The weather was still cloudy on the 8th day of the lunar month, and the expected heavy snow still did not fall. The temperature in Chang'an City has dropped to about zero degrees, and a thin layer of ice has formed in the Taiye Pool.

After Li Bao got up in the early morning, the muscles in his arms and abdomen were still a little sore, but his feet didn't hurt anymore. Li Bao walked out of the Jinluan Palace, breathed a breath of cold air, and suddenly felt refreshed, Hu Sanbao was wearing a little thin and felt a little cold, rubbing his hands and exhaling to warm his hands, plus he was thin and small, and he was a funny monkey, which made Li Bao laugh.

After Li Bao and Hu Sanbao ran in the morning as usual, they were sweating profusely, and after returning to Jinluan Hall to clean their faces and change their clothes, they had breakfast with Liang Hongmei and the other three. Today's breakfast is the apricot cheese porridge and pie that people often eat in the Tang Dynasty, the porridge is cooked by Liang Hongmei in the morning, this porridge is also Li Bao's favorite, the pie is made by Zheng Ah Li, the chef in the palace, the filling is fragrant, very delicious. After everyone finished breakfast, Liang Hongmei cleaned up and prepared to leave the palace.

Liang Hongmei is a nursing mother, and now that Li Bao is old, there is no need for the nursing mother to take care of her, and she can return to her own family. According to the regulations of the palace, you can enter the palace once every ten years, that is, Liang Hongmei can enter the palace three times a month to visit Li Bao.

This time, Liang Hongmei went back and had something important to do, that is, to first inspect and select a site for the opening of a restaurant. Li Bao explained the matters to be paid attention to, such as the surrounding environment and geographical location, etc., and the most important thing is that the decoration of the store should be elegant, rather small, not improvised.

Liang Hongmei is a woman who will inevitably lack experience in this business and entrepreneurship, so Li Bao is tireless and talks for half an hour. Ling'er looked up at the sky, the sky was overcast, and she felt that the weather was unreliable. Maybe it will snow somewhere, so I reminded Li Bao that it was time for Aunt Liang to leave.

Li Bao stopped nagging, and the group sent Liang Hongmei to the Guangshun Gate on the west side of the Yanying Palace, which was specially for the palace people to walk. After sending Liang Hongmei away, everyone returned to the Jinluan Palace.

After returning to the Jinluan Palace, Li Bao arranged for Hu Sanbao to go to the pastoral office to ask when the milk could be delivered, and Ling'er and the cook went to prepare the materials for making the cake and the pots and porcelain plates to be placed. After arranging, Li Bao went to the study to do the next book and wanted to practice calligraphy, but he felt that the cake needed to be designed. So I picked up a paintbrush and drew a cake on paper, and it took me a while to wake up: Li Bao, Li Bao almost made the lowest mistake. It's unforgivable!

On Yizong's birthday, he was filial to his son and made a Westerner-style cake. The ancient Chinese liked red for birthdays and weddings, and white was only used for funerals. Make a white cake by yourself and present it to your father, isn't that a bad luck?

Li Bao blamed himself while thinking about what kind of cake to make? I suddenly remembered the food forum of later generations, and according to Chinese customs, I made a "Shou Peach" cake. This "longevity peach" cake is really suitable for your own situation. Thinking of the solution, Li Bao was glad and thought about how to make the "Shou Peach" cake perfect. In view of the current situation, the conditions are limited, try to work on the quality. After a while, Li Bao drew a picture of the production of the "Shou Peach" cake.

Li Bao's painting was also learned after he arrived in the Tang Dynasty, and the royal family was taught by famous teachers. As soon as the painting was finished, Li Bao found some pigments to color. At this time, the pigments were basically mineral pigments. After being busy painting for most of the hour, Ling'er came in and informed Hu Sanbao that he had brought back the milk.

Seeing the big birthday peach painted by Li Bao, Ling'er was very excited, "Lang Jun's painting skills have improved again, this peach painting is really big, but what does Lang Jun do specifically to draw a big peach?" There is also a birthday star on it, it's so good-looking! Li Bao was also very useful in the face of this little Lori's praise, so he said to her: "This peach is what I want to make a cake, I can get twice the result with half the effort when I draw it first and then make it." ”

Ling'er's eyes widened, and she exclaimed in her heart: Lang Jun is so powerful, he can make such a beautiful cheese, I really don't know how this cheese tastes. Why does Lang Jun know so much, could it be that Lang Jun is really as Aunt Liang said, he is really the stars in the sky? Ling'er thought so in her heart, and then looked at Li Bao's eyes with more respect and awe.

Li Bao lusted Shou Tao, thinking that this little should be able to achieve half the success. Then he put the painting in the study to dry and let the paint dry. took Ling'er to the kitchen in the palace, and the cook Zheng Ah Li (1) and others were waiting for Li Bao to give orders. Of course, this is not the first time, every time according to Li Bao's instructions, the food made is delicious, and the ingredients are very cheap. is really turning decay into magic, Zheng Ah Li and other chefs have long regarded Li Bao as a human doppelganger of the kitchen god, and they have great respect for him.

"Cake is a delicious pastry, today we will make a cake made of eggs, you can call it chicken cake or call it chiffon cake."

