Wow these were delicious. I have always been a little scared of fiddly recipes but this wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I adapted Donna Hays recipe as I know she likes to keep things as simple as she can. My crimping wasn’t perfect but that didn’t matter at all, as long as there are no gaps so water gets in they are fine. I had a go at a thai dipping sauce which worked a treat and I also serves them with kecap manis which is my favourite asian sauce. The pot stickers themselves were full of flavour and well balanced. The top of the dumpling was nice and tender and the yummy crispy bottoms were amazing.

Ingredients (makes 16)

• 16 wonton wrappers
• 2 tbsp of oil for frying

For the filling

• 500g pork mince
• 5 spring onions chopped
• 1 fennel bulb, grated (squeeze out water…