Dazzling Starlight

"Cold dishes" are generally called "cold dishes", commonly known as "cold dishes" in the catering industry.It is a dish with a unique style and strong technical skills. It is eaten cold for a long time. It is called cold dish.

However, most of the main raw materials for cold dishes are clinker, so this is completely different from the cooking method of hot dishes, and its main features are fine selection of ingredients, dry and fragrant taste, crisp and tender, refreshing and not greasy, bright color, shape. Neat and beautiful, put together harmonious and pleasing to the eye, etc.

In the order of serving meals, cold dishes are usually placed at the front, which plays a role of hunger and appetizers.

And "Flower Monk" Ruda is a master of cold dishes. Even in the dark cooking world, he has no rivals. Even Zeng Yakan couldn't help but praise him like this, "Even if I am in cold dishes, I may not necessarily be Ruda's opponent."

However, the theme of the confrontation randomly selected by the two of Kidi and Ruda was actually...

Ji Di looked at the word "cold dish" written on the stone plaque, and was stunned for a moment, and then came back to his senses.

But instead, Luda laughed wildly: "Hahaha, you drew this yourself, you see, God really helped me, God wants you to stay here, hahaha!"

Hearing Ruda's laughter, Xiang En also saw that the theme of the duel in Ji Di's hand was "cold dishes", and his face became pale.

And the few chefs Lin in the dark cooking world who didn't play are also gloating ~ misfortune.

"This super chef is really pitiful. He actually picked up the 'cold dish' that Luda is best at. It's no need to know the result.-"

"In this way, the trend of winning the game has been greatly inclined to the dark cooking world. I would say that this group of people is not in the hands of Lord Yanxian."

Yao Niang's face was also on the other side, and she said, "No... not good, Chef Ji Di is in danger, and he actually got the enemy's best cooking."

Liu Xingyao closed his eyes and said lightly: "This is also impossible, but what we have to do now is to believe in Chef Ji Di."

Although Xiang En is also worried, as the host of the "Dark Showdown", she must continue the game, so she can only announce: "Then, the first battle of the "Dark Showdown" starts now. The showdown of the three groups The themed ingredients are 'dumpling', 'fish', and 'cold dishes'. According to the traditional rules of the dark duel, the cooking time is within 2 hours, please bring out the dishes that match the theme at the specified time."

Ruda seems to be very proud of having picked up the dish that he is best at.

"Da Di, right? I'll let you eat the venom and lose it after tasting the cold dishes I made. It won't make you feel unconvinced by the loss..." Ruda said, rushing towards the ingredients The place where you start to choose the ingredients you want to cook.

Ruda walked towards the place where the ingredients were placed without any hesitation, which showed that he had already thought about what to do, so that he had no hesitation.

Seeing this scene, Feishazi and the others were naturally very worried.

"Xingyaojun, but then again, is there any difference between this Chinese cold dish and the Japanese style cold dish?" Feishazi asked curiously.

"In fact, there is not much difference, but Chinese cold dishes are not only more refined in terms of packaging, but also very strict when they are cooked. In addition to the proposed cooking method, cold dishes must be dry, crisp, tender and refreshing. In addition to other requirements, it is also required to achieve, the taste penetrates the muscles, the product has a lingering fragrance, and at the same time, according to the requirements of different varieties of cold dishes, it should be crisp, tender and fragrant or refreshing without soup or greasy." Liu Xingyao explained it.

Feishazi thought for a moment after listening to it, and then said, "Well, if the taste requirements are strict, then the knife skills must be very demanding, right? Because whether the ingredients are cut in the same size and even thickness, these will affect the taste. "

"Moreover, the most important difference between cold dishes and other dishes is that his platter is important. If the full score of the whole dish is 100 points, then the beauty of this platter will occupy at least 40 points!"

Liu Xingyao further explained, saying: "When putting together, the color harmony between the dishes, the accessories and the main ingredients, the seasoning and the main ingredients, and the dishes and the container are all very particular. The cold dishes after being assembled and assembled present a beautiful, colorful and vivid beauty.

Therefore, cold dishes should not only be beautiful in color, aroma, taste and shape, but also pay more attention to the nutrients between various dishes and the adjustment of meat and vegetable dishes. Chefs who have done cold dishes know that this is a simple way to look. , but it is very complicated to cook. Without solid basic skills, there is no way to make a decent cold dish! "

At this time, Luda had already selected the ingredients he needed and put them on the cooking table. The ingredients he took out were Chinese cabbage, small cabbage, prawns, fish, and ham.

(To be continued...)

Chapter two hundred and eighty nine in trouble

The ingredients that Luda brought out were Chinese cabbage, small cabbage, prawns, fish, ham and so on.

