Luo Yu's dessert really made the children very satisfied and was also an eye-opener for the parents.
At this time, Chen Xu was also busy with the final preparations in the kitchen.
The dough for the thousand-layer oil cake has been prepared, and the other ingredients are also ready.
What follows is another process that requires a lot of effort.
That is to roll the dough into a very thin dough.
Rolling out dough may not be a difficult task for many people.
However, the dough for the thousand-layer oil cake is made up of more than 80% water. It is not easy to form such a thin dough into a ball.
Rolling it into dough is even more demanding.
Because the dough is very soft, if you use too much force on the rolling pin, the dough may be pressed rigidly, and the steamed thousand-layer oil cake will not be soft.
Therefore, the process of rolling out the noodles is also a great test of the skills of the pastry chef.
When rolling the dough, wrap the dough completely around the rolling pin, and then use the strength of your hands to roll the dough into a very thin dough sheet without breaking it or pressing it too hard.
It can be said that the process of Chen Xu rolling the noodles did not seem to require much effort, but in fact, he was already sweating profusely.
Judging from his appearance, it seemed that he was even more tired than before when kneading the dough.
In fact, it is indeed more difficult than before.
Because when kneading dough, beating water into the dough is more of a physical job.
However, in the process of rolling the noodles, you need to control the strength of your hands at all times and use a kind of clever power in your hands to make the noodles very obedient, like a tamed little animal, and turn into a piece of dough obediently.
After the dough is completely rolled out, spread lard and sugar evenly on it.
The next step is to evenly sprinkle the pork fat marinated with white sugar on top.
After spreading it evenly, the next step is to fold it up.
Finally, add a square pancake and put it into the steamer to steam.
After being busy for so long, Chen Xu finally finished steaming the thousand-layer oil cake.
Everyone in the kitchen was looking forward to his thousand-layer oil cake.
Quan Jie was in the restaurant in front at this time. He took a break from his busy schedule and came to Shi Tao's side. He whispered to Shi Tao, "Did you see that? In the kitchen, Chen Xu is making thousand-layer oil cakes. That is a very demanding pastry. It is known as the best pastry. I'm afraid Chen Xu is the only one in Huaicheng who can make it."
Shi Tao looked towards the kitchen and couldn't help whispering, "I saw him beating the noodles non-stop."
Quan Jie said: "Yes, that is the special dough-kneading process of the thousand-layer cake. When kneading the dough of the thousand-layer cake, 80% of water must be added. It is difficult for ordinary people to even knead it into a dough."
Shi Tao asked curiously, "What does 80% water mean?"
Quan Jie explained: "I also heard that when making thousand-layer oil cake, at least eight ounces of water should be added to one pound of flour."
Shi Tao thought about it and suddenly understood: "So much water? Can it still form a ball?"
Quan Jie nodded: "That's right, most people can't form a group, but this is also the skill of the white case master."
Just as Quan Jie and Shi Tao were talking in a low voice, the guests at the table next to them heard it.
After listening to the two of them talking for a while, the guest couldn't help but ask, "Then what else is there to pay attention to when making this thousand-layer oil cake?"
Quan Jie and Shi Tao were both surprised to hear the guest's question.
Shi Tao quickly apologized to the guest: "I'm sorry to disturb your meal."
The guest smiled and said, "It's okay, just keep talking, we really want to listen."
Quan Jie went on to say: "There is another difficulty in making thousand-layer oil cakes, which is that when rolling the dough, because the dough is very soft, you can't roll it hard if you want to make it thin. So this also requires the skill that the pastry chef has practiced for many years."
Quan Jie talked for a while, and Su Liancheng finally couldn't help but come over to remind him.
"Okay, that's enough. Don't you forget what you are supposed to do?"
Awakened by Su Liancheng's words, Shi Tao hurried to greet the guests.
Quan Jie was stunned for a moment, then hurried to serve the dishes.
However, although Quan Jie and Shi Tao had left, the guests in the restaurant were still full of curiosity about the thousand-layer oil cake.
In fact, most people know this dessert.
But in recent years in Huaicheng, there are basically no restaurants making this snack anymore.
