[Genshin Impact]: I can become stronger by cooking.

However, Chao Ke, who was obsessed with perfection (and afraid of the dog system finding fault), still washed the basin with water.

With a gentle swipe of his left hand, the abundant fire elemental power instantly dried the remaining moisture in the basin.

Following the same method, Chao Ke completed the making of the pink and red oil doughs in turn.

Use the same method of inverting the bowl to perform the dough resting process.

Chao Ke exhaled a breath of stale air and rested for a while, conserving his energy for the puff pastry process that was about to begin.

A few minutes later, the yellow oil dough that Chao Ke had started to rest had been resting for about twenty minutes, so it should be ready.

Chao Ke first grabbed a handful of flour and splattered it on the cutting board.

Then remove the upside-down bowl, take out the yellow oil dough, and place it on the cutting board.

The puff pastry technique differs slightly from other pastries. To make Lotus Pastry, you need to first roll out the oil dough with a rolling pin and pop any small air bubbles that form in the dough during the kneading process.

For the method of puffing and wrapping the oil, Chao Ke chose the single-sided wrapping method.

Take the puff pastry that was prepared at the beginning and roll it out to half the size of the yellow puff pastry.

Next, place the rolled-out filling on one side of the yellow pastry, flip the pastry over to wrap the white filling, and seal the edges like making dumplings.

Then, sprinkle a handful of flour on the work surface. Chao Ke first gently tapped the flour with a rolling pin to make it roughly even in thickness before he officially started the process of making the pastry.

When making the pastry for the first time, do not roll it out too thinly. Stop rolling it out when it reaches the appropriate thickness.

Chao Ke picked up the kitchen knife and trimmed off some of the edges of the pastry.

This is done not only to achieve a neat and aesthetically pleasing appearance, but also because the edge-locking process usually leaves some gaps in the flaky filling around the four sides of the pastry.

Cutting it off is also for the final shaping of the [Lotus Pastry].

Chapter 150 We're an old married couple, why are you still so petty!

Looking at the neatly shaped piece of pastry, Chao Ke gently stroked it a few times before starting the next step.

First, take one-third of the puff pastry from the left and fold it towards the middle.

Next, take one-third of the right side of the pastry and fold it towards the middle.

This completes the first three-fold transformation.

According to the system recipe, it should be refrigerated for ten minutes at this time to allow the layers inside the pastry to reach their best effect.

However, Chao Ke, who holds the power over the ice element, obviously doesn't need to go through such trouble.

With a thought, strands of ice element gathered in Chao Ke's hand.

Gently brush the pastry slices; the effect that requires refrigeration for ten minutes to achieve is done in an instant.

If it were red or pink pastry, this step would be the end of the process, but yellow pastry is different and needs to be puffed up again.

Place the chilled yellow pastry back on the work surface and roll it out thinly with a rolling pin. Trim off the four edges of the pastry again.

Next, fold the yellow pastry in half along the center line, thus completing the second fold.

After freezing and trimming, the yellow shortbread is complete.

Following the same method, Chao Ke also puffed up the pink and red oil doughs, making them into shortbread slices.

Chao Ke used a round mold to press the three different colored pastries into round pastries.

From bottom to top, Chao Ke stacked the three types of dough in the order of yellow, pink, and red, and then wrapped them with a filling provided by the system, made primarily of almonds.

Chao Ke gently wrapped the filling with the three colors of pastry, shaping them into pale yellow "flower buds".

Chao Ke breathed a sigh of relief.

The making of the lotus pastry is now largely complete.

The final step of deep-frying is more like a test to see if the previous steps were successful.

However, before frying, the "flower buds" of the lotus pastry should still be frozen once to solidify the oil and make the layers more distinct when frying.

Chao Ke picked up a "flower bud" and placed it in the palm of his hand.

The surrounding ice elements, following Chao Ke's command, gathered together and froze the "flower bud".

Chao Ke picked up the kitchen knife beside him and began to make cuts on the frozen "flower bud".

Chao Ke controlled the force in his hands, trying to separate all the pastry slices but not too much, lest he break the "flower bud".

With three cuts and six petals, the "flower bud" was given the opportunity to bloom under Chao Ke's hands.

Next, it was time for the final demonstration of Chao Ke's skills.

