Chapter 182: The Burning Flame
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However, Li Xiaoran also knew that the ingredients in front of him were picked and transported at the freshest time.
Although there is no time limit for the three-star cooking assessment, theoretically even if you cook for a day and a night, it doesn't matter.
However, every ingredient has its golden freshness time, and once this freshness time is exceeded, the taste and texture of the dish will be greatly reduced.
Unless you can preserve the umami of every ingredient, just like the way Li Xiaoran processed sea bream meat to preserve the umami at its golden moment when he was in Paris for a one-star chef's audit.
However, there are indeed ways to retain the umami of ingredients, but because of the different processing methods, it is difficult to combine them into a single dish, so every chef who participates in the assessment knows that there is a time limit, but a hidden time limit.
"There is still an hour before the golden time, and an hour with the climate and the characteristics of the dish itself, these ingredients will reach the most golden time, and then start to cut down quickly." Looking at the food in front of him, Li Xiaoran had already divided it into what dishes in his heart, which would be the first to reach the golden and delicious moment, and when would it start to lose umami.
This determines the order in which the ingredients are processed and the allocation of time for a chef.
"Did he prepare a duck dish?" Watching Li Xiaoran marinate the duck meat, Sfield in the review hall couldn't help but show a look of surprise.
Duck meat is a very common ingredient in Western food, but how to deal with the taste of duck meat and control the oiliness is the most important thing.
If it is too oily, it will be very greasy, but if there is no oil, the taste is too poor, so how to balance the two is very challenging for a chef.
"He prepared chestnut puree, is this a side dish?" Looking at the chestnut puree prepared by Li Xiaoran, Gordon Ramsey on the side also said with a puzzled expression.
Chestnuts are a very good side dish with game, and their sweetness goes well with duck meat.
Xie En on the side watched Li Xiaoran make the cooking step by step with great interest.
In the kitchen, Li Xiaoran carefully spread the chestnut puree evenly onto the duck meat that had been simply fried and flavored.
"Then comes the most important step." Looking at the duck meat wrapped in chestnut puree in front of him, Li Xiaoran took a deep breath, poured the prepared sake on top of the chestnut puree, and then put it in the pot.
The duck meat wrapped in chestnut puree in the high temperature suddenly burned, and the flames rose on it, like fireballs.
Looking at the burning duck meat, Li Xiaoran stared closely at the changes in the cooking in the flames, sniffing the faint fragrance with his nose and listening to the soft sound of the cooking under the burning flames.
"It's now!" Li Xiaoran's face changed suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he immediately lifted the pot and extinguished the flames.
The moment the flames dissipated, an indescribable fragrance came, and the original chestnut puree turned brown, looking as if it was burnt.
"Did he fail in his cooking?"
In the hall outside, looking at Li Xiaoran's cooking through the display screen, Gordon Ramsay asked with some curiosity.
Gorgeous flame skills, and whimsical techniques, but obviously the chestnut puree has been scorched, and this can never be wrong, either it has failed to control the heat, or there is something in it.
"No, he's very skillful in the heat, everything is under his control, and the most important thing is the duck under the charred crust, which is the key to this dish."
Xie En shook his head gently, this flame technique was still instructed by him Li Xiaoran, he naturally saw it clearly, Li Xiaoran had reached a certain level in the flame technique, there were no mistakes, everything was in his control, he did it on purpose.
"I'm looking forward to his dishes, and this is the first dish of this assessment." Looking at the progress of the others, Gordon Ramsay couldn't help but smile and said.
Everyone's speed is about the same, and when Li Xiaoran's dish is served, the rest of the people's dishes will be completed one after another and will be presented.
After finishing the cooking, the final plating was carried out, and Li Xiaoran went to the judging hall with the food and served the food.
"Won't you take out the duck from it?" Looking at the dish served with the charred crust, Gordon Ramsay couldn't help but frown.
Although we know that the most important part of this dish is the duck meat, it is undeniable that a dish needs to pay attention to the color and flavor.
The scent hasn't been tasted yet, but the color isn't great.
Xie En on the side also looked at Li Xiaoran waiting for his explanation.
"Because letting the taster open it with their own hands is also a pleasure of this dish." Li Xiaoran said with a smile on his face.
"Having said so much, we have to taste it anyway, let's taste it first." Sfitt on the side smiled, picked up the knife and fork and gently cut open the shell.
The crispy shell has already cracked with a little force on the touch of the knife and fork.
And the moment it broke, a burst of white mist flashed with golden light.
"It's!"
Looking at the broken dishes, the eyes of the three people present couldn't help but show extremely shocked looks.
Light?
Was that the glow of the food just now?
Looking at the white mist in the air and the brightly colored duck meat after the shell was broken, and smelling the wonderful fragrance wafting in the air, it seemed that the flash of golden light just now was just an illusion.
Looking at the rest of the dishes, the three of them couldn't wait to take it and cut it open at the same time.
Just like the previous dish, there was a flash of light in addition to the white mist when it was cut.
"Is this the sheen on the duck's meat, with the glow reflected by the mist?" Looking at the food on the plate, Sfit's face showed a sudden look.
"After the flame bakes the dish, there is still a trace of dark fire left inside after it is cut, and the final burning is carried out along with the cracking of the shell." Shane also nodded slightly.
"Perfect as a work of art." Gordon Ramsay also nodded in appreciation.
But surprise is surprise, and in the end, it is the taste of this dish that determines the fate.
Looking at the duck dish in front of them, the three of them cut off a piece of it at the same time, and then put it in their mouths and tasted it slowly.
"This ......" (To be continued.) )