"Lots of duck fat...... Won't it be greasy? In the audience, Liu Yuyuan looked at the duck meat in front of the judges and said. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After the two teams of Yuanyue entered the main competition, all the students of the college were arranged to come to New Yorktown for off-campus study, and when there was a competition, tickets were arranged for everyone.

At this time, the dish presented by Paul looked like a normal Western plate, with a golden piece of duck leg meat on it, surrounded by mushrooms, small potatoes, and balls and onions as side dishes......

But not long ago, everyone saw that this piece of duck leg meat was still boiled in oil!

"This is 'duck leg confit', which is not a rare new dish, and 'confit' is more common in French cuisine, and if the heat of the final 'frying' is mastered enough, it can weaken the previous greasy feeling." Yuhime said.

She was originally a player of the third team of Yuanyue, but because the third team has been eliminated, although the competition party has reserved a special viewing area for them, Yuhime still likes to come over and squeeze the ordinary audience seat with everyone.

"But what does this dish have to do with the title 'Winter'? Duck meat...... There are no restrictions on the ripening season, and if you want to say it, it is also eaten in summer and autumn, which is more in line with health preservation, right? Daigo and Shoji wondered.

Hearing this, Marui put on his glasses and said, "You two slept again in history class, right?" This dish, or "oil seal", was originally used in Western cuisine as a way to preserve meat in winter! ”

"Preserving meat? Stored in oil? ”

"That's right, after slaughtering, or the death of the poultry, the fat part of it is used to refine the oil, and then the oil is used to soak the meat over a low fire, and after it is done, as long as the meat is kept in its own oil, it can be preserved for most of the winter with a little refrigeration." Zenji said.

Nowadays, however, "oil confit" is no longer a means of preserving ingredients, but a unique way of cooking, and this transformation is very similar to "sushi" in Japanese cuisine!

Obviously, Paul's choice of the direction of "winter" is a way of cooking that originated in ancient times and was derived from the way of preserving ingredients in winter......

At first, Paul cut off the fat of the duck meat and blanched it in the same amount of water until the water has completely evaporated, and the duck fat has been "refined" into golden duck fat, which is filtered and then slowly cooked with the same raw duck fat as the duck leg meat.

After the duck leg meat is just cut, it is first smeared and marinated with the spices that have been mixed before, and in order to save the time of marinating, Paul also uses the duck leg meat "massage......

After that, put the marinated duck leg meat into the duck fat that has not passed over its own, and slowly "soak" the duck leg meat over low heat!

The temperature should be maintained around the boiling point of the water, which means that the "oil" will not be boiled from beginning to end......

In modern cuisine, the duck legs can be matured faster by heating the container with duck fat directly in the oven.

However, for the best taste and taste experience, Paul slowly soaked the duck leg meat in oil over low heat!

And after cooking, it has been warmed in the oil until the temperature drops to the point that it is only warm, and then it is taken out and fried in a pan until it has the golden color it is now......

The "oil confit" series of dishes are very common in French cuisine, but since it is made by Paul, it is naturally not so simple!

Whether it is the conditioning of the spices, the mastery of the oil temperature, or the "frying" part that shows its skills the most, the performance is impeccable...... No, to be precise, it should be described as breathtaking.

The final fried duck leg meat doesn't look greasy at all!

"It's true that looking at the judges, not only does it not feel greasy, but it makes people appetize...... Ryoko said.

"That's right, it's still far from the judges' seat, but I seem to be here, and I can hear the crisp sound of 'creaking'!" Yuhime said and put her ears together.

Of course, it can't really be heard...... Otherwise, the judges will eat too loudly!

But when the judges bite into the crispy duck leg skin, the crispy taste completely spreads in the mouth, and then the expressions on the faces and the body instinctively make body movements, which can be reminiscent of "the skin of this duck meat must be really crispy"!

"First blanched in hot oil for two hours, and then the duck meat is fried with the original sealing oil, how tender will the duck meat be?" Shoji swallowed.

"It's not just tender! The duck leg itself is the most active part of the duck meat, and the initial marinating process itself will reduce the moisture of the duck leg meat, and later after the duck leg meat is removed from the duck fat, there is also a short drying time in the oven, which will improve the chewiness of the duck leg meat...... "Isshiki Hui saw more things.

Isshiki did not participate in "All? Blue", but in the far moon "stayed" in the Ten Masters Council.

