Couldn't decide whether to make potstickers or samosas so I went with both. For the potstickers, I followed the filling recipe from my dumpling cookbook, and I used the samosa recipe from an old Saveur recipe online. Made too much samosa filling (and somehow forgot the method for filling them, so they looked more like little hamantaschen), and not enough pork filling. Whoops. I also made mint-cilantro chutney, tamarind-date chutney, and Chinese broccoli that I stir-fried with butter, soy sauce, lemon and chili crisp.
The dumplings are good, and for once didn't stick. The samosas taste good (I baked them for about 20 minutes in a 400 oven instead of frying) but look ridiculous. I used the leftover dumpling wrappers to make a quick dessert: I sweetened some ricotta with powdered sugar, cinnamon, and orange peel, and made little sweet dumplings that I fried. It made a big mess and Jason grumbled. I don't know why he insists on cleaning the stove so often and then getting upset when it gets dirty again. Anyway, they are fine but not awesome. I was hoping for a cannoli-like thing, but the dumpling wrappers don't have quite the right texture.
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