Fresh Spring Rolls with French cheese sauce

Ingredients

Filling:

250 grams chicken flakes or ground pork

500 grams prawn, shelled and deveined

100 grams chorizo, cubed

1 can of bamboo shoots or 1 cup if fresh

1 cup sweet potato, peeled, cubed

1 medium carrots, julienned

1/2 of small shredded cabbage

1 cup string or green beans, chopped

1 small onion

1/4 cup chopped parsley

1 stem celery plus leaves, chopped

1/2 pack extra firm tofu, cubed

3 cloves minced garlic

1/4 cup water

1/2 pork broth cube

1/2 bouquet garni broth cube (optional)

fish sauce

crushed peanuts and walnuts for garnish

salad or lettuce leaves

Sweet cheese sauce:

Raclette cheese 4 to 5 slice

1 tbsp oyster sauce

1 tbsp soy sauce

1 1/2 cups water

1 1/2 tbsp brown sugar

1 tsp freshly minced garlic

1 tbsp cornstarch diluted in 1 tbsp water

chorizo for garnishing

Crepe wrapper:

200 grams all-purpose flour

2 eggs

1/2 tbsp vegetable oil

250 ml whole or low fat milk

1/2 tsp salt

Preparation

Make the crepe wrapper:

Put the flour in a bowl, eggs and salt, then mix a little. Add the oil then gradually add the milk while stirring constantly and mix well.Let stand for 30 minutes in a room temperature. Cook the filling while waiting the crepe mixture to set.

Put the non-stick pan over medium heat. Pour-in about 1/3 cup of the crepe mixture into pan. Tilt the pan to distribute the mixture as evenly as possible.

Cook until the mixture becomes dry but not brown about 1 to 2 minutes. Set aside.

Cook the filling :

Heat the pan. Pour-in the vegetable oil. When the oil is hot, add the shrimp then chorizo. Stir fry until the prawn change in color. Remover from the pan. Set aside.

Saute garlic until fragrant then add onions.

Add the pork and cook until brown. Add water. Simmer then add the pork and bouquet garni broth cubes. Add the sweet potato and carrots.

Cook until half done. Add the bamboo shoots, celery stem and string beans. Let it cook for 3 minutes. Add the tofu, cabbage, celery leaves and parsley.

Add the fish sauce to taste.

Cook the sauce:

In a sauce pan. Mix all the sauce ingredients except cheese and 1/2 of the garlic.

Bring to a boil in low heat. Add the Raclette cheese and garlic then stir until the sauce thickens.

Wrapping instructions:

Place the wrapper in a plate one at a time. Place the few lettuce leaves on middle top of the wrapper.

Spoon 2 to 3 tbsp of the filling into the middle part of crepe wrapper.

Fold the bottom of the wrapper first then the two sides until completely sealed.

Top with the cheese sauce, crushed nuts, some chorizo. Add garlic if desired.