Del Monte is a very popular food brand in the Philippines. Think tomato sauce. Think fruit cocktail for fruit salad. Think pineapple. Del Monte is always associated with these products. What I love about Del Monte, though, is it’s Kitchenomica Club, which dishes out a lot of viands and desserts through newsletters and pamphlets. My mom collects all these pamphlets and we get ideas from them. Mind you, this is not a paid post by Del Monte ok? I’m just setting the background to where I got the inspiration for this recipe. Well, it was my mom who got the idea for this recipe and insisted that we cook it during my dad’s birthday party. I tweaked it a bit, though and here’s the recipe.
Fried Wontons with Pineapple
1 kg ground pork
1 large carrot, chopped
1 large turnip, chopped
5 cloves garlic, minced
1 large onion, chopped
1 tbsp freshly ground pepper
salt to taste
2 cans Del Monte Pineapple tidbits, drained (reserve syrup)
3 tbsp sesame oil
Mix all ingredients together. Take a small portion and wrap in wonton wrapper. Fry till deep brown. Taste and adjust saltiness. It should have a slight sweetish taste. When it is according to your taste, place the mixture in the refrigerator to marinate for at least an hour. Wrap the meat in wonton wrappers, adding a small portion of meat only so it would still be well wrapped. To wrap, bring opposite corners of wonton wrapper together and seal with water or egg white. Fry until golden brown. Serve with sauce.
To make the sauce:
Mix 1/2 cup cane vineger, the reserved syrup, 1 tbsp of sugar, 1/2 cup of water, 1 tbsp soy sauce (optional), 1 tbsp of chili flakes, and 3 tbsp of tomato paste. Bring to a boil till the volume reduces to half. Meanwhile, mix 2 tbsp of flour to 1/4 cup of water. Pour slowly into vinegar-sugar mixture while constantly stirring. When sauce thickens, it is done.
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Sawadee kha! My name is Gay a.k.a. A Scientist in the Kitchen. Science and cooking are two of my passions. I'm a corn breeder who also loves to eat and cook. My kitchen is in Phitsanulok, Thailand where I am based together with Pasta (yes, I love Italian food!) my black labrador retriever.
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These sound great, but you don’t say if the ground pork is raw or already cooked when you make the filling (I wouldn’t want to taste the filling with raw pork for seasoning)!
Yup, ground pork is raw and mix with all the ingredients. The wontons are small in size so the meat inside is cooked as the wonton wrappers brown.