Chapter 280: Making Mooncakes

"Auntie, in addition to the meat filling, what else is the filling, I remember that the jujube paste I ate last year was not as delicious as the year before last, it was a little bitter, Auntie, are you bitter?" Xiao Lei tilted his head and asked.

Shen Hui smiled and pinched his fleshy cheeks, "Auntie, you can taste it!"

Sister-in-law Qi also hugged Xiao Lei down, "Okay, mom and auntie are talking about business, write your words!"

Xiao Lei stuck out his tongue and wrote obediently, and Sister-in-law Qi also sat down and said: "This is a moon cake, there are a lot of learning texts in it, let's just say this oven——"

Shen Hui waved her hand to interrupt her, "Don't worry, I've already drawn the drawings, and Gu Zhengqin will find someone to help with it in the evening." ”

Sister-in-law Qi said again: "What about the other things? flour and fillings, will anyone buy them after we make them?"

"Don't worry about flour, you can buy it from Xishui Village, in addition to the ordinary fillings, I also thought of a few more special, when the time comes, you can taste it, everyone is discussing and deciding which kind of moon cakes to make. As for whether anyone buys it, there is no need to worry, we don't need mooncake tickets at that time, we only charge money, but the price is a little higher, do you say that mooncakes can't be sold?" Shen Hui explained carefully.

"When you say that, it seems that you are sorry for yourself if you don't sell moon cakes!" Sister-in-law Qi said with a smile.

Shen Hui raised her head and said proudly: "That's not it!"

However, this is also thanks to the landlord in her previous life, if they hadn't seen their poor family and thought that they could help a little bit, she would not have known what his oven was like, nor would she have known the process of making mooncakes and the preparation of fillings.

"It's only a few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and now you can sell it, only the two of us are not enough, right?" Sister-in-law Qi said with some sadness.

"Of course not, I'll ask Wang Aihong if you want to be together, you go to Sister-in-law Lin and Sister-in-law Wang, knowing that you agree, they shouldn't refuse!" Shen Hui said and stood up, time waits for no one, make money as soon as possible.

Sister-in-law Qi nodded and agreed, and the two of them split into two ways.

Wang Aihong had nothing to do, she agreed after thinking about it, and the sister-in-law Qi here was also going well, and Sister-in-law Lin and Sister-in-law Wang agreed as soon as they heard it, and they couldn't wait to come to the fifty-seventh.

"Since I don't have a salary, and I don't have any work to do, my idle body is going to be moldy, I have no money in my hand and no confidence in my heart, now it's okay, I don't say how much I can earn from this moon cake, as long as I don't lose money!" Sister-in-law Lin also wanted to say it well in advance, so that Shen Hui would not have too much pressure.

Sister-in-law Qi, sister-in-law Wang and Wang Aihong also agreed.

Shen Hui nodded, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I won't let you pay for it, I can still guarantee this." ”

Sister-in-law Qi said again, "Let's practice first, and make those fillings under discussion."

There was no opinion.

Shen Hui first explained the process of making moon cakes, "The first is to mix noodles, to use oil, syrup, alkaline water and noodles, and then the fillings. ”

"The next thing is to bake, you have to preheat the oven first, wait until the temperature is almost the same, and then put the finished mooncake embryo in, and pour water before putting it in. That's all, I'll tell you about it when it's time to do it. ”

"Shen Hui, how do you know so much?" said Wang's sister-in-law enviously.

Shen Hui smiled, that's because she has seen it, although she has never done it herself, but with many years of cooking experience, she will be familiar with it as long as she does it a few more times.

"Now for the fillings, let's start with the ones I have in mind. One is egg yolk, the other is fruit, followed by osmanthus moon cakes, ham moon cakes, black sesame moon cakes, pickles, and the bean paste moon cakes bought by the supply and marketing cooperatives are all red bean paste, and we can also try to make mung bean paste. Plus the most common five-kernel mooncakes, bean paste mooncakes, and jujube paste mooncakes, well, let's start with these!"

Sister-in-law Wang couldn't help but sigh again: "Don't you say that I don't know that there are so many kinds of moon cakes?

"I'm also thinking nonsense, I'll know if I can do it or not!" Shen Hui said with a smile.

"Hearing you say this, I think it would be intolerable if our mooncakes didn't make money!"

"Don't stand still, if you don't do it, you won't be able to change the mooncakes yourself!" Sister-in-law Qi reminded in a timely manner.

"Okay, then hurry up and do it, by the way, Shen Hui, we won't do what you said, or you can do a demonstration first!"

Shen Hui thought about it and nodded, "Okay!"

The oil is naturally used in the soybean oil bought in Xishui Village, and the alkaline water is also easy to mix, but the only thing is syrup, Shen Hui has maltose syrup here, or the uncle took some when he gave the gourd a birthday gift, but it is not much, if it is really successful, you have to go to the uncle to buy maltose.

Shen Hui used soybean noodles, white noodles, and sweet potato noodles, and after the noodles were alive, she woke up for a while, and she began to make fillings.

Before that, Sister-in-law Qi brought salted eggs from home to boil in the pot, the steamer on the upper level steamed a few large sweet potatoes, Sister-in-law Wang brought black sesame seeds and was grinding them in the mill, Sister-in-law Lin brought a few winter melons and steamed them, the pot was only two mouthfuls were not enough, Wang Aihong went home to cook mung beans, and Shen Hui freed up her hands and began to make the fillings for ham moon cakes and fruit moon cakes.

Start with a portion of sautéed flour, then add some steamed mashed winter melon and diced smoked pork cut into the size of a fingernail.

Smoked meat is pickled, and it has a salty flavor, which can be mixed with winter melon puree and cooked flour to form a round ball.

The fruit filling is also used in winter melon puree, which is available in your own field, and it is not costly.

Shen Hui made banana-flavored, pounded the banana into a puree, lived with the winter melon, and added a spoonful of honey to knead it into a round ball.

The same goes for pickled mooncakes, with winter melon puree and cooked flour to increase the stickiness.

Sister-in-law Qi has already kneaded the awakened dough into small agents and rolled it into dough, and Sister-in-law Wang's black sesame seeds added cooked flour and winter melon puree into a round ball, Wang Aihong over there also came with mung bean paste, and Sister-in-law Lin and her pounded the sweet potatoes into a puree and mixed them together to form a round ball.

All the fillings are ready, and everyone works together to wrap all the fillings into the dough and form a ball.

The last step is naturally to put the moon cake embryo into the mold.

"What can I do without a mold?" said Wang's sister-in-law in hindsight.

Shen Hui smiled and took out a round box, "Look what is this?"

The box was the size of their palms, about the size of their dough.

Sister-in-law Qi took it and opened the box, and said in surprise: "This is Xiao Lei's, right?"

Shen Hui nodded, "It's Xiao Lei's! But this box is too deep, we can only use the lid!"

The lid is smooth and flat, and it would be perfect if it had a little pattern.

Shen Hui took the lid, smeared a little oil on it, put the moon cake embryo in it, flattened it directly with her hands and poured it out, and a round moon cake came out.

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