Burrata, ‘strange flavour sauce’, youtiao

Many years ago, I tried a burrata dish at Ms G’s in Potts Point and thought it was one of the most mind blowing bites ever. It’s not the cheese and bread dish you expect. It comes with a Sichuanese sesame-forward soy-based sauce, which if you’re a lover of hot pot, packs a punch. I serve this dish with youtiao as a fun way to mop it up.

Credit: Jiwon Kim

• serves

  4

• prep

  15 minutes

• cook

  5 minutes

• difficulty

  Easy

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Ingredients

• 2 cups (500 ml) neutral oil, for deep-frying
• Storebought frozen youtiao
• 1 burrata
• 2 tbsp roasted peanuts, roughly chopped
• 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
• 1 tbsp roughly chopped coriander leaves
• 1 tbsp roughly chopped spring onion

For the sauce

• 2 tbsp sesame paste, mixed with 2 tbsp water
• ¼ tsp salt
• ½ tsp sugar
• 2 tbsp chilli crisp oil
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• ½ tsp Chinese black vinegar
• ½ tsp sesame oil
• ½ tsp ground Sichuan peppercorn
• 3 tbsp water

Instructions

1. Heat the neutral oil in a large saucepan to 180˚C. Shallow-fry the youtiao, until golden. Using tongs or a slotted spoon, transfer the fried youtiao to a paper towel-lined plate or wire rack, to cool. Set aside.
   
2. To make the sauce, combine all the ingredients in a medium bowl. Set aside.
   
3. To serve, place the burrata in the centre of a shallow serving bowl and pour over the prepared sauce. Sprinkle with the peanuts, sesame seeds, coriander and spring onion. Serve with the fried (or baked!) youtiao.
   

Note

• Youtiao can also be oven-roasted at 200˚C for 10 minutes. It won’t be the same, but is an alternative for folks who don’t want to fry.
  
  

Photography by Jiwon Kim.

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Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

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