Chapter 126: The Essence of Cuisine
At this time, in front of Qian Shi is a small tree that is not stout, but the branches and leaves are abundant, a red apple hangs on it, just close to the fruit is attractive, although this fruit is common and common in the Tianhua Continent, not rare and expensive, but it is crisp and sweet in taste, unique to its characteristics, loved by people, and Qian Shi also instantly decided to use apples as a fruit ingredient into the dish.
This fruit has a sense of peace, seemingly ordinary but not ordinary, although it is all over the continent, it has always attracted people, the sweet and delicious flesh is also loved by everyone, and its unique sweet taste is also acceptable to everyone, and it is very suitable for the meat ingredients of the previous year.
Just a moment, the idea of a dish was also born in Qian Shi's mind, and he didn't dare to slack off, Qian Shi also immediately picked a few ripe and fresh apples, purple and red were tempting, and then quickly returned to the kitchen of Pinshuge, moved excitedly, and then rushed directly into the ingredient warehouse to find a piece of good beef.
At this time, Bai Yiyi smiled lightly when he saw Qian Shi coming back, and did not disturb him, and his dish was about to come out of the pot, as long as he stir-fried a few times, the fragrance overflowed, looking at Qian Shi who was stewing meat, Bai Yiyi knew that his dish might take some effort, seeing that it was still early, Bai Yiyi's heart moved, it was better to make a fruit dish by himself.
This celery lily second strawberry is elegant and simple, and I don't know if it can make Gu seniors like it, so it is better to use it as an appetizer, and I am making a dish that matches Qian Shi as the main dish, thinking of this, Bai Yiyi also entered the ingredient warehouse again to find the ingredients.
Half an hour later, Qian Shi and Bai Yiyi came to Gu Qingyan again with three plates of dishes, in addition to Bai Yiyi's earliest celery lily second strawberry, there are also two delicious dishes, Qian Shi's black pepper apple beef, grains, Bai Yiyi's second dish is fruity glutinous rice pear!
Looking at the delicious dishes in front of him, still with the aroma of fruits, Gu Qingyan laughed: "Well, not bad, not bad, the two little guys are quite fast, and they actually made three fruit dishes of completely different styles!" Qian Shi and Bai Yiyi both looked at Gu Qingyan with slightly nervous expressions, not knowing if these dishes were suitable for her appetite.
Gu Qingyan looked at the celery lily second strawberry and said, "Is the appearance of this dish still very beautiful, although it is simple but very appetizing, it is a good appetizer." As he spoke, he tasted it and said, "It's so refreshing and delicious." ”
Then I tasted Qian Shi's black pepper apple beef, grain: "Well, the taste is rich, mellow, the beef and apples are cool, smooth and sweet taste is integrated, it is really just right, not only makes the meat more tender, but also the apple ingredients replace the sugar seasoning, so that the taste is sublimated, and this black pepper is used well, it is my favorite taste, in the addition of ingredients onions and mushrooms, well, delicious!"
Seeing that Gu Qingyan's seniors praised himself and Yiyi's dishes as soon as they entered the mouth, it seemed that there should be no problem, and he couldn't help but smile happily, but he was afraid that this Gu seniors would not be satisfied, it must be extremely high in terms of their taste, and ordinary dishes are difficult to see.
In the end, Gu Qingyan looked at the last dish, fruity glutinous rice pear, this dish is a little exquisite, it is actually peeled and hollowed out of Sydney, and then filled with mixed glutinous rice and dried fruits, steamed in the pot, and finally poured honey, so that the final taste is sweet and delicious, and the silky fruit aroma and glutinous rice are really wonderful.
If the idea of this dish is still to learn from Qian Shi, when all the apprentices first entered the Zuixian Building, Qian Shi and Chen Tianhai tried their cooking skills, made a tomato steamed egg, hollowed out the tomato, and filled it with eggs, and today's Bai Yiyi's fruity glutinous rice pear is to follow suit, and it is better than blue.
This dish won Gu Qingyan's favor, and he praised it repeatedly, and then he picked one up and ate it directly, without any scruples about the image: "Well, let me taste what is added to this glutinous rice, dates, lotus roots, raisins, corn kernels, green fruit pulp, hehe, it's really rich." ”
Seeing this Gu Qingyan senior's eating a lot, Qian Shi and Bai Yiyi both laughed, while Zi Yu was helping to serve tea and water on the side, smiling like a flower, she hadn't seen her master so happy for a long time.
It was only a moment of effort, and the three dishes were all eaten clean by Gu Qingyan alone, and then he wiped his mouth and said: "Huh, what a delicious lunch, it's really beyond my expectations, since you two little guys are already quite accomplished in cooking, and you can be so handy at unfamiliar cuisines, it's really unimaginable, you are actually the disciples of Gongsun Old Ghost, and he really let him pick up the treasure, I'm afraid there are few apprentices in the Drunken Immortal Building who can compare with you." ”
Qian Shi smiled: "Sister Gu, you praise it falsely, we are also clever, just like these dishes." ”
Bai Yiyi also said: "I wonder if our dishes have passed your approval?"
