Chapter 528: Corn Soup
The tomatoes, known as "wolf peaches" in Yueliang Kingdom, began to be planted on a large scale much earlier than corn, but despite this, there are very few people who grow tomatoes as food, because the taste that can pour tooth acid is really unlikeable, so when they saw Su Miao washing, peeling and heating the tomatoes, the people below looked incredulous, and then there was an unacceptable expression on their faces. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Although she knew that wolf peach was something that could be eaten, but she dared to use this unpopular or even hated ingredient in the Chef King Competition, Su Miao was probably the first, and she didn't have the consciousness of wanting to avoid sensitive ingredients at all.
Su Miao chose a smaller pot, sat on the pot and lit the fire, poured in the cold spring water to boil, put the pounded and peeled cooked corn into the pot and boiled until it was viscous, then put in the cut tomatoes and boiled, changed the heat to low, poured the cream into the pot little by little, and then stirred with a wooden spatula, put a little sea salt, and stirred until the corn in the pot thickened into a sauce, and then withdrew the fire.
Liangdu because of the development of foreign trade, dairy products than other places, at this time the method of making cream is still relatively primitive, are in the evening to squeeze out fresh milk, put in the basin, after standing overnight, the surface of the milk in the basin will appear a thick layer of "milk", this is the original ecological cream. Although it is completely different from the cream commonly used in Su Miao's memory, there is no doubt that the cream made by this method tastes quite thick, so thick that it can magnify the aroma of milk several times.
It is very risky to add cream to food, because even though Liangdu is rich in dairy products, Yueliang people are not very fond of milk-related things, of course, some people will like it very much, the proportion of women is slightly more, but that is only for beauty, most people are still not very acceptable to the milky smell of milk. Even the aftertaste has been said more than once, this thing always reminds him of the big-shouldered and round-waisted men of Qizhi Kingdom, and Su Miao guessed that he actually meant that milk would make him think of grasslands, cattle and sheep, and barbarians. Therefore, let the people of Yueliang drink cow and goat milk, they would rather go to a pot of fresh soy milk, and those who don't know how to do it don't even know what the semi-viscous liquid of the white flowers that Su Miao poured into the pot is. Even if they knew, they were disgusted, and some simply turned their heads to the side and no longer looked at Su Miao's operation process, so as not to affect their appetite.
"Pour everything into the pot, it's really a fake match, it's sure!"
Everyone nodded in agreement, and they all looked at Su Miao with disdain.
Su Miao didn't realize it, took another clean pot, heated it over low heat, and then put the coagulated cream into the pot, melted the cream with the residual temperature at the bottom of the pot, and then put in the sifted flour and stir-fried evenly.
A very strong fragrance suddenly emanated, at first very slowly, gradually, the fragrance was felt little by little, and when it was felt, the sense of smell suddenly discovered the richness of the fragrance, so the sweet and mellow fragrance that seemed to penetrate people's hearts suddenly became warm.
At this time, Su Miao poured a pot of piping hot broth that had been prepared into it, and the impact of the temperature made a crisp and strong sound, Su Miao picked up two long chopsticks and quickly stirred evenly.
At this time, the complexity of the process is revealed, a bit like the action of beating eggs, but this kind of action is somewhat weird in the stirring of a pot of soup, but the fast and decisive action still attracts the attention of many people, stirring with long chopsticks, both the speed and the strength are uniform, and the rotation and stirring in a circle, I feel that she is doing very simple when I look at it, but think about it carefully, such a rhythm is by no means something that can be mastered casually, even Ruan Shuang and Xia Jinxuan can't help but look over, can be like her, It must have been after a long and hard practice, although Su Miao's set of methods they couldn't understand at all, but the difference in skill seemed to be revealed at this moment.
Xia Jinxuan frowned, she didn't want to admit such a gap, she felt that Su Miao was probably playing tricks, she lowered her head, and wrapped the wontons in her hand by herself, her movements were swift, and she didn't drag the mud and water.
Su Miao boiled the cream soup in the pot over medium heat, and when it became the most suitable consistency, she took a thin cotton cloth, spread it on the basin, poured the cream soup into it, and filtered out the precipitated particles over and over again with a gauze to make the texture of the cream soup smoother.
