Chapter Eighty-Four: Covering the Surface

Xiao Er, the field manager, immediately stepped forward and carefully carried Chef Tao Qing down and placed him in his guest room. Liu Wanfu's shopkeeper also immediately arranged for someone to invite Lang Zhong to treat Chef Tao Qing.

Li Qijiang, the prince of Lin, saw that his chef had changed, and he hurriedly followed to check how the situation was. For a while, there was some commotion on the playing field.

At this time, the Queen Mother stood up from her chair and said majestically, "The game continues!" ”

Four simple words, but the field was quiet all of a sudden. The crowd that was still restless just now, stretching their necks to watch the excitement, all sat back in their places, and their minds were also taken back from Chef Tao Qing's body, and their attention returned to the playing field.

When the shopkeeper Liu Wanfu heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward and announced to everyone, "The competition continues, and now I invite the judges to taste the noodles of Chef Shao Chao of Xiangguo Mansion." ”

Shao Chao made spicy sweet potato flour chips, only to see that in the white porcelain bowl, the dark purple sweet potato flour was cut into thin round slices, and the surface of these slices was covered with a layer of bright and shiny chili oil. Several judges looked at this style and looked at each other. Zhao Zhiying took the lead in asking, "Chef Shao Chao, what are you doing?" The topic of this link is noodles and non-noodles, but your noodles, no matter how you look at them, have nothing to do with this topic. ”

Shao Chao had just seen what happened to Chef Tao Qing, and knew that these judges were very strict, and when he heard his own face, he was also questioned by the judges, and he couldn't help but beat a drum in his heart. He stepped forward tremblingly, and gave a salute, "Back to Chef Zhao's words, in this way, it is indeed a face." ”

"How?"

Shao Chao settled his mind and tried not to look too nervous, "In Chengdu, Sichuan, there is a noodle called paving noodles. It is shaped like a large bed, not like a regular noodle. Therefore, inspired by it, I made this dish of noodles that uses sweet potato flour instead of flour to make zuò in the shape of covered noodles to deal with the problem of noodles and noodles in this link. ”

Covering? Zhao Zhiying had never heard of this kind of noodles, and he subconsciously looked at Liu Heyu, a pastry master, and found that the latter was nodding appreciatively. Liu Heyu smiled and said to Shao Chao, "That's true, covering the noodles, looking at the text, that is, the shape of the noodles is like the whole quilt." The noodles made by Shao Chao are indeed in line with the topic of noodles and non-noodles. Next, I think we should taste the taste before making a judgment. When he said the last sentence, Liu Heyu turned his head to several judges. Several judges nodded, picked up their chopsticks, and stretched out to the sweet potato flour cover.

As soon as he took a bite into his throat, several judges had different faces and were silent. Shao Chao didn't know what the judges meant, and the heart that had just been relieved by Chef Liu Heyu's affirmation mentioned his throat at this time.

Tang Jingliang first sighed lightly, breaking the silence. He put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth with a brocade handkerchief on the side, and said to Shao Chao, "It's a pity! ”

Pity? Why? Shao Chao was a little at a loss by Tang Jingliang's sigh. He looked at Tang Jingliang nervously, hoping that he could say it in more detail, where is the pity?

Tang Jingliang didn't seem to want to say much, but looked at Liu Heyu with a smile, hoping to give up the right to speak to this pastry master.

Liu Heyu understood and did not shirk, he said to Shao Chao, "Chef Shao, do you know why flour is used to make noodles instead of other ingredients?" ”

"This" Shao Chao groaned, and suddenly, as if he thought of something, his face changed, "Is it because other ingredients are not easy to taste like flour?" ”

Liu Heyu nodded, with a teachable expression, "Using flour as an ingredient, after mixing the noodles, you need to knead the dough." The main purpose of kneading dough is to allow the flour to fully absorb water to form gluten, which prevents the air in the flour from escaping, thus forming fluffy holes in the dough, making the dough more chewy rather than stiff. Therefore, the basic requirements for kneading dough are 'three lights': face light, hand light, and basin light. After kneading, the dough should rest for a period of time, which is called resting. The purpose of resting dough is twofold, one is to let the flour fully absorb water, so that the water is evenly distributed in the dough, and there will be no small dry noodle particles in some places in the dough. The second is to let the dough relax after kneading and beating, and also to make the internal structure of the dough more uniform. ”

Of course, Shao Chao understood what Liu Heyu said, so after hearing his tirade, Shao Chao's expression was obviously a little absent-minded.

As soon as Liu Heyu saw Shao Chao's expression, he no longer had patience, and he solemnly summed up his statement, "So, having said so much, Chef Shao Chao, do you know where your problem is?" ”

Shao Chao was suddenly named, and he was shocked into a cold sweat, and hurriedly retracted his thoughts, "The covered noodles made of sweet potato flour are not as strong as the covered noodles made of flour zuò." ”

Liu Heyu shook his head slightly, "This is just one aspect, the biggest problem with your paving noodles is actually not tasteful." Because the shape of the covered noodles is a large piece, unlike ordinary noodles, which are slender one by one, it is not as flavorful as ordinary noodles. When making zuò, kneading and resting dough should pay special attention to Tao and time. In addition, after cooking, the dough sheet will automatically curl and bend, and many of the soup condiments will naturally be sandwiched in it. Therefore, even if the cover itself is a large piece, it is still very flavorful. However, if you use sweet potato flour as an ingredient to make zuò paodou, you will not be able to achieve this effect. Because the slices of sweet potato flour, no matter how you cook it, are flattened, it can't carry soup condiments, and naturally it can't be flavored. ”

Of course, Shao Chao heard that this was Chef Liu Heyu teaching himself, so he hurriedly and humbly gave a salute, "Thank you Chef Liu for teaching, I understand." ”

Several judges also nodded, agreeing with Liu Heyu's explanation just now. At this point, the noodles of the four chefs have already tasted three people, and Lin Miao has not tasted them.

Seeing that the next thing was to taste Lin Miao's craftsmanship, the Queen Mother couldn't help but smile and said to Lin Miao, "Miss Lin Miao, it's your turn, bring your noodles to us, let's all taste them." ”

Lin Miao responded crisply and brought her noodles to the judges' seat. As soon as the lid was opened, I saw a bowl of bright and hot noodles, presented in front of the eyes of several judges. The noodles look just like regular noodles, and there are no fancy side dishes. However, the fresh and fragrant flavor of it spreads domineeringly, which makes people feel refreshed. Just smelling this smell, I feel that my mouth and tongue are full of food, and I want to eat it quickly.

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Today, I have something to go out first.,Let you little lords wait for a long time.,I'm sorry.,I'm sure I'll update O(∩_∩)O~on time tomorrow.

This week's classification is strongly recommended.,Please support the little masters.,I took a look.,In the last place on the list of ancient sayings.,The name is too long, and it's really a bit of a loss~~~~(>_