Gu Qingyan smiled: "Naturally, it's passed, then I'll teach you a lesson today, it's boring to be idle anyway, you two little guys sit down, Ziyu, you go get some of my treasured high-grade fruits to enjoy with them, just ate their food, you can't eat it in vain." ”
After a while, a plate of cherished rare fruits was placed in front of Qian Shi and Bai Yiyi, the fruity aroma was attractive, there were several that Qian Shi had never seen, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly, it seems that this Gu Qingyan senior is really fond of fruits, whether it is the nearby yard or the food library, there are fruits and other ingredients, and there are also these treasures in front of him.
Gu Qingyan said with a smile: "You don't have to be polite here, just be casual, Pinshu Pavilion has always been an outsider, and you are a rare guest." ”
Qian Shi said: "Thank you so much Sister Gu's kindness, these fruits are hard to find." Qian Shi sat opposite Gu Qingyan with a smiling face, but he was really a little uncomfortable with this Gu senior as a sister.
Gu Qingyan leaned back on the chair and said directly: "You want to know more about the cooking skills of cuisine, so do you know how many kinds of cuisine there are in this world?"
Qian Shi thought for a while and said: "There are 12 major cuisines in the folk, including various tastes and styles, and the cooking skills are also different, while there are 36 cuisines in the Northern Regions, which are even more complex and have their own characteristics. ”
Bai Yiyi listened to Qian Shi's words, sat on the side and didn't speak, she knew a little more than Qian Shi, after all, she was not born in the Northern Regions, and she had heard a little about the cuisines of other places in the mainland, but if she said it in too detail, she didn't know much.
Gu Qingyan looked at the two of them and smiled lightly: "What you said is limited to the Northern Regions, it can only be regarded as the tip of the iceberg on the Tianhua Continent, and the Northern Regions are only a region of the Tianhua Continent, which seems to be vast, but it is really small compared to the entire continent, and there are many places that are higher than the realm of the Northern Regions." ”
Qian Shi was very interested when he heard this, he also knew some other places in the Tianhua Continent, and he once thought that when he traveled to the mainland, he would go there one by one, learn cooking skills, and taste food, that was a happy thing in the world, at this moment, when he heard Gu Qingyan mention it, he immediately became interested, and listened carefully to Gu Qingyan's words.
Gu Qingyan didn't sell anything, and then said: " You all know that since the Pangu god opened the sky, the god of food came, the gods of cooking, and the immortal chefs have also been born one after another, and the Tianhua Continent has opened a prosperous era of food, but the area that has been explored on the mainland is only a small part, and in addition to the cuisines of the northern regions and the seventy-two major cuisines in the south, the Baimen banquet in Zhongzhou, the Tianxiang full banquet of the three islands of Liuli, the overseas imperial cuisine, etc., there are also inheritances between the nine major cities, and there are many unique cuisines of various tribes on the mainland, and there are some famous chefs hidden in the mountains. ”
"In short, each place is completely different, with unique cuisines, cooking skills, exclusive ingredients, and the same is true between food forces and food forces, all have their own styles and cuisines, such as the wine cuisine of Zuixianlou, the variety of cuisines is really varied, and there are countless that have not been officially recorded, if you just talk about the cuisine, it is not enough to have a few days. ”
Qian Shi and Bai Yiyi were shocked after hearing this, they couldn't imagine that there were so many cuisines on this continent, and they were divided into categories, and they really gained knowledge today, and they usually knew too little about this aspect, if it weren't for Gu Qingyan's predecessors to explain today, how would they know, and Qian Shi also vaguely felt in his heart that the southern border and Zhongzhou might be stronger in the northern region.
Looking at the expressions of the two, Gu Qingyan said with a smile: "Of course, you know these things, and you don't need to study them deliberately, even if it is an immortal chef on the mainland, the kitchen god can't master all the cuisines, and there are still many hidden in the world, and the inheritance left by the god of food, even if you want to learn, it is impossible." ”
"As a chef, the first thing is to understand the essence of ingredients on the mainland, improve your own cooking skills and techniques, so that even if there is any kind of cuisine in front of you, you can easily come to it, and many cuisines also have similarities, there are similarities, that is, different paths to the same end, you should understand what I mean, right?" Gu Qingyan said and looked at the two.
Qian Shi immediately nodded and said, "I will take Sister Gu's guidance to heart, what you just said really made me stunned." ”
Bai Yiyi also said: "Yes, Sister Gu said that the key to the problem is that we may have been too obsessed with this aspect for the Cooking Conference before." ”
Gu Qingyan nodded and said: "It's good that you understand, although I appreciate the fruit dishes you made today, but it is only relatively speaking, if you want to understand the essence of the cuisine, you still need to hone more, today I can't just talk to you on paper, but also teach you some useful things, you two come to the kitchen with me!"