When Su Ji started business, the customers who entered Su Ji did not notice that Chen Xu and Luo Yu became very busy in the kitchen.
Chen Xu did not participate in the cooking of Su Ji's dishes tonight. Instead, he was alone at the table in the corner of the kitchen, laying out various ingredients for making dim sum. He used almost everything he had learned from the former pastry master, from kneading the dough to making the stuffing, everything was so smooth.
There are many varieties of Chinese dim sum, but the core of Chinese dim sum is lard.
The lard used by Su Ji is basically refined by itself.
Some processing will also be done to remove the peculiar smell of lard, so that the snacks will become more fragrant when they are made.
Of course, in addition to lard, various types of sugar are also indispensable.
From crystallized rock sugar to granulated sugar, there is also soft white sugar, brown sugar, yellow sugar, and honey which provides the same sweetness.
In fact, different Chinese desserts require different types of sugar to make.
These may seem like only subtle differences, but the resulting snacks will definitely taste different.
Chen Xu stood in front of the table and after thinking carefully for a while, the first snack he made for the children was thousand-layer oil cake.
This is a very traditional Huaiyang dim sum.
It is also a dessert that tests the skills of the pastry chef.
Starting from the process of kneading the dough, the thousand-layer oil cake is completely different from the others.
It is neither young leaven, nor big leaven, nor old leaven.
The dough for thousand-layer oil cake is semi-fermented.
There are many meanings behind the word "half".
Usually, a chef who is really good at it can add at least 8 liang of water into one pound of flour.
With so much water added to the flour, most people simply cannot make the flour into a dough.
The reason why the dough for thousand-layer oil cake is called "beating" is because under normal circumstances, the dough cannot absorb so much water, so it requires a lot of physical strength for the chef to constantly beat the very thin, mud-like dough on the chopping board.
This process is very time-consuming and also tests the chef's ability.
Soon, the noise of Chen Xu beating the dough startled everyone in the kitchen and even attracted the attention of some guests in the restaurant outside.
Feng Yifan saw his three apprentices stretching their heads to look and even forgetting the work in their hands.
He reached out and patted his apprentices, saying, "What are you looking at? Do your work well. He is making thousand-layer oil cake."
The three disciples were a little surprised, especially Ning Cheng who saw it for the first time and couldn't help asking: "Master, is it so difficult to make the thousand-layer cake and the dough?"
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "This is called "watering". At least eight ounces of water must be added to one pound of flour. If you don't have enough skills, I'm afraid you won't be able to knead the flour into dough if you do it. Chen Xu, this is a real craftsmanship. You can only watch for now."
Shi Jiahui looked at him and couldn't help but sigh: "As expected, he is the apprentice of a domestic dim sum master. He is really amazing."
As the noise grew louder, the guests also began to notice it.
A customer couldn't help but ask the waiter.
"What on earth is that chef doing in the kitchen? He looks like he's beating the dough. What is he doing that requires so much noise?"
At this time, Quan Jie got the opportunity to show himself and introduced himself to the guests.
"This in the back kitchen is the process of making thousand-layer oil cake. This is the time when the pastry chef's skills are truly tested. The young pastry chef at Su Ji is very skilled, judging by his technique."
Many people who saw it for the first time stood up and stretched their necks to get a closer look.
Many people couldn't help but exclaim: "Wow, this is how you make thousand-layer oil cake?"
Quan Jie went on to say, "This is just the process of kneading the dough. To make the dough for the thousand-layer cake, you need to mix at least eight ounces of water into one pound of flour. That's not an easy task."
In fact, this is also the reason why Fujinglou does not offer thousand-layer oil cake.
The kitchen of Fujinglou is now basically staffed by people brought by Sun Mingxing, so there is no one who can make thousand-layer oil cake.
Quan Jie also knew something about thousand-layer oil cake and knew that he couldn't make it just by kneading the dough.
It can be said that today was the first time that Quanjie saw someone making noodles.
By the time he finally beat the water into the dough, Chen Xu was already out of breath. This process was indeed very physically demanding.
