Stuffed-winter-melon-seafood-bnest

Ingredients
38g soaked bird’s nest pieces
225g shelled shrimps
75g crab meat
1 cup stock
1 egg white
900g winter melon
1 slice ginger
Seasoning:
¼ tsp salt
½ tsp caltrop starch
1 tsp egg white
dash of sesame oil
pinch of pepper
Thickening solution:
¼ tsp salt
½ tsp caltrop starch
½ cup stock
dash of sesame oil
Method:
- Absorb water from bird’s nest
- Remove veins from shrimps. Wash and wipe dry. Pat to form shrimp paste. Add bird’s nest and seasoning. Stir well to form filling. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Remove peel and pitch from winter melon. Cut into ring shape with mould. Steam with stock and 1 slice of ginger for 8 minutes. Pour sway stock. Wipe dry winter melon rings.
- Put some caltrop starch inside the winter melon rings. Put in filling. Steam for 3 minutes. Remove steaming sauce.
- Heat oil. Pour in thickening solution. Bring to the boil. Add crab meat and egg white. Stir well and pour over winter melon rings. Serve.