Chapter 339: Cooking Deer
Venison is a high-grade game that is rich in protein, fat, inorganic salt, sugar and a certain amount of vitamins, and is easy to be digested and absorbed by the human body. Venison is tender, lean and has little connective tissue, making it a good way to cook a variety of dishes.
I remember that before the end of the world, wild venison was very rare, and the occasional venison was raised in captivity; After the end of the world, the non-aggressive deer has become an unrecognizable monster, and it is impossible to eat the delicious taste of venison in the past, so when Shu Jin saw the stag hunted by the emperor, the names of the dishes flashed in his mind, and thinking about the taste in his memory, saliva couldn't help but flood between his lips and teeth.
It was the first day of the hunt. The autumn hunt takes 20 days in total, and people have to go out to hunt every day for 20 days, and at the end of the day's hunting, there will be someone to drive out of the camp to pull back the prey that people have harvested, and then at night, a thousand bonfires are lit on the grassland outside the camp, whether it is the emperor, the princes and nobles, or the courtiers and soldiers, all have a picnic around the bonfire.
There are countless wild animals caught from hunting, not only this deer, but also any one that comes up with it, which is a supreme delicacy. It's really exciting!
If it is in the palace on weekdays, the diet of the emperor's concubines has a certain number of etiquette, such as the emperor's meals, which must be exquisite: eating six grains, drinking six cleans, and eating six animals. There are as many as 120 kinds of rare dishes, and some sauces can be served, and the vegetable sauce and meat sauce can reach 120 urns.
But during the hunting period, you have to have a picnic, and even as an emperor, you can't pay so much attention to it. However, since the emperor assigned Shu Jin to cook deer for himself, Shu Jin was naturally happy to serve.
Deer blood is precious. There is no need for Shu Jin to instruct someone to bleed the deer and dispose of it, and the deer skin has also been peeled off by a special person, and it will be cooked and kept for other use. Shu Jin chose the position he intended to use. After cutting the venison and finding all the ingredients for the side dishes, we began to prepare.
Cuscuta seeds, cistanche boiled into juice; Cut the celery and green onion into shreds, add the venison and cut it into large slices and place it for a cup of tea, then mix it with wine, green onion and ginger juice, salt, sugar, etc., and repeatedly grab it to taste and set aside.
Choose another venison and chop it into a puree. Chop half of the raw mushrooms and shallots, and cut the other half of the mushroom shallots into two finger-width pieces. Add minced mushrooms, green onions, minced garlic, flour, egg water, pepper noodles, sesame powder, and salt to the venison and mix well to make meatballs. The finished meatballs are fried and set, and they are taken out and skewered with bamboo skewers with mushrooms for later use.
Rinse the venison leg meat by bone. Blanch boiling water. Boil water first when you light the fire, and then put in the star anise and nutmeg after the water boils. Chicken fat, sand kernels, angelica, cinnamon, cloves, fennel, ginger in a marinade packet, then add salt and sugar. Water to a boil. At this time, put in the venison, marinate it for half an hour, turn off the fire and then simmer a cup of tea. Take a casserole, sprinkle a layer of rice evenly on the bottom of the pot, then sprinkle tea leaves and sugar into the pot, then put an iron rack on the bottom of the pot, put the venison on it, and cover the pot tightly. Cook over high heat until smoke rises from the pot.
When the smoke has dissipated, lift the lid and brush the venison with sesame oil. Slice and serve with greens. This smoked venison leg is ready to serve later.
The day passed quickly, and when Shu Jin was almost ready, the hunt was nearing its end.
With the sound of horses' hooves, the people galloping back after a day's hunting, the prey gatherers shouting and cheering, and the cheers of the spectators from the stands, the day's hunting finally came to an end.
A special person counted the day's harvest and reported it to the emperor, who later rewarded him and distributed food to the people.
In the afterglow of the setting sun, the smoke curled up, and during the exchange of miscellaneous servants, men, soldiers, etc., people's eyes were full of laughter, and the sound of shouting and laughter was heard from time to time in the camp tent not far away; After a long day's galloping, the horses were brushed and fed, and they leisurely flicked their tails, shook their manes, and occasionally chewed on a fresh blade of grass and neighed with their companions......
It's obviously a vibrant picture, but it can see that people's hearts are peaceful.
Shu Jin stood at the gate of the camp with her hands behind her back and looked at everything in front of her, she didn't even notice that she had her lips hooked and smiled quietly.
When she finally retracted her gaze, she found that Jiang Duanyu was already standing beside her, and she didn't know how long she had been looking at her.
"When did you come back?" Shu Jin looked at him and said. Admiring the golden rays of the setting sun jumping between his brows, illuminating his chiseled face.
It's really good, now he is beautiful and delicious!
"I'm back early, and I wonder where you ran to, you were hiding here."
Jiang Duanyu said with a smile, raising his hand and handing Shu Jin something.
Shu Jin took it suspiciously, and when he saw it, it turned out to be a dagger. The dagger is about five inches long, with a two-inch handle, and is inlaid with precious stones, which is extremely exquisite; With the same gem-inlaid scabbard, when pulled out, the dagger was three inches sharp, and the edge of the blade glowed with a ghostly light. It's a baby.
"Nice dagger, where did it come from?"