Then he needs to let the dough rise slightly, and during this time he also needs to prepare some things.
The filling of thousand-layer oil cake is not simply made of pig's head mixed with white sugar.
Thousand-layer oil cake should taste sweet, fragrant and elegant. The sweetness and fragrance naturally come from sugar and lard, but this elegance is not so easy to achieve.
If you want the thousand-layer oil cake to taste unique, you must add pork fat cubes marinated in granulated sugar.
Chen Xu had already prepared for this, but he had never really had the chance to do it.
So today he finally had the chance to prepare a snack feast for the children, and the first thing he thought of was to make a thousand-layer oil cake.
Because it is time-consuming to make, while Chen Xu was making it, Luo Yu had already made some snacks for the children to fill their stomachs.
The dim sum made by Luo Yu is naturally Western style.
So the first dessert she served to the children was a very pretty little pudding with a layer of caramel on it.
Caramel pudding is not very novel, but Luo Yu followed the chef's advice and reduced the size of the puddings one by one, and also added some fruit juice to give the pudding a fruity flavor.
When Luo Yu's first pudding was served, the three little girls immediately clapped their hands happily.
“That’s great.”
"Aunt Luo is so amazing."
"Thank you Aunt Luo, this is so beautiful."
Luo Yu smiled and said, "You will have a lot of snacks tonight, so don't be anxious, just look forward to the snacks later."
Chen Xu was still busy, while Luo Yu continued to make several snacks for the children.
Each shape is very small and the design is very unique.
For example, she used gummy candies that children liked to eat, melted them, added juice and cream, and then used molds to make them into the shape of dishes.
This is also very interesting for little girls, as if they are eating vegetables.
After some small and simple snacks, Luo Yu also carefully made a special dessert for the children.
First, Luo Yu found some strawberries, washed them, cut them into small pieces, put them into a blender, added some strawberry jam and blended them into a paste. In order to achieve a better color, Luo Yu also added some red dragon fruit.
Put the beaten strawberry jam into a small pot, heat it, and add some gelatin.
Next, whip the cream until it can hang on the whisk in pointed corners.
Then add the heated strawberry jam into the whipped cream in batches and stir slowly until evenly mixed.
After finishing this part, Luo Yu then made a white portion using yogurt in the same way.
Then put the two portions into piping bags respectively, find a mold, and then squeeze the two different colors of paste into the mold through the piping bag respectively.
After filling the mold completely, smooth the top surface, tap it twice gently to make the inside even, and then put it in the refrigerator.
Put it in the refrigerator and wait for it to solidify, and it will become a mousse.
At the same time, Luo Yu used a pot, added some milk to heat it, and added a little bit of chili to the milk, just a very little bit, and finally added the chocolate to it, boiled it together until it melted, and beat some foam.
After completing the preparation, Luo Yu took the mousse out of the refrigerator when it was fully formed.
The moment Luo Yu took off the mold, Catherine, who happened to pass by her, looked surprised.
"Luo Yu, are you going to use this piece of beef to make dessert for the children?"
Hearing Catherine's surprised words, everyone in the kitchen looked over curiously.
After everyone looked over, Luo Yu smiled smugly and said, "Hahaha, it looks like you've all been fooled. This isn't actually beef. This is actually a dessert I made, but it's made to look like beef. Look at my snowflake pattern. Doesn't it look like top-quality Wagyu beef?"
After Luo Yu said this, everyone came closer to observe carefully.
After taking a closer look, everyone was truly surprised.
Because the mousse made by Luo Yu really looks exactly like a piece of beef.
If Luo Yu hadn't said it, I'm afraid no one would be able to tell that this was not beef.
Then she used a slightly heated knife to carefully trim the mousse and divided it into three portions, placing them on three plates respectively. She then poured the prepared chocolate sauce around the mousse, pretending it was black pepper sauce.
Don’t forget to use matcha powder as chopped parsley and garnish the plate.
Even Feng Yifan was amazed when he saw such a dessert.
