Chapter 51: The Best Ingredients Make the Most Delicious Dim Sum
When Qiu Ning returned to Sister Wang's house, Sister Wang's house was already fragrant, and Granny Wang led Bao'er to school and walk on the ground. As soon as Bao'er saw Qiu Ning, she immediately took a short step and walked towards Qiu Ning step by step, although she was not stable enough and a little thrilling, but she could already go. Qiuning strode forward and hugged Bu'er. kissed Bao'er's little face hard, it's tender! "Bao'er, can you listen to grandma today, can you have a good meal?"
Although Bao'er didn't know how to speak, she nodded seriously, looking like a little adult. Bao'er has a toilet lid hairstyle, coupled with a chubby little face, how cute she looks, it's just cute.
Granny Wang took Bao'er and pointed to the kitchen with a smile: "Bao'er Niang is waiting for you in the kitchen?" Today we have a feast again. ”
Qiu Ning entered the kitchen and looked at the things that Sister Wang had prepared, and nodded with satisfaction, the mung beans and red bean flour had already been placed in the pot and began to steam. There is a smell of beans in the house, and the smell makes people happy. Especially when a dim sum chef like Qiuning smells the aroma of mung beans and red beans, it is a waste of ingredients if he does not make delicious dim sum. The flour has also been passed through several times with a fine sieve, and the flour that has passed through the sieve is already the finest and purest. Things are not complicated, and being able to use the simplest things to make sweet snacks is the first thing Qiu Ning has to do now.
Qiu Ning wanted to make mung bean cake and red bean cake this time, and of course there was a chicken cake, but he didn't make osmanthus cake, mainly because there was no fresh osmanthus at this time, only dried osmanthus, and dried osmanthus could not put forward the pure fragrance of osmanthus, and the osmanthus produced in this way was not so fragrant and pure, so he did not choose dried osmanthus. Because in modern times, it is the same habit to use the freshest ingredients, and if you can't use the freshest ingredients, you would rather not make this kind of snack. Only the freshest ingredients can make the dim sum taste the original taste of the ingredients, so that the lips and tongue can feel delicious, and feel the wonderful umami.
Honey is also the sweetest and purest to buy according to the meaning of Twanin, and it is also produced by the flowers of the season. It's usually the wildflowers here, the nectar that produces. Maybe not the most famous, the most fragrant. But the taste is very special, it has a variety of floral aromas and sweetness. Tyuning looked at a jar of fragrant and sweet honey and was even more happy. Honey is usually used in modern dim sum cooking, but pure and natural honey is rarely used. It is usually synthetic honey, although it tastes similar to that of honey. But what? There is one problem that I overlook, but in the process of making dim sum, there are many wonderful reactions that happen. Each ingredient will produce a different taste, and the sweet aroma of pure natural honey is steamed and made with synthetic honey, and the taste is definitely different.
In fact, this is a very simple truth, the quality of the ingredients will definitely make the taste of the dish different. The same is sauerkraut fish, if you use homemade Laotan sauerkraut, or instant sauerkraut made with modern technology. Even if it is the same sour, but the sour of the former is fragrant, and it tastes sour in the mouth, but what? What about the sauerkraut produced in batches of the latter? You can't taste anything other than sourness. So the same thing, different ingredients will make a completely different taste. This is why chefs are particularly strict about ingredients, the chef's skill is important, but the ingredients used are equally important.
Sister Wang was very nervous, afraid that the things she purchased would not be in line with Feng Ning's wishes. Sister Wang got up early in the morning and went into the city to buy these things, just to make the most beautiful dim sum, so that she could grow her face when she returned to her parents' house. "Well, what I prepared is okay!"
Qiu Ning looked at Sister Wang's cautious appearance and smiled slightly, "Very good, really good." Let's do it again in the next place, Sister Wang, I'll go wash my hands first. ”
After Qiu Ning washed her hands, she carefully checked the mung beans and red bean flour steamed in the pot, and Sister Wang was really serious about it, because these shells were very clean. It's very pure mung beans and red beans, as long as you put them in a pot and steam them until they are rotten. The next process is not a problem, but now the most important thing is the mold. When Feng Ning mentioned the stamping mold to Sister Wang before, Sister Wang directly instructed Brother Wang to make a few and come back. Only then did Qiu Ning know that Brother Wang was actually a master carpenter, no wonder he could make molds?
Qiu Ning felt that the mold was very important, so he deliberately drew it on the ground for Brother Wang, and used the carbon head at home to draw on the wooden block, and Brother Wang made it according to the pattern he had drawn. It is more convenient to have a mold, and you can directly press out the mung bean cake.
Qiu Ning and Sister Wang first beat the eggs with hot water, and then added flour and honey. The chicken cake had been made before, so it was made quickly, and it was poured directly into a small bowl with oil and steamed in a steamer. At the same time, the steamed mung beans and red bean flour in the other two pots were also cooked, and Qiu Ning put the steamed powder into a large clay basin and crushed it. Then put oil in the pot and fry the crushed soybean flour, and then the honey is just added. Qiu Ning specially asked Sister Wang to only put a fine piece of wood into the stove, so that it would not be fried because the fire was too big, or it would stick to the pot.
Sister Wang let Qiu Ning's command be in a hurry, but she was very confident that Qiu Ning would definitely be able to make delicious dim sum. Qiu Ning has been carefully stir-frying, directly to the point that the bean flour is fried into a ball, and it is completely non-sticky. Qiu Ning smiled with satisfaction, and finally fried it. Now the bean flour has a moderate sweetness, and it is completely integrated with the taste of honey, and I believe that the taste is not bad. Not only will it have the sweetness of honey, but it will also have the freshness of mung bean. Qiu Ning felt that the ancient mung bean flour was steamed out very powdery, and it also had a fresh smell of mung beans, and the bean flour was so yellow. Compared with modern mung bean flour, it is more yellow, more powdery, and more fragrant.
The clumps of bean flour were taken out and placed on top of the table covered with gauze. Then let Sister Wang take out the mold she had made, and then she could pour out a lot of mung bean cake. Sister Wang watched Qiu Ning pour out the mung bean cakes one by one, which were even more beautiful than those sold in the shops outside, with a happy smile on her face. "It's done, Tyunin really did."
Qiu Ning smiled confidently, "This is natural, although I can rest assured that Sister Wang will do things, nothing else will work, I am a good hand at making dim sum." ”
Qiu Ning's mold is round, and a simple small flower is painted on it, mainly because Qiu Ning is afraid that it will be inconvenient for Brother Wang to do, so the simpler the better. The next thing is to make red bean cake, the same process, the same method, for a top pastry chef, this is nothing. Qiu Ning put the mung bean cake and red bean cake in the dustpan, and then let Sister Wang take it to a ventilated and cool place. Now that the weather has cooled, it will probably not be long before the mung bean cake will take shape. Smelling the sweet fragrance, Qiu Ning's heart was full of joy, for a dim sum master, making dim sum was the happiest thing for her.