Thai summer rolls — cropped photograph of the dish

Thailand

Thai summer rolls

Thai summer rolls

Thai summer rolls

Fresh rice-paper rolls filled with roast pork, prawns, jicama, lettuce and bean sprouts, served with a rich tamarind sauce.

Fresh rice-paper rolls filled with roast pork, prawns, jicama, lettuce and bean sprouts, served with a rich tamarind sauce.

Fresh rice-paper rolls filled with roast pork, prawns, jicama, lettuce and bean sprouts, served with a rich tamarind sauce.

Préparation
30 min
Cuisson
5 min
Difficulté
Intermediate

Ingrédients

Les quantités s’adaptent automatiquement.

6 convives
  • 1 tbspvegetable oil
  • 120 gjicama, grated
  • 2 tbspoyster sauce
  • 20 piecesrice-paper wrappers
  • 120 glettuce leaves, roughly shredded
  • 120 gbean sprouts, blanched and drained
  • 15 gfried pork rind, roughly chopped
  • 2 tbspfried shallots
  • 100 gcooked roast pork, thinly sliced
  • 20 piecescooked peeled prawns
  • 25 cltamarind purée
  • 5 piecesdried cayenne chillies, soaked and drained
  • 3 piecessmall shallots, sliced
  • 1 tbspsoy sauce
  • 100 gpalm sugar or brown sugar
  • 7 clovesgarlic, minced
  • 1 tbspfermented soybean paste

Préparation

  1. Heat the oil in a wok over medium heat. Add the jicama and oyster sauce, stir-fry for 30 seconds, then remove from the heat and set aside.
  2. For the sauce, pound the chillies, shallots, garlic and fermented soybean paste in a mortar until smooth.
  3. Transfer the paste to a wok with the tamarind purée, soy sauce and sugar. Bring to a simmer, reduce the heat and cook until thickened.
  4. Soften one rice-paper wrapper and place it on the work surface. Add lettuce, bean sprouts, pork rind, fried shallots, roast pork, jicama, sauce and one prawn in the centre.
  5. Fold the bottom over the filling, fold in both sides and roll firmly, moistening the edge to seal it.
  6. Repeat with the remaining ingredients. Cut the rolls in half and serve with the remaining sauce.

The suggested quantities are a starting point: adjust the seasoning and cooking time according to the products used.