Heat the oil in a wok until it reaches a suitable and stable temperature. Then, Chao Ke takes a swivel and places the "flower bud" on the swivel before slowly lowering it into the oil.

"Sizzle sizzle..."

Tiny bubbles rose from the top of the "flower buds," and then the oil-based filling sandwiched in the oil dough began to melt and slowly dissolve in the high temperature of the oil pan.

The lotus flowers are in full bloom.

First, the outermost white petals slowly unfold, and then the pink petals inside also bloom.

In the end, even the crimson hue at the very center began to bloom.

In this pond formed by the oil pans, there may be no moonlight, but the blooming lotus flowers are still breathtakingly beautiful.

"Is this the charm of Liyue's pastry-making skills...?"

Chao Ke controlled the net and scooped the lotus flower into a plate decorated with lotus leaves.

The Liyue dish, Lotus Pastry, was also completed at this moment.

【The Ultimate Lotus Pastry】

[Rating: 91 points]

[Description: One of the representative traditional confectionery techniques of Liyue. Carefully blow a breath onto the blooming lotus pastry, watching the petals sway gently, as if they possessed their own life; close your eyes and take a bite, the sweet fragrance filling your mouth. It's as if the wind stirs the flowers, the flute plays, and birds sing.]

[Review: One of the pinnacles of Liyue's pastry-making skills, this piece barely qualifies as being at the foot of that pinnacle...]

Chao Ke's lips twitched.

"Good fellow, what a good fellow."

They gave me a rating of 91, which was bad enough, but when they finally used the adjective "peak" on me, they even added their own bias and dissed me twice.

However, the system clearly did not respond to Chao Ke's complaint, but only popped up a notification.

[The host has been detected to have completed the ultimate cooking technique for the dish Lotus Pastry]

[Should you choose to leave the Culinary Prodigy Training Ground?]

【whether】

"no!"

Chao Ke refused the system's prompt to clear the area.

On his first attempt at making Lotus Pastry, he reached the "Ultimate Level," and Chao Ke now felt incredibly powerful.

A sudden urge arose within me to recreate the wildly popular Chinese pastry from my past life, the "Lion's Cake".

However, just as Chao Ke's hand touched the ingredients on the cart in the Chef God Trial Grounds, the system popped up a warning.

【warn! 】

[The Chef's Trial Grounds are only for making dishes whose recipes you have already obtained; you cannot use this opportunity to make other dishes.]

[Because the host violated the rules for using the Chef's Trial Grounds, they will be forcibly removed.]

Immediately, everything went black before Chao Ke's eyes, and he was forcibly sent out of the Chef God Trial Arena.

"Come on, we've been married for so long, why are you still so petty!"

【hehe】

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When Chao Ke opened his eyes again, the scene before him had transformed into the dining area of ​​[Jia Zi Wei Restaurant].

"Fine, if you won't support me, I'll just spend my own Mora."

Chao Ke muttered a couple of words to himself, then turned and went back to the restaurant's kitchen.

Hua Mora purchased a batch of ingredients and molds from the system's [Ingredient Supply Area], while simultaneously recreating the [Lotus Pastry] in reality and pondering how to develop the [Lion's Awakening Pastry].

Time flew by as Chao Ke immersed himself in the charm of Chinese pastries.

Soon, an hour or two had passed.

It wasn't until someone knocked on the door of [Jia Zi Wei Restaurant] that Chao Ke snapped out of his daze.

"Who?"

Chapter 151 Barbecue Party in the House with the Fireplace

Outside of [Jia Zi Wei Restaurant].

A Privy Council member stood outside the door, knocking occasionally on the door of the [Delicious Taste Restaurant].

"I hope it's not really closing down..."

"That would be troublesome."

The members of the Privy Council glanced at the Bufati Mansion next door, feeling somewhat resistant.

Unless there's something important to do, he doesn't want to have too much contact with that place.

Fortunately, seeing Chao Ke emerge from the kitchen relieved him.

Chao Ke pushed open the door of [Jia Zi Wei Restaurant] and looked at the man standing outside.

"you are?"

The members of the Privy Council stood at attention and bowed to Chao Ke.

"Hello Mr. Chao Ke, I am a member of the Privy Council. This letter is an invitation reply from the Water Goddess Funina."

As he spoke, the man took out a gold-embossed envelope from his backpack and handed it to Chao Ke.