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Chapter 158 Disaster Relief Cake

After the cold winter, the relationship between Yu Jian and Tang Yuan has become more delicate.

After Chef Tang took a rest, he joined Lantingxuan's back chef to show off his skills again, while Yu Jian spent more time in Yu's restaurant after not having classes.

After that night's phone call, the two still haven't seen each other, but somehow it feels like something must have happened.

Zhou Xiaoyan lay on the front desk and poked Zhang Mingming who was wiping the countertop: "Don't you find it strange?"

Zhang Mingming was puzzled: "What?"

"The video was arranged by Chef Tang. He personally went to find the important people. According to the little boss's temper, he must come to the door to thank him. Why is there no movement?" Zhou Xiaoyan rubbed her chin and narrowed her eyes. The eyes draw a fox-like line.

Something is wrong, something is wrong.

Zhang Mingming glanced at her in confusion: "Maybe you thanked her before you knew it?"

"Impossible!" Zhou Xiaoyan said firmly.She put eyeliner on Lan Tingxuan, any wind and grass could escape her eyes.

Holding the rag in his hand, Zhang Mingming glanced at her steadily, then glanced at her again, and complained without hesitation: "You're just full and free!" With the time for gossip, I can't help him with some work ah?
The business of Yu's restaurant is gradually recovering, and the number of customers in the past few days is obviously much more than before.

After hearing what he said, Zhou Xiaoyan's eyes flickered slightly: "Okay, okay, I'll wipe the two tables behind..."

A few people outside were noisy, and in the kitchen, Yu Jian was making disaster relief cakes.

Since the Yin and Shang Dynasties, people have used sacrifices to cure diseases and pray for good fortune. Later, many foods for praying for blessings were derived, and this disaster relief cake is one of them.

"It is recorded in "Qing Yi Lu" that on the way to Shu Zong, due to hunger and lack of food, the palace people and the local people worked together to make some pancakes. This is the 'disaster pancake'." Yu Jian went to Sprinkle a handful of dry flour on the dough, glanced at the audience's questions in the live broadcast room, and explained.

During the reign of Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao led the rebel army to revolt and approached Chang'an City. Emperor Xizong was helpless, so he had to learn from Emperor Xuanzong and went south to Shu to avoid the war.During the troubled times, this disaster relief cake was probably the best sustenance for the people of Tang Dynasty to pray for a peaceful life.

Pour a little white wine into the flour, stir well, add cooked lard, knead into flocs, then put in warm water and knead well, knead into a dough, and cover with a damp cloth.

Misfortune cakes are made with red bean fillings.Taking advantage of the sugar dough time, Yu Jian took out the red beans that had been soaked for four hours from the pond, inserted her palm into the center of the basin, and slowly drew a circle in a clockwise direction, then poured out the soaking water.

The filling process is exquisite. It has to go through several processes such as soaking, boiling, thickening, and sautéing. No sugar is added, and only sweet-scented osmanthus and pear meat are added. The red bean filling tastes sweet and nutritious.

After the dough is sugared, it is necessary to make embryos. Take a small dough, roll it into an oval dough piece, roll out the length along the dough piece, gently roll the two sides to the center, cut the section into a double ring shape, and then put the stuffing in it. Fold the dough over and pat it flat with your hands.Then turn the mouth of the roll outward, hold the two ends with your hands, turn from the outside to the inside, and put a ring at the junction of the two ends to form a cake embryo.

In addition to baking pancakes in the Tang Dynasty, they were also deep-fried, and this traditional technique has been used to this day.Pour cooked lard into the pot, heat it to [-]% heat over low heat, put the cake embryos in, soak and fry for a while, wait for them to float on the oil surface, quickly remove and drain the oil, and after two minutes, turn on high heat, and then put the cakes Put the embryo into the frying pan and turn it over quickly with chopsticks.

The fried calamity relief cakes are white in color and crispy in skin. After cooling down, they are covered with special red patterns, placed in a blue disk, and decorated with a small yellow flower. It is so beautiful.

[What to do... I really want to eat! 】The audience couldn't help it.

【Have you made a reservation for today?Let us know how it tastes later! 】

There are also those who follow Yu Jian. It looks simple, but in practice, the fingers are disobedient and can only poke the keyboard: [The third day of cooking with the little boss ended in failure again.Well, from now on, these pots and pans can be put in the cold palace, I'd better go to Yu's restaurant and eat the little boss's cooking. 】

Yu Jian read the content on the bullet screen one by one, and unconsciously smiled, with a light in her eyes, comforting the netizens: "It's actually not difficult, everyone will do it a few times."

Not difficult?

Why is it not difficult?

Not to mention an inexperienced culinary rookie, even a skilled cook who has been a cook for several years, the chopping board in front of him is still full of messy semi-finished cake embryos, either the latte art is not in place, or the fillings are spilled all over the place.The cooks listened to Yu Jian's flirty words with complicated expressions, and sighed silently in their hearts.

This person compares to others, sometimes it is maddening!

Disaster relief cakes are given to guests as gifts.Yu Jian deliberately made more, wrapped a box for everyone who helped the restaurant, and arranged for the waiter to deliver it.

The principal, teachers, classmates, Zhang Shanshan and others far away in Rao Township also received this thank you gift from the capital.

After discussing with her mother, Yu Jian remitted the labor fee that Tang Jingling gave to the principal last time, causing the principal to beat his chest in the office, pointing at Huang Mingming and criticizing desperately: "You won't stop her from ordering? The child needs money in the capital." There are so many places!"

Huang Mingming was at a loss for words, and after a long time of murmuring, he said weakly: "I can't control her."

The principal stopped talking when the gift box was opened, and there were eight disaster relief cakes neatly placed inside. The cakes were as white as snow, with strange rings on the corners and complicated ancient characters in the middle. They are very knowledgeable. The principal looked at it for a long time with reading glasses, but he didn't recognize the word.

The pancake was quite heavy in his hand, Huang Mingming picked it up curiously and took a closer look. There was a faint maroon color in the crispy layer, and there were fillings in the pancake.

"Well..." After taking a bite, the principal sighed slightly, "Crispy and soft, sweet and delicious, the elegant aroma of red beans outlines a wonderful taste between the lips and teeth..."

"Ka Ka Ka." It was Huang Mingming's voice with his head buried in the pancakes that answered him.

The principal raised his head at forty-five degrees, closed his eyes and savored the aroma in his mouth, and exclaimed: "It's really a fairy taste! Lao Huang, take out the black tea in my cabinet!" I can't justify it.

"Ka Ka Ka." The answer was still Huang Mingming's voice with his head buried in the pancakes.

The principal waited for a while, unable to wait for any movement, opened his eyes and looked around suspiciously, only to see that Huang Mingming had already finished eating two disaster relief cakes, and was stretching out his fingers to grab the third one...

"Get your hands off me!" The principal yelled, quickly moved the gift box away, closed the lid with a "snap", and locked it into the cabinet with a "bang", "Hurry up and go—"

To put it that way is called a gnashing of teeth.

(End of this chapter)