The cake blank of the crescent moon cake is not difficult to make, but it is not easy to make either.

First of all, you have to knead the two dough into long strips and divide them into equal size dough, the dough is not too big, about the size of a fist.

Then Xu Zhuo flattened the flour without lard with his hands and made it into a thick dough cake.

Then put the dough stained with lard on top and wrap it in bread.

If it is not easy to operate, it is okay to round the lard flour first.

After the lard is completely wrapped in the dough, the small dough is flattened again, sprinkled with sesame seeds, and rolled out into an oval shape with a rolling pin, and the crescent cake is ready.

There were no professional crescent moon cakes or pancakes in the store, so Xu Zhuo had to find out the pans he had used before, wash them and put them on the stove.

Heat the pan over high heat, then reduce the heat to low, then add the finished cake crust and cook it slowly in the pan.

You don't need to brush the oil during the cooking period, just dry the branding.

The dough cake made in this way is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and has a strong noodle flavor, which is a perfect match for the mutton in the water basin.

When Xu Zhuo was busy, Jianguo came over when he was idle and had nothing to do: "Xu Zhuo, go back and teach me how to make Babao stuffed pears, and I want to try to make some desserts." ”

Xu Zhuo didn't have any opinions: "Okay, Babao stuffed pears are very easy to learn, don't look at the expensive ones sold in the store, in fact, the main thing is the ratio of knife work and eight treasures." Basically, the sour ingredients are less to put in, and the glutinous rice cannot exceed half of the capacity of the pear jar, otherwise if there is too much, it will be like a sweet zongzi stuffed in the pear jar, and the characteristics of the eight treasures stuffed pears will be lost. ”

While baking the dough, Xu Zhuo told Jianguo about the matters to be paid attention to when making eight-treasure stuffed pears.

At first, it was just small talk, anyway, there were not many customers at this time, but as he spoke, Xu Zhuo realized that the cooks had also come over, and they were obviously also curious about the method of Babao Stuffed Pears.

Anyway, it's okay to be idle at this time, Xu Zhuo looked at Jianguo and asked, "How many eight-treasure stuffed pears are there in the steaming cabinet now?"

Jianguo walked over and opened the steaming cabinet and took a look: "There are thirteen or fourteen, why don't you think it's enough?"

There is nothing short of this thing, no matter how much or too little, Li Hao and Meng Liwei will eat up the remaining eight-treasure stuffed pears in the store every night.

In their words, this thing can't be left overnight anyway, and it's better to let the two of them enjoy it than throw it away.

In addition to them, several girls also have a soft spot for Babao stuffed pears and eat at least one every day.

At this time, since everyone is not busy, and they want to try to make Babao stuffed pears, Xu Zhuo thought for a while and said: "That's it, anyway, now that the store has all kinds of ingredients, you can try to make it first, and if you don't understand, feel free to ask me." I think the rest of the steps are very simple, except for the boiling of the syrup, which is a bit difficult. ”

Jianguo asked Xu Zhuo to explain the process of making eight-treasure stuffed pears again, and then went to make desserts in a hurry.

His abnormal behavior made Boss Xu a little confused.

Usually girls like desserts, why is he a big man suddenly interested in desserts, doesn't he want to learn how to stir-fry from the old man?

Could it be that after being rejected, the blow was too big and the psychology was distorted?

However, he didn't talk or act like he was stimulated, exactly like usual.

The only difference is that I am more diligent and more like to work than before, and even when everyone is resting, I take the initiative to learn how to make desserts.

This operation is a bit confusing.

After the crescent moon cake in the pot is baked to a golden color, it has to be turned over, and after both sides are baked, Xu Zhuo took the oval dough out of the pot while it was hot and put it on the cutting board.

Then with a kitchen knife, from the middle of everything in half, two perfect crescent cakes appeared in front of me.

However, at this time, the crescent cake is not ready, and it has to be put back into the pot, and the incision continues to be baked downwards until the incision part also turns golden color, and the crescent cake is considered ready.

After coming out of the pot, Xu Zhuo broke a piece and tasted it, the skin was very crispy, but it was not the crispiness of scallion pancakes, but a crispy feeling.

With a gentle push of the hand, the original incision site is easily separated, and it becomes a pocket-like shape.

At this time, the mutton was not good, Xu Zhuo added some pig's head meat, and then poured a spoonful of chili oil, so I ate it with a sandwich, and it really tasted amazing.

The hot dough reheats the already cold pork head again, and the crescent moon cake has a dough core with lard, which makes it taste particularly fragrant.

And the crust of the crescent moon cake is crispy and delicious, and with the spicy chili oil, this taste is really incurable.

Don't say that Lao Shaan likes it, he can't be greedy for any of the Central Plains.

Xu Zhuo finished eating the crescent cake in three or five to two, and when he was about to eat another one, he turned his face and saw the mutton boiling in the pot, he gritted his teeth and resisted the impulse.

Let's wait a while to eat the mutton in the basin, the pig's head meat is so delicious, and it should taste better when you eat the mutton later.

Xu Zhuo continued to make crescent moon cakes, Jianguo came over for a while to ask about the details of making Babao stuffed pears, and finally he simply moved the workbench next to Xu Zhuo.

Let Xu Zhuo help to see when making the dough, and say directly which step is wrong.

"Jianguo, why did you suddenly become interested in desserts? Didn't you like sweet things before?"

Jianguo coughed dryly, smiled and said: "Last time, your father told me that a qualified chef must understand the harmony of Baiwei, and sweetness is also one of Baiwei, or the main flavor, I must have studied more." ”

That's the reason, but I didn't even glance at it when I used to make Babao Stuffed Pears, but now I suddenly changed my mind after being rejected.

Xu Zhuo always felt that there was something greasy in this.

"Jianguo, how do I feel, you're in love?"

Jianguo laughed at himself: "I want to fall in love, but who am I in love with?" Xu Zhuo, don't think about it, I'm fine, people reject me because I'm not good enough, I just need to work hard to improve myself, anyway, I'm still young, and I have time." ”

After speaking, Jianguo put the eight treasure stuffed pears he had made in front of Xu Zhuo: "What do you think?"

Xu Zhuo looked at it, the knife work was still lacking, but the flaws were not concealed, and it was already remarkable to be able to achieve this level for the first time.

"Go and steam it in the steamer, you can conquer your own taste buds, and you can conquer others." ”

Jianguo went upside down, while Xu Zhuo continued to make dough.

When the crescent cake is all ready, the mutton in the pot has been stewed for more than two hours.

Xu Zhuo took out all the mutton and the material package, leaving only a pot of clear soup, but the taste was very strong, and the unique umami taste of mutton soup made Xu Zhuo greedy.

But now is not the time to eat it, because you still have to season the mutton soup.

Seasoning is very important, whether the mutton in the water basin is delicious or not, whether it is authentic or not, it is all in the seasoning after the meat is out of the pot.