Name: Sweet Black Rice Tamales with Ha Gow
Ingredients: 3 c Thai sweet black rice; 2 ts Baking powder; 8 oz Unsalted butter; 27 oz Ha gow filling; (recipe follows); 18 Corn husks; 1/4 c Dried Chinese black mushrooms; 1/2 lb Finely diced shrimp; 1/2 ts Salt; 1 1/2 ts Sugar; 1 Egg white; beaten; 1 1/2 ts Freshly grated ginger; 1 tb Dry white wine; 2 tb Corn starch; 2 ts Oyster sauce; 1 ts Soy sauce; 1 1/2 ts Sesame oil; 1 1/2 ts Peanut oil; 1/4 c Finely chopped jicama; 1/4 c Finely diced carrots; 1 lg Bunc chopped scallions; 1 pn White pepper; 3/4 c Fermented black beans; 1/4 c Garlic chopped; 1/4 c Chinois mix; recipe follows; 6 Black mussels; 2 tb Peanut oil; 2 tb Unsalted butter; plus 2 ounces to; ; finish dish; 1 c Plum wine; 1 c Mirin

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Grains, Meats	Thai	Dujour03	1	servings

INGREDIENTS

3	c	Thai sweet black rice
2	ts	Baking powder
8	oz	Unsalted butter
27	oz	Ha gow filling; (recipe follows)
18		Corn husks
1/4	c	Dried Chinese black mushrooms
1/2	lb	Finely diced shrimp
1/2	ts	Salt
1 1/2	ts	Sugar
1		Egg white; beaten
1 1/2	ts	Freshly grated ginger
1	tb	Dry white wine
2	tb	Corn starch
2	ts	Oyster sauce
1	ts	Soy sauce
1 1/2	ts	Sesame oil
1 1/2	ts	Peanut oil
1/4	c	Finely chopped jicama
1/4	c	Finely diced carrots
1	lg	Bunc chopped scallions
1	pn	White pepper
3/4	c	Fermented black beans
1/4	c	Garlic chopped
1/4	c	Chinois mix; recipe follows
6		Black mussels
2	tb	Peanut oil
2	tb	Unsalted butter; plus 2 ounces to
		; finish dish
1	c	Plum wine
1	c	Mirin
3	c	Chicken stock
2	tb	Red miso
1	tb	Hoisin sauce
2	tb	Garlic
2	tb	Ginger
1	tb	Scallions
1/2	ts	Crushed red chilis

INSTRUCTIONS

HA GOW FILLING
SZECHUAN BLACK BEAN SAUCE
CHINOIS MIX
Grind the rice in a coffee grinder as fine as possible. Then soak in warm
water for 1 hour. Drain through cheesecloth and transfer to a food
processor, with a paddle attachment. Add baking powder and butter; mixing
until ingredients are incorporated and texture resembles masa. For
assembling each tamale, lay two moistened corn husks on work surface
creating a rectangle. Place 2 ounces of the rice masa, then 3 ounces ha gow
filling, then 2 more ounces of the rice masa on top. Wrap and place in
steamer. Steam approximately 50-60 minutes until rice is cooked.
Yield: 9 tamales
  HA GOW FILLING:
Soak mushrooms in hot water for 30 minutes. Remove stems and mince caps.
Place shrimp in processor with salt, sugar, egg white, ginger, wine,
cornstarch, oyster sauce, soy sauce, sesame oil and peanut oil. Mix
thoroughly after each addition. Add mushrooms, jicama, carrot, chopped
scallion and white pepper. Mix well.
Yield: 27 ounces
  SZECHUAN BLACK BEAN SAUCE:
Process black beans, garlic, and chinois roughly; then saute with the
mussels in their shell in a little bit of peanut oil and butter. Add plum
wine, mirin and reduce. Then add chicken stock, miso and hoisin and reduce.
Remove mussels and puree the mixture. To finish the sauce, mount the 2
ounces of butter.
Yield: 4 cups
  CHINOIS MIX:
Mix all ingredients.
Yield: 1/2 cup
Upon service, steam the tamales to warm throughout for 10-12 minutes. Place
on a warm plate and tear back the corn husks like ribbons and fold them
decoratively at one end revealing the steamed tamales. Ladle 2 ounces of
the sauce over the lower third. To garnish the plate, very finely julienne
carrots, jicama, scallions and tri colored bell peppers and arrange
decoratively at the end of the tamale where the husks have been folded back
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Recipe by: CHEF DU JOUR SHOW#DJ9247 - ROXSAND SCOCOS
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