Get ready to turn simple ingredients into beautifully folded dumplings you’ll actually want to show off. In this hands-on cooking class, you’ll start by preparing a savoury Asian-inspired filling, then learn how to portion, fold and shape dumplings by hand. You’ll pick up practical techniques for working with delicate wrappers and creating neat, secure folds without needing any previous dumpling-making experience.

Next, you’ll prepare a flavourful dipping sauce, learning how to balance savoury, tangy and aromatic flavours to complement the dumplings. You’ll cook your handmade dumplings until tender and delicious, then plate them with the finished sauce. Along the way, you’ll get plenty of hands-on practice while enjoying an easygoing, social atmosphere that keeps the cooking relaxed rather than intimidating. Finish by sitting down to enjoy your freshly prepared meal — because dumplings always taste better when you can say, “Yep, I made those.”

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Fresh Wrappers
With plain flour, water and fine salt

Dumpling Filling
With ground chicken, napa cabbage, shiitake mushrooms, spring onion, fresh ginger, Chinese 5-spice powder, light soya sauce, shaoxing rice wine, toasted sesame oil and salt

Dipping Sauce
With light soya sauce, rice vinegar, chilli oil or chilli crisp and sweet chilli sauce