Chapter 79: Peking Duck

Peking duck is a dish with a world reputation in China, developed by the Han people during the Ming Dynasty and was a court food at that time. Generally, fruit wood is used as wood for firing, and the roast duck smoked and roasted with fruit wood is ruddy in color, fat but not greasy, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and is called "the world's delicacy" by Chinese and foreign gourmets.

The semi-finished roast duck made by Chen Mo at the Youth Cup is completely incomparable with the raw materials provided by the food house system, both in terms of the selection of ducks and the wood used in the hanging oven.

The duck breed available in the raw material cabinet is extraordinary, dating back thousands of years.

An emperor of the Liaojin Yuan period went out hunting, accidentally caught a pure white wild duck, and then raised for safari, has been continued, only to get this excellent breed, and cultivated into today's precious carnivorous duck species, that is, the current "stuffed duck".

The "stuffed duck" in this Peking duck recipe is a duck raised in Panjin Dawa, this duck is the offspring of pure white wild ducks, and generally grows to more than 30 days and does not like to eat, and must be fattened by artificial feeding until the weight reaches more than 6 catties, in order to become a qualified roast duck raw material.

The stuffed duck of Panjin Dawa has plump muscles, beautiful and generous, large and protruding eyes, has the characteristics of short feeding time and fast fattening, fat and thin, fresh and tender, not sour and not fishy, it is the first choice for making Peking duck.

With the lotus leaf cake of Peking duck, the raw material fine flour provided by the system is also very particular.

The wheat used in refined flour is produced in the NMG area, where the sunshine hours are long, the temperature difference between day and night is large, and there is the Yellow River water irrigation, so the wheat protein content here is particularly high, and the nutritional value is also very high, it belongs to the top wheat varieties in China, and the refined flour made from this wheat is the top.

During the Youth Cup, the raw materials used by the Ni Shi Group, as the organizer, were purchased from big brands, but the duck and refined flour provided by the raw material cabinet were a grade higher than the raw materials in the Cup.

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Although Chen Mo learned both the "Peking Duck" and the "Stinky Tofu Pot", considering the marketing methods, Chen Mo plans to promote his champion dish in two steps, in order to maximize the marketing effect.

With the gimmick of "champion dishes", coupled with the popularity of Chen Mo who just won the Youth Cup, the diners who came to the scene to prepare to taste the food are about to go crazy!

Especially those diners who watched the game at the competition site yesterday were already salivating when they faced the food made by Chen Mo at that time, and their saliva at this moment was like "flying down 3,000 feet", and there were only four words "Peking duck" in their minds and eyes.

Many diners immediately told their friends in the mobile phone communication app: The food house has the champion dish today!

Someone immediately replied in seconds: Is it the dish of lotus leaf cake with duck skin made by Chen Mo, who won the championship yesterday?

The diner also immediately replied: This is the dish, but this time there is more time to make the dish, and the result should be a complete Peking duck.

Many people in the group immediately responded: Oh my God, my saliva is going to flow out; I will go immediately, line up for me; there are many people in line, if there are many people, I will hurry over tomorrow...

At the scene, diners immediately took out their mobile phones and took pictures of the big-character posters of "champion dishes" posted by Chen Mo and posted them on the Internet, Moments, spaces, etc., showing a blowout of rapid spread!

The menu on the wall of the food house reads: "Champion Dish" Peking Duck - 149 yuan for half a piece, 268 yuan for a piece, limited to one per person per day.

The price is relatively expensive compared to other roast ducks, but after all, it is a dish made by the newly baked Youth Cup champion chef, and the food house has always had a tradition of higher prices, so everyone does not care too much about the price.

Anyway, here in the food house, the price is high, but it is worth the money.

"Boss Chen, I want one here. ”

"I want half one. ”

"Xiao Chen, I also want half one. ”

Chen Mo smiled and said to Aunt Peng: "Okay, Aunt Peng, you and Uncle Zhang will rest for a while, and the roast duck will be fine for a while." ”

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Chen Mo came to the kitchen and cooked according to the recipe.

First of all, the duck ready to be grilled is clamped around the duck neck, and the whole duck is carefully scalded with boiling water, and the duck skin will shrink immediately when it encounters boiling water. This step is to achieve the function of destroying the water absorption of the duck skin tissue and ensuring that the duck skin is crispy.

Then, take out the brush and apply cooking wine, white vinegar, and honey to the duck skin repeatedly, ensuring that the entire duck body has been smeared and no one has been missed. Then put it in the special storage room in the kitchen of the food house, rotate the buttons to "Cool", "Ventilation", and click "Start".

After just 2 minutes, the air-drying effect that takes 1-3 days to complete is achieved!

After air-drying, the duck skin is thin and shiny, and when you touch it, it feels like touching tissue paper.

By cleaning the small holes inside, fill the duck's belly with boiling water, then tie the small holes and bake them in the hanging stove between the kitchens.

Roast a duck filled with boiling water, which not only prevents the duck from losing moisture due to being roasted, but also allows the duck's skin to swell and not be roasted softly.

Fruit trees such as pear wood and jujube wood are used as fuel, barbecued over an open flame, smokeless and prosperous.

In the hanging stove of the food house, with Chen Mo's Jiuyang pyrotechnics, it only took 1 minute for the duck in the first furnace to be roasted.

Through the recipe given by the system, the duck roasted by Chen Mo is full in appearance, bright in color, crispy in skin, charred on the outside and tender on the inside, and when it is taken out of the hanging oven, it still has a strong fruity fragrance.

Cut the green onions, cucumbers, and radishes into thin strips and put them on the plate, and quickly put the duck slices into the plate.

Plus a plate of fine sugar and a plate of sweet paste.

Peking duck, success!

Ten ducks were served to the waiting diners at a time, and the aroma of duck meat and fruit trees filled the air throughout the food hall hall.

"Wow, it's been a long time since I've seen such an authentic roast duck. A man who often eats in the restaurant but always likes to wear sunglasses stared excitedly at the Peking duck in front of him.

"Oh, you can still tell if this roast duck is authentic. Some diners immediately laughed.

The man in sunglasses raised his head and said: "Then you don't know, this Peking duck, counting in the past, is actually from our Jinling." ”

"Wouldn't it?" Listening to the man in sunglasses, many diners couldn't help but be surprised.

"How could it not, as early as in the "Food Treasures" of the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the "Drinking and Eating Truth" during the Tianli period of the Yuan Dynasty, it was clearly written. The 'roast duck' written in it is the earliest roast duck, which comes from here in Jinling. The man in sunglasses replied without hesitation.

"How do you know?"

"Cut, my grandfather's grandfather's... What's that, but at that time, the imperial chef of the Ming Palace, of course I knew. ”

Chen Mo saw that the man in sunglasses held his head high, although he couldn't see his eyes, the pride in his bones was vividly expressed through the change in his expression.

"Hey, I said, that's not how you eat roast duck. The man in sunglasses hurriedly stopped the people around him and said, "Look at how I eat, learn to order!"

After speaking, the man in sunglasses picked up a lotus leaf cake.