Although he was invited by the Yuanyue Third Team, the usually smiling senior (bian) was obviously ambitious, and did not accept the invitation of the Yuanyue Third Team, but hoped that after graduation, he would have his own team and really have the opportunity to advance to the main competition, and then sign up for it himself!

In the same way, those who rejected Oda Shinna also had Kuga Teruki and Kino Kuni Nene ......

"And that's not all! When Paul marinated the duck leg before, he used to press not only to speed up the marinating effect, but also as a way to 'massage the ingredients'! According to his approach, it's normal to add three points of chewiness. Sugiyama Yoshi, a family of acupuncture and moxibustion, interjected at this time.

"Ingredient massage? Isn't that the skill of some ancient families in the civilization circle of Chinese cuisine? Does President Paul still know this? Marui Zenji wondered.

Just as the Sugiyama family is now proficient in acupuncture for ingredients, there are also some niche inheritances that have the skill of massaging ingredients to change the quality of meat!

But how did Paul get this stunt?

This is not something that can be learned if you have an eclectic heart and just want to......

"I also know some friends who have mastered the culinary skills derived from 'massage', and the Sugiyama family also has some scattered ingredient massage skills, but they are not as complete as the inheritance of acupuncture skills, so it is not the main focus of our Sugiyama family...... President Paul's method looks a little different from the massage stunt, it may be some kind of stunt he figured out himself, but the principle is very similar to the ingredient massage. Sugiyama said.

"That makes sense...... With President Paul's skills, it's not surprising that he could develop a similar stunt on his own......"

Just the right marinating, the mellow aroma of the duck fat after boiling, and finally the control of the heat during frying, so that the duck legs do not look greasy, but the skin is crispy, and the duck meat is soft and chewy!

Just after Liu Pleiades and Paul also exchanged dishes, the judges on the other side were finally freed from Paul's "Master Oil Confit Duck Leg".

At the same time, the "black and white" staff came to Liu Pleiades and asked if they would deliver the food, and Liu Pleiades made a gesture of "please".

Although Liu Pleiades can now see some situations outside of the "Dark Cuisine Showdown", they are all black and white, and even if outsiders enter the scope of the "Dark Cuisine Showdown", Liu Pleiades also has a feeling that he is not in the same painting style as them......

Even Liu Pleiades felt that if he bumped into each other now, the two would pass by directly......

Of course, Liu Pleiades doesn't want to make any big news, and now ordinary people are not suitable to know what "cataclysm" and "dark cooking showdown" are, so they try their best to avoid "supernatural events".

Several staff members presented the dishes to the judges, but Liu Pleiades didn't mean to walk over at all, but instead "looked at each other" with Paul in front of each other's dishes.

The five judges only rolled their eyes at this, after all, if they were any chef, most of them would choose the former if they had to choose between "talking to Paul" and "following the judges' tastings", so they didn't think it was strange......

Except for Senzaemon, who guessed some because he knew about the "cataclysm", the others did not notice the vision on the field at all, and understood the current state of Paul and Liu Pleiades as the appreciation of the older generation of culinary masters and the new juniors.

No, some people seem to see something!

"Xiao Linzi, did you notice anything wrong on the field?" Xie Yunlong asked in a low voice to Lin Yi beside him.

Most people obviously couldn't understand why this bald old man wearing beach pants, a floral shirt, and toad glasses would sit next to Speaker Lin Yi of the Dragon Chef Alliance......

If it weren't for yesterday, Xie Yunlong tried his skills and defeated a regular player of the "Royal Italian Cuisine Team" in the individual competition, it is estimated that everyone would have to question now whether the Dragon Chef Alliance let such an unreliable looking old man be a member of the main selection team, is it to mock other teams!

"Something is wrong? I don't see it...... The American Culinary Development Association still values the right to hold this event, and I watched it for a long time, but I can't find anything wrong with it. Lin Yi was a little puzzled by Master Jie's question.

"I'm not talking about that, I'm talking about ...... That's right! Don't you feel it, I, to be precise, us, have been looking at that kid a little unpleasantly lately? Xie Yunlong said and pointed to Liu Pleiades on the field.

"Not to mention, aren't you very optimistic about him? I also think this young man is good, he is more mature in cooking than he was a few months ago. Lin Yi said as a matter of course.

But he didn't realize it himself, and there was a hint of impatience in his tone......

Because the impact of the "curse" on them is imperceptible, unless they are like Paul, facing Liu Pleiades head-on, they themselves will not be able to detect a small change in their mentality!

