Chapter III
"Bao Rou!!" Lin Anyue saw Gong Baorou as if she had seen a savior, and hurriedly beckoned her over.
Gong Baorou walked over unhurriedly, and before she reached the area of the cooking club, Lin Anyue couldn't help but grab her and hurriedly walked inside.
"What's wrong?" Gong Baorou asked in surprise.
Lin Anyue's face was unswerving, and she said in a low voice: "I went to inquire about the foreign aid from Jianda today, I originally thought it was just a professional chef, but I didn't expect it to be one of the top chefs in Haicheng, I think this time it's going to be bad." Saying that, he sighed, "I would have inquired about it earlier, I thought that it was the same as last year, everyone was just looking for a professional chef." β
Gong Baorou's face remained unchanged, not because she was calm, but because she had been surprised before.
"Eat a trench and grow wiser, and you can start again next year." Gong Baorou patted her shoulder and comforted, "If you lose, you win, it's normal." Nor are they likely to find such outside aid every year. β
Hearing Gong Baorou say this, Lin Anyue's face looked a little better.
"That's all there is to it." Lin Anyue didn't think she would win at all, and Gong Baorou didn't think about going all out. For Gong Baorou, she likes to enjoy food more often than just to compete.
Maybe everyone is mentally prepared, so when the president of the cooking club saw Gong Baorou, he didn't say anything like "I must win", but just said encouragingly: "Baorou just do your best." β
Gong Baorou nodded noncommittally.
Because it was an exhibition, a platform was set up in an open space, and it was enough to divide it into several sides. On each side, there's enough space for a table. Perhaps the annual exhibition of the cooking club is very exciting, so there are dozens of audiences around the stage, which can be regarded as eye-catching.
"That's a lot of people this year...... It's a shame to be ashamed. Lin Anyue lamented.
Gong Baorou counted, and there were about nine schools participating in the display. Coincidentally, opposite Haida is Jianda, Xiao Wenye, who was wearing a white chef's uniform, smiled when he saw Gong Baorou, and his smile was a little less unruly and hypocritical than the original, but a little more sincere.
But it's still annoying.
Gong Baorou looked away. Fortunately, no one noticed the "exchange" between the two people just now, otherwise it would have been troublesome.
"Every year, what I pay the most attention to is the club display of the cooking club, where we can taste some delicious food or dishes that make people laugh and cry, and sometimes there are a little surprise~" The host is obviously experienced, and his words are funny and attractive, "Let's start the show, there is no time limit, at the end of our exhibition today, we will count the support coupons received by each school, and this support coupon is the admission ticket we send to each student, just tear off the left part." The school club with the most support vouchers will be awarded trophies and certificates. β
Compared to the strict sΓΉ of a regular competition, such a display will be more of an entertainment. Gong Baorou casually raised her eyes and looked at Xiao Wenye, who was lowering her head to deal with the dough in her hand, looking very serious.
"Let's make puffs." Of course, the leader of the cooking club of Haicheng University is the president, and she doesn't regard Gong Baorou as a savior or anything, probably because she looks too high at the opposite side and underestimates Gong Baorou.
Puffs are a very popular confectionery, especially among girls. In such a slightly cold season, eating a steaming puff is probably as enjoyable as eating watermelon in an air-conditioned room on a hot summer day.
Puff is a Western-style dessert puff. The fluffy, poradic cream crust is encased in cream, chocolate and even ice cream. Commercially available puffs are soft, but fresh puffs should be slightly crispy and have a slightly hard skin, which will only soften overnight. Filled with your favorite filling, this very sweet little snack is ready.
There are also many types of puffs, and several people discussed it and decided to make cream puffs, the most common and best type.
The main ingredients of the cream puffs are milk, cake flour, butter and eggs, and the seasoning must also contain salt, whipping cream and sugar. The small oven has a new look, Gong Baorou looked at it, and it was barely usable.
The president slowly poured the milk into a small soup pot, added butter and salt, heated it over medium heat until the butter was completely melted, then reduced the heat, gradually sifted the cake flour into the pot with a sieve, stirred until well mixed, and then let the batter cool slightly away from the heat to reduce the temperature to 60 degrees. Beat the eggs into a bowl until they are liquidated, then slowly pour them into the batter, stirring constantly.
On a baking sheet, the president puts the egg batter mixture into an extruded bag and slowly squeezes out various patterns. Gong Baorou noticed that she started very steadily, the squeezed out flowers were complete, and they were all very common, and it seemed that her basic skills were very good.
"Spray some water up." Gong Baorou reminded quietly.
The president didn't raise his head, nodded and sprinkled some water with a small watering can.
"What is this for?" Lin Anyue asked in a low voice. Lin Anyue is also a freshman this year, and she is usually a young lady who doesn't touch the spring water with her fingers, and she doesn't know anything about cooking, but she also knows a little about it.
Gong Baorou patiently replied: "Spraying a little water before baking can make the batter expand better." Because after putting it in the oven, the surface begins to dry at the earliest, and then the temperature inside rises and begins to expand, if the outer skin is too dry and hard, it will not swell up, so wet the surface first so that it will not dry too quickly, and the same effect is applied to the egg wash. β
"Oh......" Lin Anyue nodded as if she didn't understand.
Once the oven is preheated to about 220 degrees, the baking tray should be placed in the oven. Fifteen minutes later, the oven makes a crisp "ding" sound.
"Wait a minute!" Gong Baorou grabbed the president's hand and said, "Don't open the oven, it's better to let it cool naturally, so that the puffs won't go soft." β
The president was reminded by her like this, as if he remembered something, quickly withdrew his hand, and smiled embarrassedly: "I almost forgot about it, it's my fault and my fault." β
The puff was allowed to cool naturally, and the president turned his head to process the cream. Put the fresh cream in the blender, stir well until it starts, and then put it in the squeeze bag, and it's done.
"Well, Bao Rou, come next." I've been doing this for more than an hour, and the president can't concentrate a bit. Gong Baorou reassured her after revealing her hand, and thought that even if she couldn't win, she had to do her best.
Gong Baorou didn't shirk, waited for a while, and took out the baking sheet.
At this moment, a burst of cheers rang out from the opposite side.