Chapter 9: Bento
After buying miscellaneous things, it was almost ten o'clock when I got home, Gong Baorou took a break and began to wash her hands and make lunches. The first thing to make is a bear bento for Lin Shu'an, the main ingredients are king oyster mushrooms and meat floss, and the auxiliary ingredients are broccoli, lettuce and baby tomatoes, which are red and green, and the colors are bright and appetizing.
Treat the broccoli first, blanch it with a pinch of salt, set aside, and slice the oyster mushrooms. Gong Baorou's knife work is very ordinary, which is not to say that she is not working hard enough, she has learned some common knife techniques, but those fancy and many private ones are not known at all, for many reasons. First, she is a woman and is not accepted by some older masters; Second, she didn't find a good master. As the saying goes: The master leads the way in, and the cultivation is in the individual. Gong Baorou doesn't even have a master, and the chef knows how difficult it is to go all the way, which is why she must seize Sun Fugui's opportunity.
Apprentice, be sure to worship him as a teacher!
With Sun Fugui's help, Gong Baorou was able to quickly integrate into the chef's circle, instead of wandering outside and not being allowed to enter as before. The most important thing is that Sun Fugui's face is very big, and he is his apprentice, and some chefs will not teach others lightly, and she will also get it more easily.
The rice has already been served in the pot, and there is a faint sweet smell. Gong Baorou poured oil into the wok, heated, and then added the sliced oyster mushrooms.
"Hiss......"
When raw food comes into contact with hot oil, it makes a crisp sound, with a faded tail note, which is Gong Baorou's favorite sound.
Flipping the wok with his left hand, he waited until he saw that the surface of the oyster mushroom had gradually turned yellow, shiny and shiny, exuding a sweet fragrance, which was already nine ripe. Gong Baorou poured in the oyster sauce, and after a few minutes, the oyster mushrooms were fully cooked, turn off the heat and remove from the pot.
The bento box is a boxy square with a cute fruit pattern printed on it. Gong Baorou took the lettuce leaves, spread them on the bottom layer of the box, and then slowly put the oyster mushrooms into it, and spread a layer as well.
The red bean rice is not yet good, and Gong Baorou can only start preparing Lin Shuping's bento - almond nut pudding.
The main ingredients of almond nut pudding are milk and almond slices, and the adjuncts are gelatin, cream and caster sugar.
Gelatin is soaked in cold water to soften, its greatest use is to solidify, generally used in mousse cakes and frozen cheesecakes, Gong Baorou wandered around for a long time to buy it, almost made her think of using pudding powder or gelatin powder instead, but that would affect the taste.
Pour the milk into the pot, add caster sugar and cook slowly, wait until the saccharification is done, then add the almond slices and cook for a few minutes. It's up to you to get the taste of the almond slices into the milk. Gong Baorou turned off the heat, covered the pot, and simmered.
She looked at Gillettin, who was already soft. The kitchen is filled with the smell of red bean rice, with the fragrance of rice and the sweetness of red beans.
After simmering for about five minutes, Gong Baorou added the gelatin, and when it gradually melted, she slowly added the cream while stirring. When everything is melted and the cream is finished, Gong Baorou uses a sieve to strain out the almond slices, and then adds new almond slices. This way it will taste more delicate.
Among the many molds, Gong Baorou picked a single five-pointed star and poured the milk into it. Then the rest was also poured into the square mold, ready to be left for Liu Ying to love them. Put all the molds into the freezer layer of the refrigerator, and Gong Baorou continued to make bear bento.
Originally, the mold was to be put in the refrigerated layer, but it would have to wait more than four hours, and by the time it solidified, the meal would have been finished.
The red bean rice has been cooked, and Gong Baorou wraps a small ball of rice in plastic wrap to form a circle, the size of a ping-pong ball, the head of a bear. In the same way, you can clump out all parts of the bear. And that's not all, she wraps the parts in meat floss and wraps them in plastic wrap again, which is the real bear.
Carefully putting the bear into the bento box, Gong Baorou tore two small pieces of seaweed to use as the bear's eyes, took a rice ball the size of a little thumb knuckle for the nose, and finally used two pieces of ham sausage the size of a thumb print to make the bear's red face.
An An will definitely like it!
Gong Baorou looked at the cute little bear, and her heart was soft.
Being able to cook for the family is also a blessing. How many times, in an empty room, Gong Baorou has a group alone, eats alone, washes dishes alone, and sleeps alone. She wants to cook many, many delicacies, but the person she wants to cook for is long gone, and she can't taste a bite.
Finally, put in two small red cherries for decoration, which is rich in nutrients.
Putting the cute bento box aside, Gong Baorou set out to prepare Lin Shuping's bento. The sushi recipe is very simple, Gong Baorou took out a piece of bamboo with a size of 20 square centimeters, which looks like a small part on the bamboo mat, which is an indispensable tool for making sushi. Spreading a layer of plastic wrap on top of the bamboo slices to keep them clean, she scooped a spoonful of rice from the rice cooker, flattened it, and pulled a can of tomato sauce out of the fridge. Red bean rice is originally sweet, and it will be even sweeter with tomato sauce. However, after thinking about it, Gong Baorou still applied a thick layer ruthlessly.
This kind of sweet and greasy taste, I'm afraid only the Lin family can stand it......
Thinking so, Gong Baorou twitched the corners of her mouth.
Then another layer of seaweed was padded on top of the ketchup, and finally the shrimp that had been processed last night in the refrigerator, Gong Baorou passed the water for a while, and it was cooked. Wrap the shrimp in it, roll it up with bamboo slices, hold it tightly, open it, and a long sushi appears.
Gong Baorou used a knife to divide the strip into several sections, sprinkled some meat floss, and put it into another bento box, which already contained a layer of lettuce.
It's eleven o'clock after a busy day, and it takes about twenty minutes to get to Dejia School from here, Lin Shuping and they got out of class at eleven forty, and now it's almost time to go.
Carefully packing the two bento boxes in the bag, Gong Baorou took her mobile phone and went out.
Gong Baorou's mobile phone is a Nokia, a very old model, it can only make and receive calls and text messages, and the rest has nothing. It's also 2006, and I haven't even seen a shadow of what smart phones will appear in the future. There are only a few people's numbers stored in her mobile phone, Zhao Xiuxiu, Liu Yingai, and Lin Shuping.
Walking on the familiar street, Gong Baorou didn't know how to feel. This school has given her no happy memories, and she can't even remember the scenes of studying and living here. Because of her low self-esteem, she is far away from the crowd and has no friends, as if she is isolated in another world.
Maybe there is a class in physical education class, and Gong Baorou can hear the laughter inside the high wall, the sound of chasing and fighting, with the youthful atmosphere that a teenager should have.
Gong Baorou sighed. This is a youth that she can never go back, even if her body is only fifteen years old, but her heart has already been vicissitudes.