For example, Lin Yi didn't look at Liu Pleiades unpleasantly, but he didn't notice that he didn't like Liu Pleiades.

"......" Xie Yunlong also felt this at this time.

But at the same time, I feel that there is a voice in my heart, telling me that this is very normal......

"It's normal...... Kindness...... Wait a minute...... Not quite normal...... It's normal...... It doesn't seem right......" Xie Yunlong himself was entangled.

Maybe it's because you've lived too long, just like in folklore, people who are too old and too young can see something that ordinary people can't see, but in this world, folklore is based on the fact that old people eat a lot of things in their lives, so they can see something unusual......

Of course, the more likely reason is that the essence of the "curse" is the extinct Neanderthals after all, and Xie Yunlong, who inherited all the inheritance of the Bailuo family, has the "comforting" kitchen heart, which has a superordinate and comforting effect on the deceased.

The so-called "pacification of the dead" means that the "creatures" that have transformed the life form cannot affect normal creatures.

Although the life form of the entire Neanderthal race has changed, it is not enough to completely appease Xie Yunlong's "soul" cooking, but it has made him immune to the influence of some "curses" and begins to realize that he is "wrong".

At this time, the judges were also discussing, and a judge from Michelin, looking at Liu Pleiades' cuisine, asked another yellow judge who seemed to be from the Dragon Chef Alliance: "Mr. Qiao, do you understand that this 'barbecue' has anything to do with the topic 'winter' this time?" If you can't see it, you can only ask him to explain. ”

Indeed, the dish presented by Liu Pleiades is a kind of "barbecue" in which pork is minced and stuffed, steamed in a bamboo tube, and then grilled over a charcoal fire.

"It's the 'Three Friends of the Cold'! Wasn't the name filled in by Liu Pleiades also written 'Sanyou Barbecue'? The judge, surnamed Qiao, said.

"Three friends of the year?"

"In our culture, they are called the 'Three Friends of the Cold', which means evergreen 'pine', the 'bamboo' that symbolizes the gentleman, and the 'plum', which is known as the symbol of nobility!"

"Pine, bamboo, plum...... Bamboo was obviously used before, and now it is a pine plate that carries the barbecue, so what about 'plum'? ”

The judge also took a few more looks at the barbecue in front of him, as if he wanted to find traces of the existence of "Mei".

"This pork is made of pork front groove meat, and pig front groove meat is also known as 'plum blossom meat' in Chinese cuisine."

"Wait, 'bamboo' and 'plum' I admit, but isn't it a bit too far-fetched to directly replace the plate with pine wood?"

"No, it's not...... I thought that the reason why I used wooden trays was not to make a fuss, nor to forcibly have a relationship with 'loose', but to prevent the oil from the barbecue from seeping! ”

"That's right, pork is rarely used for grilling, because when pork is roasted raw, the meat is hard and the taste is terrible...... On the other hand, the pork filling used in Sanyou Yakiniku is not only spiced, but also edible glycerin, which is used to balance the texture and adhesion, but this will inevitably leak out after grilling, and if you use a regular plate, the grilled meat will have a greasy texture, but using a wooden tray that absorbs oil can avoid this. ”

"Okay, let's taste how this 'Three Friends Barbecue' compares to President Paul's 'Confit Duck Leg'! It's all meat, and it's easier to compare......"

The five judges spoke, each picking up a piece of "Sanyou Barbecue" with chopsticks or using a fork and putting it in his mouth.

At the same time, in the arena, Liu Pleiades has also cut off a small piece of duck leg meat and put it in his mouth, and Paul also put a piece of "Sanyou barbecue" in his mouth......

Suddenly, in Liu Yuexing's brain supplement, he was like a baby, curled up and wrapped in warm oil, and the warm oil continued to provide energy and essence for himself, and a feeling of peace of mind hit his heart.

On the other hand, Paul "saw" in his mind that in the twilight snow of winter dusk, tall pine trees, straight green bamboos and noble plum blossoms, the three seemed to be fighters against the cold in the harsh winter, standing proudly in the wind and snow......

One is a gentle wrap, the other is a fierce sense of conflict......

Two dishes that are diametrically opposed in terms of artistic conception!

Not only in terms of "artistic conception", Liu Pleiades also used a lot of "spices" to flavor in terms of spices, and the taste is more offensive than "duck leg confit".

