Tag: wonton skins

Sausage Basil Dumplings

This is a great way to keep kids busy after school. These are delicious dumplings with yummy Italian flavors… serve it with marinara sauce!

3 sausage links, squeezed out of the casings (any kind of sausages)
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
2 garlic cloves, chopped
1 medium shallot, chopped
½ cup basil, chopped
1 cup marinara sauce
1 pack wonton skins
Small bowl with water

Heat a non-stick pan with the olive oil. Add the meat from the sausages and brown for 2 to 3 minutes while separating the meat with the back of a wooden spoon. Add the shallot and garlic. Saute for 4 to 5 minutes on medium heat. Turn heat off and cool for 10 minutes. Add the chopped basil and keep aside.

Take one wonton skin, wet the edges with a finger. Place one to two teaspoons of filling in the middle. Fold the wonton skin in half and seal the top while pleating at the same time. Repeat the process using up the remaining filling.

¼ cup olive oil

Heat a frying pan with 1 teaspoon oil. Add enough dumplings making sure not to over crowd. Brown the dumplings on both sides on a medium heat. Add ¼ cup of water to the pan and cover with a lid. Cook the dumplings on medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes. Take the lid off and cook any excess moisture. Transfer the dumplings to a platter and cook the remaining dumplings. Serve with marinara sauce.

Coconut Cranberry Dumplings

This is completely thinking out of the box… sweet dumplings drizzled with chocolate ganache. They are absolutely delicious and a great thing to make with your kids.

1 cup shredded, sweetened coconut
½ cup toasted walnuts, chopped
½ cup dried cranberries, chopped
1 teaspoon honey
1 pack wonton skins

Mix the ingredients in a medium bowl until incorporated.

¼ cup coconut oil

Homemade Ravioli with Fresh Herbed Ricotta Cheese

Fresh Ravioli I discovered wonton skins a couple of months ago. I of course have been watching chefs on food television using them to make home made raviolis for a while now. I have always thought, “what a great idea- and so easy”, but for whatever reason, I have never done it myself. I made dumplings at home for the first time- a huge hit with Sia- she loved them. Actually, I was packing lunch for camp last week and she saw the store bought dumplings being cooked and asked me if I could make the homemade ones- what better compliment can I get!!

After the dumpling success I was very excited to make homemade raviolis. A few days ago I took the leftover wonton skins out of the freezer and went to the store to buy fresh ricotta cheese. I love being able to buy the fresh variety- the already packaged ones are absolutely fine- but you can’t beat the fresh kind.

Around the same time, I was watching ‘Live with Regis and Kelly‘ and Regis was talking about eating a ravioli dish with sage. Well, I thought- “I have sage in my herb garden”. That is how this recipe came about. I mixed a few different fresh herbs in the ricotta mixture including the sage. I added an egg to bind the mixture and lots of parmigiano reggiano cheese- you really can’t go wrong with any of these ingredients. I served the raviolis in a light tomato sauce- will be talking about it this Wednesday in ‘The Local‘.

The raviolis were absolutely delicious!- I am not exaggerating- the filling was soft and creamy; the wonton skins were perfect used as pasta. For the first time, we ran out of the main entree- everyone gobbled it up and wanted more. Sia gave it a thumbs up!! The adults washed the raviolis down with a yummy merlot- it was a great dinner…