She then pours the corn sauce into a strained creamy broth, mixes it with salt and pepper, and pours it with fresh milk. The rich milky aroma, the sweet corn aroma, the corn at this time seems to be no longer the old corn, mixed with the fragrant pure white whipped cream, it seems to have become another kind of pure and wonderful thing, is the hot milk to stimulate the original sweetness of the corn, or the rich broth to induce the fragrance of the corn itself?
That's not good......
However, there is no doubt that this is a new taste, a kind of taste that no one has tasted, novel and unfamiliar, and it looks annoying, but after tasting a bite, you will feel that there is nothing wrong with this, unexpected sweetness, sweet but not greasy, fresh and thick, thick but not thick, clear and transparent, refreshing, it is such a taste, it is such a taste, it makes people feel as if the milky yellow soup in the porcelain bowl is reflecting the yellow and pleasing light on the surface of the corn.
The corn cream soup is completely different from the traditional soup soup of Yue Liang Kingdom, first of all, it is very delicate, so delicate that even the most sensitive taste buds will not be able to taste the original shape of the ingredients and accessories. The cream is smooth, the stock is clear, the corn sauce is thick, no matter which one it is, it represents only one aroma, one taste, this soup has only one texture, a taste that is paved by the main ingredients and auxiliary ingredients, that is, melt-in-the-mouth, thick and smooth, fragrant sweet and sweet.
Although it is a little sweet, it is not greasy, and the fragrance of corn is clearly set off, which can make people suddenly realize that "it turns out that maize is this taste" when you smell it. After the entrance, when the tip of the tongue and the upper gum are inadvertently touched, the delicate and moist has melted without a trace, leaving only a refreshing and slightly sour sweet taste permeating the mouth, rushing into the atrium, at this time the heart seems to be injected with a ray of sunshine, in the cold late autumn and early winter, this ray of sunlight suddenly makes people's body become warm, so the whole person becomes suddenly enlightened.
The palate seems to have become a little strange, corn, cream, tomatoes, things that are not liked at all create an inexplicable taste, which is repulsive in the bones, but the body and mind do become very comfortable.
So much so that when I tasted Xia Jinxuan's corn fresh meat wonton and Ruan Shuang's braised pork ribs stewed corn, my sense of taste seemed to be out of order, and the originally good dishes were actually eaten by my own taste with a subtle sense of disobedience.
Xia Jinxuan's corn fresh meat wontons are made of fine pork foreleg meat, which is then minced into a filling, wrapped in corn kernels in the middle of the meat filling, wrapped in crystal dough, and turned into translucent wontons, and then cooked in a clear broth mixed with corn, with only a little white and tender green onion sprinkled on top. The taste is very light, and it is a light delicacy given to people at this time of the year when the body needs to be moisturized the most. The smooth and juicy filling, the light and sweet soup base, the thin and tough dough, and the natural sweetness of corn are revealed in the thickness. It should have been very delicious, but unfortunately the main ingredient used today, if it is a little more tender, it will be delicious, but today's corn ravioli, even if the corn kernels are wrapped in meat filling and wrapped in the wonton, the dry and hard corn husk is still eaten, and the rough taste makes people feel a little disappointed, especially the fresh and smooth meat filling in front, forming a sharp contrast, but magnifying the defects of the corn, which is the only failure.
Because of the limitations of the main ingredients, Ruan Shuang was more ingenious than Xia Jinxuan in choosing the cooking method, this time she did not use corn kernels, but directly cut the corn into round segments and stew them with the ribs. The ribs are blanched in advance, boiled with sugar to make the ribs braised in sugar, and then poured in the washed and cut corn and simmered with spices. Compared to the first time, two processes were used to process the corn, but this time the corn tasted much better than the previous time because it was only boiled in water. In particular, the aroma and texture of the pork ribs are neutralized with the corn, and the texture and taste of the corn will not be too unique. Moreover, compared with corn kernels, corn kernels are smaller and easier for people to find faults, but larger corn segments will not be noticed so carefully in the process of eating, and they will not find too many faults.
However, this approach is somewhat opportunistic, and the corn stewed pork ribs are really unremarkable, and it feels too ordinary, which is the only drawback, and there is no sense of existence.
The scoring was carried out on the spot, and the anonymous score was written out on the spot and thrown into the wooden box in the hands of the guy, and then the total score of Su Miao and the three of them was counted on the spot.