Fujinglou used to make this dish, but now it is no longer available there.
Quan Jie was very clear about this, because among the fellow apprentices brought by his master, none of them could make the thousand-layer oil cake with plain dough.
Tonight, I saw someone cooking in Su Ji’s kitchen, and stopped Quan Jie’s explanation.
This really aroused the curiosity of many customers, who wanted to experience the thousand-layer oil cake, one of the “two best dim sum delicacies”.
Some customers directly asked the waiters in the restaurant.
"Excuse me, can I order that thousand-layer cake?"
Once one customer asks, naturally other customers will follow suit.
Su Liancheng and the waiters did not expect that soon many customers in the restaurant asked about it, and it seemed that everyone wanted to taste Su Ji's thousand-layer oil cake.
In desperation, Su Liancheng could only go to the kitchen and ask Feng Yifan.
"Chef, many customers have seen Chef Chen making the thousand-layer cake. Everyone wants to ask if they can order a portion of the cake?"
Feng Yifan glanced at Chen Xu and couldn't help but said with a smile: "Look, it's all your fault. You made such a big noise that everyone heard it. Now everyone wants to order. What are you going to do?"
After Feng Yifan shouted like this, the guests in the restaurant also shouted loudly.
"Chef Chen, we really want to order one to try."
Once someone took the lead, others naturally followed suit and shouted.
"Yes, yes, please order one for us."
"I want to order one to try."
“I really want to try it.”
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Seeing that everyone wanted to order, Chen Xu could only say, "How about this, let's see how much is in this pot. I may not be able to share much. If you can't share much, please don't blame me. I really didn't prepare enough today. When I'm ready, I'll make it specially for everyone later."
Hearing this, everyone present naturally expressed their agreement.
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Okay, don't be anxious, wait a minute. If there are a lot of them, you can order one for everyone. If it's not enough, please don't blame us. Our chef Chen will prepare some specially in the future and we will definitely let everyone taste it."
The guests in the restaurant also expressed their understanding.
After steaming, the originally flat noodles quickly expand in the steamer.
When the steamer was opened, a thousand-layer oil cake that had expanded to a large size and was divided into many layers appeared in the steamer.
Shi Jiahui leaned over to take a look and said with a smile, "Great, it worked in one go."
Chen Xu was also relieved at this time: "Not bad, I didn't embarrass my master."
Ning Cheng couldn't help but lean over to take a look.
"Wow, is this actually this big?"
Shi Jiahui smiled and said, "What's the big deal? Thousand-layer oil cakes are like this, just like steamed buns made with leavened dough. They are very small before they are put in, but after they are steamed, they expand and become very large. Thousand-layer oil cakes expand even more."
Chen Xu took it out of the steamer and cut it into pieces on the chopping board.
All of them are cut into small diamond-shaped pieces, which look very beautiful.
At this time, the aroma of the thousand-layer oil cake steamed in the kitchen had already drifted into the restaurant.
Many people smelled the fragrance and couldn't help but ask if they could order it.
Feng Yifan personally went over to take a look, and then said to everyone, "It's not a lot. I'm afraid everyone can only get a small piece."
When the guests heard that they could get a small piece, they all started clamoring for it.
Feng Yifan saw that everyone was very eager to taste it.
He simply decided, "Since everyone wants to try it, then everyone can have one. You are the lucky guests this time."
A customer asked, "Chef Feng, you're not going to give it away for free, are you? We don't want it for free, we're willing to pay."
The other guests all chimed in: "Yes, yes, we are willing to pay."
Hearing that everyone was willing to pay, Feng Yifan smiled and said, "You don't have to pay tonight. If you were asked to pay, wouldn't the people queuing outside also want to buy? We don't have that much tonight, what about later..."
When Feng Yifan said "later", everyone became excited.
But Feng Yifan finally said: "What about in the future? Let's limit the supply. This thing is really too difficult to make, so there is a daily limit. Please understand."
I heard that the supply was limited, and the guests at the scene felt a little regretful.
Because the supply is limited, considering Su Ji’s business, it might be difficult to buy it.