"Amazing! It seems that Luo Yu has really amazed us all tonight. I didn't expect Luo Yu to have such creativity."
This time, even Hans, who used to be a pastry chef, had to give Luo Yu a thumbs up.
“This idea is great.”
Lin Ruifeng and Ning Cheng came closer and looked at it carefully. For a long time, they didn't dare to confirm that the thing in front of them that looked like steak could actually be a dessert.
Luo Yu smiled and said, "Hahaha, this is actually a kind of pictographic vegetable."
Shi Jiahui said: "No, this must be photographed and then let everyone see it."
Feng Yifan continued, "I think this dessert can be added to the menu of our Ruo Restaurant."
Hearing this, everyone immediately agreed.
"I agree. This one can indeed be added."
"You must join. This joining will definitely surprise everyone."
"Hahaha, I'm afraid it will scare a lot of people, right?"
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The first people who were scared by Luo Yu's dessert were the three little girls.
When this plate of dessert was brought to the little girls, the three little girls were really stunned.
Feng Ruoruo looked at it again and again, and first said, "No, this is not a snack."
Yang Xiaoxi said: "Yes, this one is fleshy."
Chen Yaofei had seen top-quality wagyu beef with her parents abroad, so she recognized it and said, "This looks like beef, and it's the best kind of beef."
At this time, Yang Zhiyi said: "This should be Wagyu beef, right? Look at the snowflake pattern, it's very good Wagyu beef."
Hearing Yang Zhiyi's words, Luo Yu, who came to deliver the food, couldn't help laughing.
"Then Father Yang, what grade of Wagyu do you think it should be?"
Yang Zhiyi was unsure for a moment: "I really can't tell, but didn't we agree to serve snacks? Why did you bring out the Wagyu beef? And it's raw beef, are you going to eat it raw as sashimi?"
Feng Yifan, who came with us to deliver the food, said with a smile, "Let our three little darlings have a taste."
The parents all looked suspicious.
Lu Cuiling even said: "Please don't let your child eat anything random."
Feng Yifan said, "Mom, don't worry. After your granddaughter eats it, ask her. I guarantee she will say it's delicious."
Then, Feng Yifan bent down and asked the three little girls: "Do you three dare to try it?"
When asked this question, the three little girls looked at each other and said in unison: "We dare."
Feng Yifan smiled and gave the little girls a thumbs up: "Great, then you three can try it together."
Then, the three little girls also used small spoons to start tasting.
When Yang Zhiyi saw the children using spoons, he couldn't help but ask, "Do you eat this with a spoon? Don't you need to cut it with a knife?"
Luo Yu suppressed a laugh and said, "It's okay, you can still cut it with a spoon."
At this time, the parents of the three families were all confused, and some of them didn’t understand what kind of dish this was.
Finally, the three little girls used spoons to dig into the beef chunks on the plate together.
The moment the spoon dug up, the little girls dug out a piece at once.
At this moment, the parents who were watching were all amazed.
The three little girls carefully put a small piece from the spoon into their mouths.
After entering, Feng Ruoruo, Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei instantly smiled.
After eating, the three little girls said in unison: "It's delicious, sweet, and a snack."
Hearing the little girls say this, the grandparents and Mr. Yang were shocked.
Feng Yifan then asked Luo Yu to reveal the answer.
Luo Yu smiled and said, "This is not actually beef. It's just a piece of strawberry mousse cake, but I made it look like beef."
Then Luo Yu pointed at the sauce on the plate and said, "As for this black pepper sauce? It's actually made of chocolate, and this thing that looks like chopped parsley is replaced by matcha powder."
Hearing this explanation, the grandparents and Yang Zhiyi all widened their eyes.
At this time, the three little girls had already scooped it up and let their grandparents and Yang Zhiyi have a taste as well.
After tasting it, everyone finally understood that it was indeed a dessert.
After knowing the truth, the girls were even more shocked.
If you hadn’t seen it with your own eyes and tasted it with your own mouth, who would have thought that desserts could be made like this