"I actually chose these ingredients, what kind of cold dishes are you going to make?" Feishazi didn't know much about Chinese cold dishes, so after seeing Luda taking out these ingredients, she didn't know what he was doing. .

Liu Xingyao, as a person who has "traversed between two worlds", knows a lot about cooking, but after seeing these ingredients, his expression flashed in surprise: "Could it be that what Luda wants to do is the 'Buddha's Avalokitesvara'?"

"Buddha's Avalokitesvara? What kind of cold dish is that, Xingyao-Jun?"

This time, not only Feishazi was puzzled, but Yao Niang and other women were also puzzled.

"Buddha Guanyin Lotus, this is a dish with cabbage as the main ingredient, named for its image. It is made into a lotus and bergamot shape, served with shrimp, fish, ham, shrimp and other flavors, and broccoli is added to decorate it, and it is cooked by steaming. It maintains the original flavor of the dish. The appearance of this dish is vivid and elegant, and at the same time, it has strict requirements on knife skills, so it is the most advanced dish in cold dishes.” Liu Xingyao explained.

At this time, Luda's cooking station was not very far from where Liu Xingyao and others were. He also listened to his words and couldn't help laughing again.

"Hahaha, as expected, Liu Xingyao knows a lot, but what you are talking about is just the common practice of 'Buddha's Avalokitesvara', and the 'lotus' of the 'Buddha's Avalokitesvara' is not an ordinary 'four rings' That's it!" Ruda smiled proudly.

Feishazi and other women didn't know anything about this "Buddha's Avalokitesvara", so they became more and more confused.

Liu Xingyao explained directly, saying: "The origin of this dish is because it looks like the Guanyin lotus sitting on the Chinese Guanyin Bodhisattva and wants to come because of it. The average Guanyin lotus flower has four layers... It is not easy to carve the Guanyin Lotus to the fourth floor of its own, and the carving to continue is not just about knife skills..."

After hearing this, Feishazi and the others understood something, and nodded their heads not knowingly.

"If you don't understand it very well, let's take a simple example. You should all know the Chinese Dragon Beard Noodles, right? The meaning of this layer is similar to the meaning of the one button of the Dragon Beard Noodles, but the difficulty is very different. ." Liu Xingyao explained again.

After Yao Niang and the others listened, they fell into silence again. To be precise, they were worried, because Luda himself was not weak, but the theme of the showdown was "cold competition".

Ji Di seems to be in a tough fight, and the situation on the side of Gangbang Jie and the Scholar of the Holy Hand is extremely pessimistic.

Although the theme of the duel is dumplings, and it is also a pastry dish that steel stick solution is good at, but...

Like most pasta, dumplings need to go through this step of kneading noodles, because this is to make dumpling skins, and the two key elements of making dumplings are "skin" and "filling", so this kneading process Quality directly affects the taste of dumplings.

As a super pastry chef, Gangbang Jie naturally knows this, so he doesn't dare to be sloppy on the kneading. The unique kneading technique makes Gangbang Jie can't help but be surprised!

Mixing noodles is also very particular. It seems to be a small process, but there are many things to pay attention to... For example, when mixing noodles, you can't add enough water at one time, pour the flour into the basin or on the panel, and make a pond in the middle. , pour the water in slowly and stir slowly with chopsticks.When the water is absorbed by the flour, knead the noodles repeatedly with your hands to make the flour into many small pieces, commonly known as "snowflake noodles".

In this way, the flour will not drip all over the place because it is too late to absorb, nor will it stick to the hands and the pots are full of batter.Then sprinkle water on the "snowflake noodles" and stir with hands to make them into lumps of small dough, called "grape noodles".

At this time, the flour has not absorbed enough water, and the hardness is relatively high. You can squeeze the dough into pieces, wipe off the batter stuck on the basin or the panel, and then dip your hands in some water to wash off the flour on your hands and sprinkle it on the "grape noodles". You can use your hands to knead the grape surface into a smooth surface fungus.This kind of dough mixing method is called "three-step water addition method", which can make the whole dough mixing process clean, 2.0 neat, and achieve the effect of "dough light, basin light, and hand light".

Of course, this is only the case for ordinary flour noodles, but if the object is shepherd's wheat noodles, the difficulty will be deepened again!

The Scholar of the Sacred Hand quickly showed his strength as a top chef in the dark cooking world - the mustard powder gradually merged into a ball in a blink of an eye.Shepherd's wheat flour seems to flow in the direction of the fingers, flowing in the basin with gorgeous skills that have never been seen before!

Gorgeous and well-rounded technique, it's not a few years of effort at all and can't get this level of dough.