Pork Ragu over Polenta

I loved reading Dinner a Love Story. It was a perfect blend of novel and cookbook and I felt really comfortable and trusting of all of Jenny’s recipes. She talks about this Pork Ragu a lot, so I knew I needed to try it. It really is a winner. Easy (except that I set my kitchen on fire when I broke a dish over the stove, my fault) and delicious. Perfect Sunday food.

Dinner A Love Story's Pork Dumplings

Happy Chinese New Year! I decided to get festive and make a million dumplings for the two of us. Ok, like 40. It felt like a lot. I think the best part of this was that I got to do my shopping at my long lost love, Wegmans, while I was up in Fredericksburg. I need to do that more often.

These were from the book version of this recipe, which is almost identical.

I liked them a lot, but I think I like steamed dumplings a little more. I also think I put them in the food processor for too long because the pork was a little gritty in texture.