But if I think about it carefully, seeing Chen Xu busy in the kitchen tonight, the process is indeed very strenuous, so if the supply is sufficient every day, it would be too much of a waste for the pastry chef.
According to Feng Yifan's request, Chen Xu made some modifications.
Each piece was simply made very small, just the right size for a bite.
Of course, Feng Yifan still left three large pieces for his daughters.
Then, this round of guests were lucky, as each of them received a piece of thousand-layer oil cake.
At this time, the thousand-layer oil cake in the guests' hands had just cooled down a bit and was a little warm, which was the best temperature for eating the thousand-layer oil cake.
Before eating it, some customers looked at it in their hands and felt that this thousand-layer oil cake was special.
If you look carefully from the side, you can see that it is indeed divided into many layers.
This really tests the skills of the chef.
While some guests were still marveling at the taste, others couldn't help but put it in their mouths to taste it.
It tastes soft, sweet and elegant, but not too sweet.
The soft fried cake does not feel greasy when eaten.
On the contrary, when you eat it in your mouth, it feels softer and more delicious than eating a delicious cake.
After eating a small piece, the delicious taste lingers on your lips and teeth, and then you feel very disappointed because it is so little.
At this time, in the Lin family shop, Feng Ruoruo, Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei also tasted it.
However, the ones they got were bigger, and the three little girls felt very surprised.
“Oh, is this a cake?”
“It looks like a cake.”
“It doesn’t look like a cake.”
Su Jinrong smiled and explained to the children: "This is called a thousand-layer oil cake. It is not a cake made of eggs, but an oil cake made of flour. It tastes very good. Come and try it."
After hearing from their grandfather that it was delicious, the three little girls couldn’t wait to try it.
However, the three little girls did not eat it immediately, but shared it first.
"This one is for grandpa, and this one is for grandpa and grandma."
"This one is for grandpa and grandma, and this one is for dad."
“This is for grandpa and grandma.”
The parents present were also very pleased to see the little girls like this.
Su Jinrong also smiled and said: "Hey, you three can eat it. Grandpa doesn't actually need to eat."
Naturally, the grandparents all said they didn’t need to eat it.
But the three little girls were not happy and insisted that their grandpa and grandparents eat together.
"Let's eat together. Let's all eat together."
"Yes, we all eat together."
"Yeah, let's eat together."
Finally, under the insistence of the three little girls, grandpa and grandma had no choice but to taste a small piece.
After taking a bite, this one of the two best dim sum dishes still makes everyone feel delicious.
Feng Ruoruo even opened her mouth and said, "Ah, look, there's nothing in my mouth, it melted away in an instant."
Yang Xiaoxi said: "Yes, it's delicious, sweet, and fragrant."
Chen Yaofei said: "Mm, it's so sweet and fragrant, and very delicious."
After eating it, Su Jinrong said, "Chen Xu is indeed a disciple of a dim sum master. His craftsmanship is truly amazing. I never thought that this thousand-layer oil cake could be made so well."
Chen Shoulin said: "It's really delicious. I've had it elsewhere before, but it's not as delicious as this."
Yang Xiaoxi's grandfather said: "It seems that there is a place that specializes in this in Yangcheng, but it tastes a little greasy over there, but this one tastes just right."
Feng Jiandong said: "After all, he is the apprentice of a dim sum master, so his skills are indeed top-notch."
After making the thousand-layer oil cake, Chen Xu made various Chinese snacks for the little girls.
For example, some cakes like peach blossom cakes, lotus cakes and some small pictographic buns also made the three little girls very happy to eat them.
As for Luo Yu, she also demonstrated her creativity and later served some snacks to the children.
That night, the three little girls, Feng Ruoruo, Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei, were really satisfied because they ate a lot of snacks throughout the night.
Finally, when they couldn't eat anymore, the three little girls quickly ran to the kitchen to tell someone.
"Don't do it, we are all full and can't eat any more."
The three little girls shouted in unison, and everyone in the kitchen and even some people in the restaurant heard it.
Then, Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Okay, I got it. Tonight's snack feast is over."
At this time, Chen Xu and Luo Yu, after hearing the end, did not feel tired, but rather a little bit reluctant to leave.