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Chapter 162 Jiangnan Plum Blossom Cake

"Uncle Wu?" Yu Jian stood in the yard and called a few words in a low voice, but no one answered.

She lowered her head, and Rhubarb looked up at her with black eyes as round as the bright moon.Yu Jian shrugged and walked straight into the small kitchen.

Sometimes when Wu Guoliang is not around, she already knows the way and finds something to do by herself.

The advantage of getting acquainted with seniors is that Lin Fengxu will take her to the open class of graduate students from time to time, which can be regarded as a small lesson for her.She also knew for the first time that Guan Shanyue, the little old man, was not as simple as he appeared on the surface.

"In the 80s and [-]s, a lot of colorful pastries were unearthed from the tombs of the Tang Dynasty in the Astana area of ​​Xinjiang Province. Most of them were chrysanthemum-shaped and plum-shaped. What does this mean?" group of students.

Lin Fengxu's brothers and sisters have all been polished by Guan Shanyue, and they rushed to answer: "It means that people in the Tang Dynasty love beauty..."

Yu Jian couldn't hold back, and laughed along with everyone.

The pen cap in Guan Shanyue's hand was accurately thrown on the head of the answering student, and she glanced at him sullenly: "You can say..." At the end, she rolled her eyes and pointed to the direction of the back row, "The wind Tell me about the girl next to Xu."

Now, Yu Jian really couldn't laugh anymore.This smelly old man must have done it on purpose.Lin Fengxu snickered from the side, knowing that the teacher would definitely play tricks on Yu Jian.He quietly leaned into her ear: "You can say whatever you want, it doesn't matter."

Yu Jian was silent for a while, glanced at Guan Shanyue, stood up neatly, and said in a clear voice: "Whether it is the Central Plains or the inland frontier, the food life of the people in the Tang Dynasty is not just to fill their stomachs. They have given food Doesn’t the aesthetic value behind these pastries mean that people in the Tang Dynasty paid more attention to spiritual pursuits in addition to their appetites? And the cultural core revealed in these delicacies also reflects the historical background of an era...”

She said it very sincerely, and it was true.The Tang Dynasty she lived in is far more magnificent than those recorded in pictures and texts.

Guan Shanyue was out of focus for a while, staring at her for a few minutes, then suddenly clapped her hands and smiled with satisfaction.After a while, he straightened his face again, stared at the stunned students below, and became angry: "Look at you, there is not a little girl who sees far-reaching, and all these years of papers have been written in vain?"

"Brothers and sisters must know this too, but they just wanted to play a joke on Teacher Guan, right?" Just as the volcano was about to erupt again, the little girl's soft voice was like a clear spring, pouring on the flames with a "crash". There was a trace of extinguished black smoke, which immediately dissipated in the air.

The students who were waiting in full force breathed a sigh of relief, turned to Yu Jian behind (beside), and showed a grateful smile.

very nice--

In the hands of the old pervert again, escaped——

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Guan Shanyue's words yesterday reminded Yu Jian that it is now the severe winter, during the Tang Dynasty, the streets and alleys of Chang'an were full of Jiangnan plum cakes.

The smoke from the cooking in the morning market, the oven set up by the vendors, inside are palm-sized white cakes with dried fruit and date paste, which smells sweet and soft and glutinous.

Yu Jian swallowed unconsciously, and quickened her hand movements. She hadn't eaten plum cake for a long time, and she was panicking...

Add yeast and sugar to the flour, add warm water and stir to form a batter, cover with plastic wrap to ferment.The fermented batter has swelled by half, and it is slightly bubbling when picked up with a spoon.

The pot of the plum blossom cake is very interesting, like a honeycomb, with a hexagonal surface, and the inside is divided into seven small cones that are wide on the outside and narrow on the inside, with plum blossoms on the top.She searched several stores before finding the one with the oldest style.

He also dug out the small charcoal stove that Wu Guoliang hid under the cupboard, sandwiched a block of charcoal, and heated the pot.

The stuffing is prepared in advance, the date paste stuffing, mixed with honey sauce, sweet but not greasy, full of fragrance.After the pot is hot, first brush a thin layer of base oil on the inside, put a spoonful of batter, then press the jujube paste filling on top, then cover with a thick layer of batter, and sprinkle a handful of dried fruit and dried fruit on the surface. Crushed dates, and finally add a pinch of black sesame seeds, cover with a lid, and bake slowly over low heat.

Ji Jue in the opposite room sniffed his nose: "It smells so good..."

Only then did Wu Guoliang realize that he forgot about Yu Jian!He patted his head, stretched his legs crossed to the ground, lazily stepped on the heels of his shoes, and walked out, not forgetting to grab Ji Jue who was standing stupidly by the door: "Let's go, I'll show you New friends go-"

When entering the kitchen, Yu Jian was boiling the pot, took the small shovel given by the merchant, and scratched the original shape of the mold bit by bit.

Ji Jue followed Wu Guoliang, only feeling the tangy fragrance, just about to take a look, when he heard a crisp voice: "Uncle Wu, are you at home?"

I heard the voice say again: "That's just right, come and taste the plum cake I made."

Ji Jue never expected that in his lifetime, he would be able to sit at the same table with the famous little boss and eat face to face.

The freshly baked plum cake is still steaming. In the cold winter, you don’t need to blow it. Just take a bite, and the hot filling will pour out. It’s a little hot, but you can’t bear to put it down. With the crispy fried skin on the side, it is delicious!

Even Wu Guoliang ate two at a time, peeling the dried fruit on the plum blossom surface and chewing it crisply: "When I went to Nanshi that year, I also ate it once. It used red bean stuffing, and I didn't pay attention to it on my tongue. I was scalded and couldn’t eat for several days!” Speaking of the anecdote when he was young, he also felt a little emotional, and pointed to the plum cake in his hand, “You are good at cooking, people in the capital love it. Eat jujube paste, why, are you going to put it in the restaurant?"

Yu Jian was in a good mood, and she tilted her head when she heard what he said: "That's impossible, it's too troublesome to make." She has been looking for this mold for a long time, and she can only make a few at a time.For something like plum cake, what you eat is the freshly baked bite.

Ji Jue heard it in his ears and remembered it in his heart. He also saw the stove just now, it was too small.

"Father, my little boss's plum cake is much more delicious than the sponge cake you made..." He turned his head and said to Ji Liangyou. Their sponge cake shop is quite famous in Taiwan, and most of them come here just because of the name.But Ji Jue felt that the tasteless, soft pastry was really boring to eat, far inferior to the plum blossom cake in his hand.

"Sponge cake?" Yu Jian was a little surprised, "Steamed out of water?"

At this time, Ji Liangyou was also stunned, and then he looked at the little girl who was not a few years older than his son, and said with burning eyes, "Do you know the water steaming method?"

(End of this chapter)