Chapter 53: Making Mooncakes (2)
For the water, ordinary people generally use edible alkaline noodles and water to mix and prepare, which is convenient and fast, and the taste is not bad. Sui Yi prefers the ancient method of making water from plant ash, straw, steamer and other materials, which has a more natural taste, but it is very troublesome to do so, and it cannot be done in the city. However, she searched on the Internet before, and actually found an online store specializing in selling maple water, and the quality was also very good, so she bought a lot of spares.
Egg yolk water is a recipe that Sui Yi stole to learn, using egg yolk + egg white + water to blend, mainly used in moon cake baking.
"Xiao Ma, Xiao Ningzi, you two come to meet. ”
After Sui Yi called Ning Yanhan, he arranged the work:
First of all, put the invert sugar syrup, peanut oil, and soap water in a container, and then use a whisk to stir them in one direction until the colors are combined. Then add the flour and mix with a spatula until there is no dry powder. Then pour it on the kneading pad, and use your hands to assist in forming a ball, without rubbing excessively, just right. Then wrap the whole with plastic wrap, prepare to stand at room temperature for 2~3 hours to wake up, and cannot be refrigerated.
Of course, Sui Yi didn't have so much time, so she took out the ace stand-up machine she specially purchased, which can simulate a variety of temperature environments such as refrigeration and freezing at room temperature, and speed up the time, and completed the process of waking up in only ten seconds.
Kindness...... The system changes the progress of the work, and Sui Yi is very happy.
Sui Yi arranged a large amount of noodles, and the amount of moon cakes that can be made is naturally more. The awakened noodles should be evenly divided into countless small doughs to knead round, and most of the moon cake molds purchased by Sui Yi are small and exquisite, so she doesn't plan to make big moon cakes this time, so about 25 grams of each dough is good.
"Zhen'er, Zhu'er, you two divide the small dough first, and Xue'er and Xiaoxiang help me wash the vegetables. ”
Seeing that the four girls were busy in an orderly manner, Sui Yi concentrated on cutting vegetables and chopping stuffing. Some of the ingredients in this apocalyptic world are not ordinary, even the softest white tofu is twice as hard, vegetables are okay, and some thorns in mushrooms, seafood, and meat can really break a kitchen knife. Although there is a system to help purify the treatment, the cleaned ingredients still have to be done by Sui Yi to process them to the most perfect state.
"Sure enough, most of the mooncakes I make are meat mooncakes. ”
Thirty minutes later, seven pots of colourful fillings were freshly baked, filling the kitchen floor. Sui Yi stuffed a piece of pork jerky to replenish his strength, and he was a little emotional.
"It's a bit like a dark ......"
The busy crowd stopped their work and came over to look at the fillings, but they couldn't guess what the flavors were. After all, Sui Yi was too chopped, and the appearance of the filling looked colorful, and it was completely a big pot of colored plasticine.
"Hmph, you'll understand when it's done. ”
Sui Yi's moon cake filling takes into account the eating crowd, eating and storage methods, but now everyone can't see it.
The filling is ready, and the mooncakes are about to be officially made.
This time, everyone acted together, moving the filling basin to the center of the spacious living room, placing it on a large table where the two dining tables were combined, and then each person moved a stool to sit down. The girls first take a pie dough and pat it flat in the palm of their hands, then use a stainless steel round spoon to dig up a filling of the appropriate size, put it in the middle of the dough, then tighten it with the palm of their hands, and finally put it into a large iron plate containing a layer of cornstarch. The men rolled the round mooncake dough with an even layer of cornstarch to prevent it from sticking to the mold, and then placed it directly in the mold to press the mold, taking care to prevent it from deforming.
This step is the most important, after the moon cake mold is installed with the pattern sheeting, the mold should be pressed directly from top to bottom. Be sure to press hard to the end, if you slack this step, the pattern will not be clear, and the force should be even, not pressed high and low. Sui Yi has a lot of strength and is used to making delicious food, so he only cares about the mold pattern, but when a novice chef makes moon cakes, it is best to buy a transparent mold, so that you can see at a glance where the moon cakes you press out are not suitable.
"Tired......"
Don't look at these two steps are easy to say, but the workload is terrible when superimposed on the mountains of moon cake dough, and after everyone is busy for a short time, they feel back pain, and their palms, wrists and arms all lose their strength, hanging on the body and swaying, as if they are not their own.
"Eat something good to make up for it, and then get back to work. ”
Sui Yi smiled slightly, it's not good to be tired, after all, she's not a demon~
“……”
Everyone cried in their hearts, and began to admire the female workers on the assembly line in an instant, but they didn't know that the workload was not so large at the beginning, and they all needed to come in gradually to improve their hand speed. Otherwise, with the efficiency of Sui Yi and others at the moment, they would be ready to report to the hospital the next day.
But with the help of delicacies such as pork jerky, the tireless crowd soon became proficient and learned a new skill for free that they didn't want to repeat......
"Okay, let's take turns baking mooncakes, and it's time to rest. ”
With the passage of time, the pressed moon cake embryos are also piled up this time, Sui Yi took out the ace oven, its temperature can be adjusted at will, not to mention that it can bake 200 large moon cakes at a time, and it can reach the efficiency of an ordinary oven for ten minutes in three seconds. But baking moon cakes is not so easy, Sui Yi values the degree of color of moon cakes, and no one can be sloppy.
After putting away a large plate of moon cakes, you should first spray a small amount of water mist on top of the moon cakes with a small watering can, but the nozzle should not be sprayed directly on the moon cakes, it is best to be parallel to the moon cakes to let the water mist fall on the surface of the moon cakes. After spraying, put it in the oven and take it out again after three seconds, the mooncake has been set, it will turn a light yellow, and the surface will become hard.
At this time, you should use a small brush to brush a thin layer of egg yolk water, only brush the surface, the gap and side do not need to be brushed, the thinner and more uniform the brush, the better, it should be noted that the brush should be scraped on the side of the bowl after dipping the egg yolk water, and the egg yolk water can not flow into the groove of the moon cake, otherwise the color of the moon cake will be inconsistent. At this time, small brushes are easier to use, but Sui Yi understands that Ning Yanhan and others are all new, and they are not so harsh, and it is also cool to use large brushes one at a time.
However, baking moon cakes after this step is simple, staring at the color of the moon cakes to bake to the right time, everyone bakes them several times in a row, and they can grasp the time out of the box quite accurately.
"After baking, put it in the ace resting machine again, and take it out after five minutes to eat it again. ”
Looking at the mooncakes made by themselves in the baking dish, everyone was a little eager to try it, and wanted to let it cool and eat one. Sui Yi smiled and didn't forget to tell them.
That's right, moon cakes are very hot and soft when they first come out of the oven, and they will become hard after cooling, so they must be packed into a fresh-keeping bag in time to seal and store at room temperature for 2-3 days after cooling, and wait for the oil to return before eating. The mooncakes after returning oil are soft and shiny, the color will be more uniform and beautiful, and the taste is much better than that just out of the oven. Remember not to refrigerate it, as refrigeration will slow down the oil return, making it a silly choice.