Chinese New year

Yesterday it was Chinese new year! And this time we move into the year of The Horse:

Another year have passed and a new year is approaching in high speed. Since I'm half Chinese and half Norwegian it's quite clear that I wanted to at least give it a thought. I live in another city than my parents so I couldn't really celebrate it with some others, but I managed to search the web and find some fine recipes for the delicious Wonton soup! 

The site I used was this one if someone is interested:  --->WONTON_SOUP<--. 

I did change a little bit of the recipe though, because of what I had tasted before and a little because I wanted to experiment :P

For the soup, instead of adding chicken broth I used two slice chops, because then the soup will get some more flavor + the meat is really good. If you choose this way of making them, remember to let the meat lay in half boiling (under half of max temperature) for about 3-4 hours, untill the meat seperate from the bone .

Cops 

Beside adding chops, I added some mushrooms. So as you can see, this takes time and must be prioritized first. While the meat cook you can continue preparing the meat mix. The recipe here is really good but I noticed that it didn't get so flavorish as I wanted it. I ended up using more of the soy-sauce and the vinegar. A little thing I remembered from home was to put in around 1-2 tsp with dry cherry wine. It tastes so much better, after my opinion. I used a brand called Alegria, which is actually a 37,5%, but since we're using it in food the alcohol disappears into the water. 

This is how the cherry looks like.

It's a international brand so I guess it's easy to get :)

Remember to use enough salt too, my wontons was as I mentioned earlier not filled with so much taste as I wanted, but you guys just have to test it out a little bit. If you are unsure put some of the meat mix into another bowl and add the stuff you want to try.

When everything is ready you'll get a nice boiler filled with good stuff. 

I personally ate around 10 wontons before I felt full, but then again, I don't eat that much nowadays, so I will guess a normal adult will eat something between 8-15, depending on how much extra stuff you'll add (shrooms, cabbage, extra meat) 

This is my own picture of how it looked like in the end.

Hope you enjoy this new year and stay healthy.