Pippies with XO sauce

Ingredients

• pippies, rinsed
• cornflour mixed with 100 ml water
• coriander leaves, to serve
• dried scallops, soaked overnight in 200 ml water
• dried shrimp, soaked overnight in 200 ml water
• canola oil
• Jinhua ham or jamón, diced
• garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• red Asian shallots, thinly sliced
• long red chilli, chopped
• dried red chilli, chopped
• caster sugar
• shrimp paste
• XO cognac