Pour the dried winter melon puree mixed with white sugar into the pot of hot oil, thicken it to make the winter melon puree thick, then add cooked melon seeds, cooked sesame seeds, etc. and mix evenly, and after the pot is cooled, it becomes a winter mushroom filling for later use.

After preparing the filling, Chen Mo began to make the flour.

Mix low-gluten flour with high-gluten flour in a ratio of about 5 to one, add baking powder, two eggs, some lard and an appropriate amount of water to knead to make a water-oiled skin.

Then mix the low-gluten flour, cream and lard, add water and knead to make an oily heart.

Take a small piece of water and oil skin, wrap a small piece of oil core, press it flat and roll it into the shape of beef tongue, then roll it into a cylinder from the outside to the inside, press it flat, fold it into three layers, and finally roll it into a round piece, which is a piece of puff pastry.

Wrap a small portion of winter mushroom filling in a dough, then press the wrapped cake blank into a flat circle, and use a knife to make two small cuts on it, then brush with egg mixture, sprinkle with sesame seeds, and bake in the oven for about 10 minutes.

The fragrant pasta snack is ready!

On the surface, this dish is unremarkable, not unlike the traditional pineapple crisp.

"Chen Mo, what is your delicacy..."Upton asked curiously.

"What's the difference between this and a regular shortbread?" said Herbert, pulling a piece of puff pastry with his hand, tasting the taste, raising his eyebrows, nodding his head again and again, "Yes, yes." ”

Chen Mo uncovered the mystery.

"My dish is called wife's cake. ”

"Wife pie?" said Upton and Herbert in unison.

"Uh..." Upton was the first to recover from the shock, carefully looked at the puff pastry in front of him, and asked Chen Mo, "Why is this delicacy called a wife cake?"

"Yes, I've never heard of a wife's cake, but a husband's cake, a grandfather's cake, and an uncle's cake?" Herbert laughed.

This time, it was Chen Mo's turn to sell off.

"You can taste it first. ”

Under Chen Mo's instructions, Upton took the lead in picking up a freshly made wife cake.

The puff pastry on the outside was very soft, and when I picked up the wife's cake, the surface immediately deflated.

Put the wife's in his mouth and take a bite, and Upton's eyebrows immediately fly!

"Hmm~ that's good. Upton praised as he chewed.

Hearing Upton praise the pastry, Herbert couldn't wait to pick one up and throw it into his mouth.

Herbert, who was gulping down, his mouth full of crumbs of puff pastry, quickly eliminated a wife pie.

Licking the remaining puff pastry crumbs off the side of his mouth, Herbert continued: "Even Kate said yes, this pastry delicacy is really delicious, and more importantly, although the filling is very sweet, it is cool and cool to eat, not greasy at all, and with the taste of puff pastry, people still want to eat it!"

Herbert's hand reached for his wife's again.

"The layering of the fluffy layer is quite chewy, but it is different from the feeling of tugging, it is a feeling of being lost in the softness. After Upton finished speaking, he held up the half-eaten wife cake in front of his eyes, "The puff pastry that is as thin as cotton paper, layered inside, and the inset made of sugar winter melon, is very thoughtful." ”

"To make this sense of layering is quite labor-intensive, first of all, in the material, to separate the water and oil dough and puff pastry, the water and oil bread into the puff pastry, open and fold again, and so on, the use of water and oil do not blend with each other special effects, to make a crisp and clear sense of layering. ”

"Looking at the filling, the sweet filling used in pastries is used, but the main iced winter melon used is mainly shown with a sweet taste. ”

Putting half of the wife cake in his hand, Upton couldn't help but close his eyes, as if intoxicated by it.

After a while, Upton looked up and said, "It's delicious. ”

The lolita-like Upton is dressed in a lolita costume, and her small tongue licks the puff pastry off her mouth, giving people a somewhat tempting feeling.

"Ahem. Chen Mo hurriedly looked away.

In order to hide his embarrassment, and at the same time have some doubts in his heart, Chen Mo asked, "Kate, may I ask... How do you know the steps I take to make the inner layers of my wife's cake?"

If you can taste the ingredients you use to make your food, you can find out the steps to make pastry just by tasting and observing it, and the ability to reverse it is truly amazing!

Hearing Chen Mo's words, without waiting for Upton to answer, Herbert first laughed twice and said: "Our lady Kate is a master of making pastries, as long as she is a pastry-making technique, it is impossible to escape Kate's eyes." ”

Seeing Chen Mo looking at him, Upton didn't do anything but said, "When I was at the Culinary Institute of New York, I went to France to study pastry cooking for a year. ”

Although France is famous for making pastries and desserts, it only takes one year to become a master of pastry, which is not something that ordinary people can do, and it requires not only talent but also hard work.

"Okay, Chen Mo, let's talk about the story of this wife's cake, such a noodle delicacy is actually called wife's cake, there must be a story behind it. Upton seemed to be unable to wait.

According to legend, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, because the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty continued to collect various taxes from the people, and the people's lives were miserable, so there were endless uprisings throughout the country. ”

Chen Mo began to tell the story of his wife's cake.

In the early days of the uprising, there were many wars, food was often insufficient, and the army had to fight everywhere. So the clever Zhu Yuanzhang's wife, Ma Shi, came up with the idea of using wheat, winter melon and other things that are convenient to preserve and eat, and put them together, grind them into flour and then make cakes, and distribute them to the sergeants, which is not only convenient to carry, but also can be eaten anytime and anywhere, which has played a great role in marching and fighting. ”

"Since Ma is the wife of the commander Zhu Yuanzhang, this kind of cake is called 'wife cake', which is the predecessor of the wife cake you eat now. ”

"This person named Zhu Yuanzhang, I have read in Chinese history books, it should be Ming Taizu, he is a great character. Herbert was the first to sigh.

Upton also spoke: "As far as I know, there are many delicacies that are quite related to this Ming Taizu, but I didn't expect that this pastry called 'wife cake' is actually related to him, this is the first time I've heard of it." ”

"Hee-hee. Chen Mo couldn't help but laugh quietly.

Chen Mo's reaction made Herbert and Upton a little baffled.

"What's the matter, Chen Mo, is there anything funny?" Herbert asked.

"Actually... This legend is false. Chen Mo said with a normal expression.

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