"The Wuwei Battalion won the championship in today's hunt, which is the emperor's commendation. I have a sword and a sword, and a dagger for you to defend yourself. ”
Shu Jin raised his eyebrows when he heard this, looked up at Jiang Duanyu, he looked at her with a smile, as if he was waiting for her to praise. Shu Jin smiled at him, pulled out the scabbard again, moved lightly with one hand, and played a trick, only to see a ghostly light flying up and down in Shu Jin's hand, and then instantly stopped, turning back into the appearance of a dagger.
In the last days, before the ability was strong, didn't they all come with knives and daggers? She was good at using knives because she learned to cook, so playing a dagger still couldn't bother her.
"Okay, then I'll take it. Thank you. ”
After Shu Jin finished speaking, he put the knife into the sheath, and then picked up the dagger.
Jiang Duanyu was not surprised to see her neatly playing with the dagger, and when she saw her put away the dagger without hesitation, she smiled and bent her eyes.
"If you like it."
"What did you hunt today?"
"Roe deer, wolves, and bears, a lot. The bear handed it over, and today it was venison and wolf meat, as well as hares and pheasants. ”
"Okay, then you can save some, and I'll make you something to eat when I'm done."
When Jiang Duanyu heard this, his eyes lit up:
"Okay, I'll wait for you!"
Shu Jin smiled, seeing that the time was almost the same, he turned around and went back to continue preparing, and waved his hand to Jiang Duanyu before leaving.
"Look, everyone is gone, so reluctant to be separated for a while!"
Jiang Duanyu was looking at Shu Jin's back, and a ridicule sounded in his ears. When I turned around, it turned out to be Bao Sichen.
The two are blood relatives, and they have been fighting side by side for several months, so their relationship is already quite deep. Bao Sichen had long known that this cousin Xiangtang County Lord was very attentive, and when he saw him at this moment, he couldn't help but tease him.
Jiang Duanyu smiled good-naturedly, didn't refute, said a few words to him, and the two of them found a place to sit together.
The soldiers who had been hunting for a day had finished packing up one after another, and had found a campfire in a circle, and some had already disposed of their prey and set it up on the fire to roast.
The emperor and his two princes were already sitting by the bonfire near the imperial flag. King Yong and other ministers also found their own places and sat down. Although there is no clear regulation on where everyone should sit, the higher the official position, the more people will naturally sit in the middle, and everyone will faintly protect the emperor and others in the middle.
With the arrival of Emperor Qi Yan, everyone got up and knelt down one after another, and the mountain shouted long live.
"Excuse me!" Qi Yan said, and then spoke loudly, "Everyone, Aiqing! ”
As soon as the Emperor spoke, the already noisy surroundings fell silent, leaving only the crackling of the campfire and the sizzling of roasting meat.
Shu Jin took people to wait for the summons on the side, and listened to Qi Yan first talk about the tradition and necessity of autumn hunting, and then commended the performance of everyone today, praised the personnel in all aspects, and finally announced that dinner had begun.
With the emperor's order, the attendants began to bring the side dishes and drinks that had been prepared in advance, and except for the soldiers on duty, everyone else began to drink and eat meat, and talked and laughed with each other. Shu Jin walked over with people carrying large and small plates, and stood near the bonfire of the emperor and others to salute the emperor.
After Qi Yan sat down, he found that he was also roasting meat on the bonfire here, and next to the bonfire, there was another fire, and there was a large stone slab on the fire, and the stone slab was baked by the fire, and the stone slab was not burned in such a strong fire. Qi Yan guessed that the slate was used by Shu Jin for cooking, but he didn't know what it was for.
"Imperial Merchant, I have prepared the venison for dinner, can I start eating it now?"
"Okay, I'll wait to taste it."
Shu Jin nodded when he heard this, and instructed the people behind him to present the cold dishes of smoked braised leg meat first, while he walked to the stone slab and sat down.
The venison slices prepared in advance are brushed with oil, roasted on a hot stone slab, rolled into a meat roll with a special sauce, rolled with cucumber strips, and served on a plate while roasting and sent to the emperor and others.
Brush the slate with oil, and put the venison meatballs on the skewers to fry and roast; In addition, garlic, corn, and other seasonal vegetables were all fried on the stone slab by Shu Jin with the sauce she had configured.
The bonfire crackled, the food on the slate sizzled, and the various ingredients rose from the slate, bursting with a strong fragrance, which made those who had tasted it even more greedy.
Qi Yan was happy to eat, but unfortunately as the emperor, there was a fixed number of times she ate each dish, so in addition to enjoying it herself, many of them were rewarded for the courtiers and princes to taste, and when Shu Jin cooked all the ingredients in her hand, the emperor asked her to go back to her place.
Shu Jin's location is naturally with Jiang Duanyu, where there are already stone slabs prepared by Shu Jin's orders.
There is no need to cook for the emperor, only his own people, and there is no need for so many courtesies, and there are cooks who fry things on the stone slab according to Shu Jin's instructions, and everyone shares the food.
After the meal, it was free time, and the emperor, princes, and courtiers had a rare time to walk around the camp or ride horses. And Shu Jin continued to follow Jiang Duanyu to learn to ride horses. (To be continued......)
PS: I've saved for more than ten days, only this braille, it's really because the child is sick and Yuzu sauce is sick again, as for the severity, please see the eldest young master of the Qi family in the Jiupin Sesame Official for details. I couldn't eat enough food, I couldn't sleep at night, so I almost coughed up my lungs. So the update is still from time to time, and the number of words is indefinite~~ You can save it first.