Steamed Carp with Ham Recipe

Ingredients :

750 g

1/6 cup

2 large

1/8 cup

1 1/2 teaspoon

1 teaspoon

1/2 tablespoon

2 slices

2 tablespoons

Carp

Cooked ham

Bamboo shoots

Chinese dried mushrooms, soaked

Pork fat

Salt

Sugar

Chinese wine or sherry

Spring onions (scallions)

Ginger root

Lard

Method :

Scale and gut the fish, clean and dry well.
Trim off fins and tail.
Score the body three or four times half way down.
Then place it on an oblong dish.
Cut the ham, bamboo shoots, mushrooms and pork fat into match-sized shred.
Arrange them in four different rows according to color in a star shape.
Spread the salt, sugar, wine, lard, onions and ginger root evenly on top of the fish.
Steam vigorously for 20 minutes.
Discard the onions and ginger root before serving.