Xia Jinxuan scored a total of 86 points with 50 votes for 1 point, 10 votes for 3 points, and 3 votes for 2 points, and once again led Ruan Shuang's 40 votes and 2 points, totaling 85 points.
From a difference of 15 points in the first round to a difference of only one point in the second round, this is a very surprising progress, and even Ruan Shuang himself did not expect it.
Xia Jinxuan's face was even more ugly, she just thought it was an ordinary exhibition match, but she didn't expect it to become so tricky because of the problem of ingredients, she came with full confidence and enthusiasm, but the actual result was beyond her expectations. But she was still unwilling, this time it was not only against Su Miao, but also Ruan Shuang, who actually raised the score difference so quickly, in her eyes, Ruan Shuang was a very non-existent opponent, such an opponent caught up quietly, she was very annoyed.
Ruan Shuang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, at least this time it was not so embarrassing, but she was still dissatisfied with what she had made, she stared at the corn on the table with her frowns, she had never encountered such a problem, what should she do?
She tried to think hard and came up with a good solution.
Su Miao's box was the last to be collected, because there seemed to be so many people who were hesitant about her corn soup that the process of collecting the score was very slow.
The last one is collected, so only the last one can be counted as a total score.
The guy unpacked the box on the spot and counted it on the board, and the results not only surprised the people on the stage, but also surprised those who scored in the audience, looked at each other, and were speechless in surprise.
Master Jiang stared at the scoreboard in amazement, and was stunned for a long time before he stumbled and announced:
"Miss Su Miaosu, the second round, corn soup, six and sixty-three votes and two points, with a total score of one and one hundred and twenty-six points."
The audience was in an uproar.
Xia Jinxuan and Ruan Shuang's two rounds totaled 136 points and 120 points respectively, and Su Miao's total score in only one game in the second round was 126 points, surpassing Ruan Shuang and approaching Xia Jinxuan, so it is not impossible to reverse in the third round!
Xia Jinxuan's face turned white.
Ruan Shuang had an incredible expression on his face.
Su Miao smiled shyly.
"What's going on? Isn't she playing match-fixing? "Someone in the audience almost shouted.
"Could it be that this is true, fake, and looks more like the real thing?" Someone thought about it and said.
As soon as these words came out, many people's emotions were appeased, and everyone thought that Ruan Shuang was a foil, as long as Su Miao lost Xia Jinxuan and won, the silver they gambled out would be able to double and win back.
Hui Gan lay on the windowsill, looked at Su Miao's shy and proud appearance, raised his eyebrows, and said slowly:
"I said that this girl can't be obedient, my dad doesn't believe it, and says that if this girl is sincere to you, she will definitely play fake games for you, and if you want me to say that you can play fake games for her, she is for you, don't even think about it, hum!"
"I'm not going." Aftertaste glanced at him and said.
"Won't go to what?" Hui Gan asked.
"Don't pull me on everything, you just want to give her a dismount, by the way, let her help you get money, she is not so easy to call, I have known her for so many years, only she calls others and has never seen anyone call her."
Returning to his tongue, he looked him up and down, don't look over, and decided not to say anything, so as not to say too much heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys, this kid actually turned his elbow outward!
There is a halftime before the start of the third round, when there will be dancing girls on stage, which is to give spectators and contestants a little rest and regroup.
Su Miao took the opportunity to go to the thatched house, and when she came back, she was walking in the verandah, passing by a hollow plum blossom window, and suddenly heard a girl's voice "Ahh
"Let go of me!"
Then, a girl dressed as a maid rushed out of the moon gate next to the plum blossom window like a gust of wind, and ran in the direction opposite Su Miao.
Su Miao was stunned for a moment, blinked her eyes twice in surprise, and then heard a man's voice in the plum blossom window and spit, and said indignantly:
"Phew! I don't know what to lift! ”
Su Miao looked through the plum blossom window, and it turned out that there was a small garden at one end, and there was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy standing in the small garden, and next to the boy was a small girl. This young man is quite handsome, but people don't like it, and the thick wind blows through the window, not the kind of rebellion, but he is not a good boy at first glance.
"Good young master, let's go back, the master said that the young master can't go out for a while, in case the master finds out that the young master has gone out again, the master must kill the slave this time!" The little guy beside the boy begged tremblingly. (To be continued.) )