Food Wars!: I Became a Fantasy Ingredient Supplier

"is it?"

Rantabhi began to ponder.

She didn't continue to look forward to Ye Chen beside her, but stared intently at the still unfinished confit duck!

Lantabi knew everything about this dish, from the marinating and ingredients to the oil-sealing, low-temperature cooking, various spices, and the breed of duck. However, there was one thing she couldn't seem to find!

That is:

Where does the decisive orange flavor come from?

At first, she thought Ye Chen had added orange juice to the confit duck without permission, but it turned out that it wasn't like that at all.

"It's weird!"

"Where does that orange scent come from?"

Rantabi, my head is about to explode from thinking about it.

Moreover, after savoring it carefully, she felt even more that the orange scent was far more fragrant than that of ordinary oranges, and it was completely indescribable in any words.

"Chef Ye... Chef Ye, your confit duck dish must also use rock salt, right?"

Finally, Rantabee realized that he still didn't know the origin and type of salt used in this confit duck!

But she was puzzled. Although salt is the king of all flavors, even the best and worst salt shouldn't make such a big difference in the quality of confit duck, right?

"No, I used a different kind of salt."

Ye Chen smiled mysteriously.

"what?"

"Not rock salt?"

Upon hearing this, Rantabi's expression immediately turned strange.

……

Rock salt, also known as halite.

This is a coarse salt with large granules that do not hydrate quickly and has a milder saltiness, making it suitable for dishes like confit duck.

There are also some nuances regarding the amount of salt; the amount depends on the type of salt and the pickling time.

If rock salt is used to cure the confit duck, then the amount of salt used is:

30 grams of salt per kilogram of duck meat.

This is the method of French celebrity chef Raymond, who believes that this amount of salt will make the confit duck just the right amount of salty.

But salt alone is definitely not enough, so many chefs often like to add garlic and other spices to marinate the food together to add extra flavor.

thus

Executive Officer Rantabi.

Only then will you realize that salt doesn't have to be so important.

Chapter 78 Ordinary Ingredients and Fantasy Ingredients

"It's not rock salt after all."

"What kind of salt is used to marinate this confit duck?"

The ignorant Rantabee couldn't even tell what kind of salt it was made of; it must have been a type of salt she had never seen before.

"Orange salt!"

"A type of rock salt with an orangey-sour flavor."

Ye Chen said.

Rantabi gave an "oh" and fell silent.

There are dozens, even hundreds, of types of salt worldwide.

Based on the source of raw materials, salt can be classified into sea salt, lake salt, well salt, and rock salt; based on the processing method, it can be classified into refined salt and coarse salt.

According to special ingredients and uses, they can be classified as follows:

Iodized salt.

Non-iodized salt.

Low-sodium salt.

Mineral salts.

Flavored salt.

In addition, there are other special salts.

Like rose salt from the Himalayas, it looks just like rose quartz.

After being ground into powder, it has a clear and pure taste with a very mild salty flavor, and contains 84 kinds of minerals!

"Am I really just ignorant?"

Rantabhi was increasingly puzzled.

After all, orange salt like this definitely belongs to a special type of salt.

As the executive officer of the WGO Food Organization, Rantabhi is very knowledgeable about more than ten kinds of special salts in the world, and in his memory, orange salt does not exist.

……

Suddenly.

A brilliant ray of light flashed by.

Suddenly, a small orange appeared in Ye Chen's hand.

From the outside, it looks no different from an ordinary orange, but as Ye Chen slowly peeled off the orange peel, he was surprised to find that the orange flesh inside was as shiny as a yellow gemstone under the light!

"Hey?"

"What is this?"

Lantabi was secretly astonished upon seeing this; she had never seen such a strange orange before.

So, he couldn't help but take a closer look and found that the small orange was round and symmetrical, lying quietly in Ye Chen's hand. Even if he reached out and touched it gently, he could feel a slight roughness.

Finally, I habitually withdrew my hand.

But just then, the fingertips that had just touched the orange salt began to emit a faint scent.

The smell is like a gentle breeze brushing against the rocks by the sea, carrying a faint salty tang.

Rantabi was stunned.

It wasn't until the salty taste became clearer that I suddenly realized what it was!

"Salt?"

"Is there salt in this orange?"

Rantab, his face filled with astonishment, suddenly realized, as if waking from a dream, that this orange salt was different from others.

……

"clever."

"Orange salt is rock salt with an orange flavor!"

Ye Chen chuckled, then, while playing with the orange salt in his hand, he added, "Also, I must correct you on one point. It's not that there's salt inside the orange, but rather that this rock salt looks very much like an orange."

"what?"

Rantabi was even more confused!

She stood there dumbfounded for a moment before blinking her bright eyes and scrutinizing the orange salt with all her might.

That's right, it's an orange, but Ye Chen insists that it's... rock salt?

……

Helpless.

Rantabhi was forced to accept this absurd yet all-too-real situation.

As the executive officer of WGO, she had some work-related and personal interactions with people at WGO headquarters, including Anne and Nakiri Managi.

Secondly.

The previous "Jewel Flesh" incident.

It had already caused quite a stir in the culinary world, so she had heard a little about the fantastical ingredients.

However, she did not expect that the orange salt Ye Chen took out would so completely overturn her understanding and perception of ingredients.

So much so.

It won't happen for a while.

She didn't fully realize what was happening.