightly thicker in the middle and slightly thinner on both sides
6.
Fill in the prepared eggplant mince in the middle, and start pleating one by one
7.
Knead all the pleats and knead them together. Friends who don’t know how to pleat can also make dumplings, which is convenient and trouble-free.
8.
When steaming, use a pot on cold water. When the water is boiled, steam on medium-high heat for 12 minutes.