"Come, taste it. Liu Mang moved the pan on the stove to the open and used a clip to clamp a steak at the bottom of the pot onto the plate.

"It's delicious! Five Eyes cut off a piece of steak with a knife and put it in his mouth to chew it and praised it.

"Of course, it's less flavorful, I'm going to let you taste the tenderness of the steak, just sprinkle a little salt, and don't even pour the sauce on it. Liu Mang picked up a thick copy of "Western Cooking Guide" in his hand and flipped through it, and said.

After returning from Fengcheng, Liu Mang began to prepare for the World Chef Competition. It is already difficult to improve his cooking skills in Chinese food, so he plans to systematically learn Western food to see if he can find a breakthrough.

Liu Mang thought that 90% of the judges of the World Chef God Competition are Westerners, although he does not need to deliberately please, just play normally, but it is always good to be able to grasp the tastes of the judges.

"Boss, is there anything else?" "Five Eyes finished eating this steak, a little unsatisfied.

"Nope. I'm asking you to try the dishes, not to fill your stomach. ”

"Blame me. Five Eyes was a little aggrieved: "I heard you call me to try the dishes, I didn't eat in the morning or at noon." ”

"Okay. Liu Mang was a little helpless, moved the pan back to the stove, and fried the last piece of steak.

"No, I always feel that the steak tastes a little weird. After the steak was fried, Liu Mang cut off a piece and tasted it: "Is it because of the beef?"

Today's steak made by Liu Mang is cooked exactly the Western way, fried in butter and sprinkled with pepper and large grains of salt. But he always felt that there was a bit of a gap compared to the steaks in Michelin-starred restaurants in the United States.

It's a small gap, but it's real.

"Boss, what's weird?" "Five-eyed eats with joy: "The taste is very good, tender and smooth." ”

"You don't understand it. Liu Mang glared at the big-bellied arhat angrily, and picked up his mobile phone: "Brother Lin? Yes, I have already returned to Jiangdong." Let me ask you something, how do you fry those Western steaks, and what kind of heat do they ......?"

After waiting for a while, Liu Mang put down the phone and nodded thoughtfully: "I see! It seems that we still have to find someone who has systematically learned Western cooking." ”

"What's wrong? Boss, what did Xiao Linzi say?"

"Oh, he said it wasn't my problem, it was the beef. ”

"What's wrong with the beef? Boss, this beef is specially supplied by us upstairs, directly from the cattle farm in Jiangdong, and it is slaughtered every day, absolutely fresh. ”

"This has nothing to do with freshness. Liu Mang shook his head: "It's my cooking method that has a problem." Steak in Western cooking cannot be fried directly, but requires a period of deacidification to maintain its taste. I never thought of that, thinking that all I needed was to marinate the fresh beef and fry it in the pan. ”

"What is acid drainage?"

"Well, listening to Brother Lin, it probably means freezing fresh meat for at least a week, and then taking it out to melt naturally, allowing the original blood to flow out. ”

"Isn't that meat fresh before you eat it frozen?" said Five-Eyes strangely.

"I don't know the specific operation, let's talk about it when Lin Xiao comes. ”

"Xiao Linzi is coming, where is he now?"

"Dealing with the affairs of the Manhan Tower in Yanjing, the afternoon plane. ”

"Great, let's get together in the evening!" Five-Eyes said excitedly.

"Aren't you going to accompany Yang Yan? Why are you fooling around with us?"

"Okay, I'll go back after picking him up. ”

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Mang and Wuyan picked up Lin Xiao from the airport.

"Lao Liu, I haven't cooked Western food for a long time, you can try it. After the five eyes left, Lin Xiao and Liu Mang began to try the dishes.

"Yes, where did the beef come from?" asked Liu Mang, picking up a piece of beef and putting it into his mouth.

This steak is wrapped in a crispy crust with a beautiful pink color on the inside, and when you bite into it, it is juicy and tender.

"Oh, I got it from a French restaurant in Yanjing when I came. The chef and waiters are all French, and all the ingredients are imported from France. This piece of beef has been sour and matured, and today is exactly the cooking date. Lin Xiao replied.

"It seems that Western food is not as bad as I thought, and many of their cooking methods are also worth learning from. Liu Mang picked up a piece of beef again, put it in his mouth, and chewed it gently.

"Just like this steak today, Chinese cooking generally uses marinating, salt or other condiments to increase the tenderness of the beef. However, this will inevitably destroy the texture of the beef itself, and you will not be able to eat the natural taste of the meat, but this steak is completely fine and tastes great. ”

People can grow, and now Liu Mang's insight is no longer the rookie who has just come out of the house, is arrogant and a little xenophobic. The experience matured him and gave him a sense of respect for the cuisine of other countries.

"That's right. Lin Xiao nodded: "Although some Western-style cooking methods are not as many as ours, there are some that we don't have." For example, the preparation of various pastries and desserts, as well as some unique ways of handling meat. ”

"Okay, I'll redo it once, you can try it. After eating the steak on the plate, Liu Mang replied.

"You wrote down all the steps I took to make a Wellington steak?"

"Of course, the cooking process is not difficult. Liu Mang shrugged his shoulders: "The difficult thing is how to make beef steak sour, let's study it together tomorrow." ”

"No problem. Lin Xiao took a sip of the red wine on the table: "This 'Wellington steak' is actually a series, where the word Wellington is used in Western Chinese dishes, there will basically be a layer of puff pastry on the outside, and there are large pieces of fish or meat inside." ”

"I understand, it's just like the fish flavor in Sichuan cuisine, right? There are not only 'fish-flavored shredded pork', but also 'fish-flavored eggplant', 'fish-flavored tofu', etc.......," Liu Mang replied as he chopped the washed mushrooms.

"Yes. In fact, Chinese and Western food is a good direction, and this routine is basically used at state banquets now. The last time we went to the United States to cook for that president, didn't you do a great job? ”

"I always felt like there wasn't enough. After cutting the mushrooms, Liu Mang tore open a package of bacon and chopped it the same: "You know, I'm going to win the championship." ”

"It's ambitious. Lin Xiao couldn't help laughing: "But I like it." ”

Spread the chopped mushrooms and diced bacon evenly on a piece of beef, and Liu Mang wrapped it in the remaining puff pastry dough just now to make it into a steamed bun shape.

"By the way, what is the selection method of the Chef God Competition?" Liu Mang asked after the wrapped dough was cut out with a knife and then brushed with egg wash.

"The judges voted by secret ballot, similar to how Michelin stars are awarded. You don't have to worry about that, the flow of the game is still very fair, just play to your best. ”

"That's good. ”

ps: Thank you for the end of the world, come and give you a reward for tomorrow.