Party for the Oscars

 We didn't have a lot going on this weekend, and our ACM party went well last weekend, so we decided to throw a party for the Oscars. 

I did a little research on the nominees and decided to showcase 8 different movies: 

I made homemade bread for the "Town Tasties" in Wolfwalkers, chocolate covered pretzels for the Wizard Staff in Onward, Pizza for A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, a Bluesy Smoothie for Soul, Coca-Cola for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, no bake cookies for The One and Only Ivan's "me-balls", Mongolian Beef Noodles for Mulan, and Soup Dumplings for Over the Moon. 

I used an orange slice for the top of the Wizard staff. 

Adding to the decorations red carpet brownies topped with film reels. (I dipped Oreos in white chocolate, covered them in silver sprinkles, and used black frosting to finish the decoration) The brownie recipe is here: http://workingmomwonders.blogspot.com/2019/02/2nd-annual-academy-awards-party.html

The soup dumplings turned out really well. The full recipe is below. 

The Mongolian Beef Noodle recipe is here: http://workingmomwonders.blogspot.com/2020/09/mongolian-beef-noodles-with-ground-beef.html

We walked the red carpet. 

And used this photo board we created a few years ago for pictures. 

Soup Dumplings: 

Ingredients: 

1 .25 oz container Knox gelatin

2/3 cup hot water

1/2 Tbsp chicken base

1 Tbsp soy sauce

6 oz ground pork

2 green onions, chopped

3 baby bella mushrooms, chopped

1 tsp ginger

1 clove garlic, minced

1 tsp sesame oil

wonton wrappers

Start by mixing the 2/3 cup water, chicken base, and soy sauce in a saucepan. Heat until almost boiling. Whisk in the Knox gelatin. Pour into an 8x8 inch pan and cool in the refrigerator for a couple of hours, or until set. I used a butter knife to cut the gelatin into square pieces before putting into the wontons. 

Cook the ground pork in a pan. Drain the grease. Set aside to cool. Chop the green onions and mushrooms and put in a bowl. Add the ginger, garlic, and sesame oil. Add the cooled pork. Mix together. 

Put a small scoop of pork mixture on the wonton. Top with the gelatin squares. 

Wet three sides of the wontons with water. Pull two parallel ends together. Close the sides and bunch the sides up to the top of the wonton. 

Put about 1 cup of water in a saucepan . I added my instant pot trivet to the pan. Put the wontons on a plate covered with parchment paper. 

Place the plate on the trivet, cover the saucepan, boil the water, and steam for about 5 minutes.