At the same time, the order of the two is that the judges first tasted the "duck confit duck leg", and the "duck confit duck leg" was mellow and crispy, which made the judges' taste senses full......

As mentioned earlier, usually in the case of "halberd wins", there is a need to compare dishes, so dishes that usually have a pungent taste are more advantageous.

It is precisely for this reason that Teruki Kuga loves spicy cuisine......

Liu Pleiades has gambled everything for this cooking showdown, and even passively bet on "human recipes"!

Therefore, Liu Pleiaus's recipe is naturally "do everything", and he often eats halberds when he is far away, so he specially chooses a recipe suitable for a duel.

On the contrary, before this, Paul had not seen Liu Pleiades, who "already had a dragon pattern jade dragon cauldron", so subconsciously, his hostility towards him was also limited.

And the recipe was thought of before the game, Paul holds his own identity as a senior, of course, he will not choose a targeted recipe for some advantages, and when it comes to the degree of seriousness, it is far less than Liu Pleiaus!

Although he became "inexplicable" interested in the Jade Dragon Pot, and Paul, as a model of a chef, would no longer release water when preparing recipes because he underestimated the other party, but he did not have Liu Pleiaus's "desperate" posture......

Therefore, in the end, although there is a gap in the cooking skills of the two, this gap is narrowed under different psychological states and the fact that the recipes of the two sides have made up for it!

In the end, it should be said that Liu Pleiades is a super level of performance, while Paul is a little lacking in sharpness, and in the end, if the cooking of the two is rated by the system, they are both at the peak of the Lin level, close to the dragon level but not reaching the dragon level!

After all, even if you are a dragon chef, not every dish is "dragon-level"......

Liu Pleias, who felt as if he was wrapped in warm grease, suddenly remembered the taste of his own food, and the power of pine, bamboo, and plum exploded in turn, and finally freed Liu Pleiades from the warm grease.

At the same time, Liu Pleiades also opened his eyes with sweat on his head, and he didn't know how long it had been since he tasted Paul's food......

However, Liu Pleiades found that the space outside the surrounding arena could already be seen and heard normally!

And the first thing I saw was, of course, Paul in front of him, at this time a tangled, even slightly painful look appeared on the other party's face, his face was a little pale, and he was also sweating on the top of his head.

"Beautiful, delicious!" Paul finally fainted after admiring it!

At the same time, the results of the five judges have already been released......

Four to one, Liu Pleiades wins!

The moment the results came out, the audience even fell silent because of this.

Therefore, before this, even the students of Yuanyue Academy, who counted half of Liu Pleiades' relatives and friends, were only looking forward to how beautifully their "strongest active service" could lose in the hands of the president of the Michelin Food Federation......

The vast majority of the audience, apparently, did not think in advance that Liu Pleiades had the possibility of winning, even in the most "outrageous" pre-game prediction, it was only assumed that the "Germinate team" could drag through the individual competition in front of the "Michelin Food Federation Team", get a "1:2" result, and then upset in the team competition......

Of course, even this speculation has been dismissed by the vast majority of people as an "impossible event".

However, now Liu Pleiades actually defeated Paul head-on!

Not to mention the spectators, even the players of the "Team Germinate...... Fortunately, the dishes of the three sets of duels have been completed at this time, otherwise Sinomiya's glasses would have fallen into the pot.

But the silence was only for a moment, and then the scene suddenly became noisy, not because the audience was thinking about how to face this completely unimagined result, but because everyone found out that Paul fainted after praising Liu Pleiasion's "Three Friends Barbecue......

Now the people of the Michelin Food Federation, as well as the staff who maintain order, immediately surrounded and checked Paul's situation.

The results are even more surprising!

The reason Paul fainted was...... Tired?

Yes, the initial verdict was that Paul was physically fine, but he was showing signs of overwork and lack of energy!

Well, although this makes the reason of "carelessness" unreasonable, you can still forcibly use the excuse of "President Paul is not in good shape and is participating in the competition with illness" to convince yourself to accept the fact that the famous Paul was defeated by the sixteen-year-old Liu Pleiades.

Even so, no one dares to deny Liu Pleiades' record, whether it is various tabloids or underground gambling games that have been repeatedly banned, at this time, they have silently raised the estimation of Liu Pleiades' strength by two notches, although they do not mention that they are equal to the bosses of major cooking organizations, but they are also considered to be at the same level as the "Far Moon Myth" Dojima Silver!