To make a "longevity peach" cake, you must first make a cake embryo, that is, a chiffon cake as the embryo, and the chiffon cake is not very difficult. Li Bao personally operated it, and let Zheng Ah Li and Ling'er and others observe and learn on the side.

Li Bao beat the egg whites and egg yolks into two clean copper basins. Ready to start beating egg whites, there is no whisk at this time Li Bao had to take three chopsticks instead of whisk, a total of almost a quarter of an hour, the egg white liquid is completely discarded, Li Bao is like a senior pastry chef, what seasoning to add in the process of beating, when to add lemon juice and how much sugar to add, how to be completely sent all carefully said.

Zheng Ah Li and Ling Er and others widened their eyes even more, in addition to being surprised, they were more curious about new things. Li Bao picked up the chopsticks and the egg white liquid had completely turned into creamy, and the egg white hanging on the chopsticks would not fall off. He said to everyone, "This egg white has been completely whipped, so put it aside." All that's left is to whip the yolk a little more. After saying that, Li Bao put the egg whites aside, the process of beating the egg whites is really not a human job, and his arm just did push-ups last night, which made it even more painful.

Li Bao rubbed his arm with his hand, and the remaining egg yolk liquid was dissipated, and he couldn't do it anymore, so he instructed Zheng Ah Li to make it. After the egg yolk and flour were mixed and beaten, and then the beaten egg white liquid and egg yolk liquid were mixed evenly, Li Bao instructed Zheng Ah Li to pour the mixed cake liquid into the copper basin of the oil that had been touched on the inner wall. The rest is baking, and Li Bao doesn't have to worry about this, this is Zheng Ah Li's strength.

Zheng Ah Li carefully put the copper basin into the oven, Li Bao and Ling'er waited for the baking to be completed, and while waiting, Ling'er stood beside Li Bao obediently and massaged his arms. Li Bao was enjoying the service of little Lori, and he wanted to hum comfortably. But in this kitchen, there are a lot of people, Li Bao has to pay attention to his image, so he tries to pretend to be serious. Ling'er was beside him, and bursts of faint fragrance came, which made Li Bao's heart itch.

Just like this, while pretending, I feel itchy and unbearable, but I have to pretend to be serious, which is really how much it takes to suffer. Finally, after waiting for about three quarters of an hour (forty-five minutes), Zheng Ah Li took the copper basin out of the oven, and with a slight knock, the chiffon cake in the copper basin was poured out, the whole cake was yellow and clear, looking at the size, it was about the same as the eight-inch cake in later generations, and there was a sweet fragrance that went straight to the end of the nose.

Li Bao broke a piece of cake with his hand, and he could see the many pores inside, he turned around and beckoned Ling'er to give her the piece of bread to taste first. Ling'er was very excited, and from this move, she could see her weight in Li Bao's heart. took the yellow cake, and then slowly ate it under the gaze of everyone. As soon as I took a bite, my eyes immediately widened. This cake is so delicious. It is fluffy and delicious, and it has the aroma of eggs and milk. After a while, Ling'er wiped out the cake. After eating, he stretched out his red fragrant tongue to lick the cake crumbs off his hands.

When Li Bao saw Ling'er like this, he knew that this cake was relatively successful, so he broke off a large piece and put it in Ling'er's hand dotingly.

Ling'er devoured the piece just now, and now Li Bao gave him a big piece, and he was a girl, so he took out the lady's fan and ate it in small bites. The people around looked at Ling'er's appearance and were itching, and Hu Sanbao even swallowed his saliva. Li Bao picked up the remaining piece of cake and broke a small piece by himself, and then said to the others: "Don't be nervous, do it yourself, do it yourself, do you want me to feed you one by one?" ”

Everyone picked up the rest of the bread, broke off a piece and stuffed it into their mouths, and as soon as they entered it, their eyes widened and they gave Li Bao a thumbs up. Hu Sanbao was the most excessive, he actually broke off a large piece and stuffed it into his mouth at once, the cake made his mouth bulge and swell, and after a while, he suddenly danced with both hands, hammered his chest a few times, it didn't work, and he rolled his eyes in choking.

I tried to open my eyes and look around, until I saw the water tank, rushed over, picked up the water scoop, filled it with a large amount of water, and then I hiccuped comfortably. The crowd was so happy that they almost squirted the cake out of their mouths.

Li Bao even pointed at this daredevil, smiling and laughing. Hu Sanbao saw that everyone was looking at him, and he touched his head embarrassedly, and said in a low voice, "Who knew that this cake was so delicious." At one point, I choked up in a hurry, which made everyone laugh, hehe. ”

"This cake, let's make it every day in the future, when you get tired of eating it, don't be so anxious. Okay, you probably know how to make it, and you can do the rest yourself, make it yourself, and eat it yourself. I really can't finish eating, so I'll keep it for tomorrow, when will I finish eating, when will I eat, when will I eat, do you understand? . The crowd replied in unison, "Clear." Lang Jun rest assured, he will not let this cake be left with a single star. ”

Li Bao looked at these foodies and said in his heart, when you are tired of eating, you will understand what it feels like to vomit when you eat.

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(1) During the Tang and Song dynasties, women were often called by the word "A" before their surname. "A" is preceded by the husband's surname, so that it constitutes a female name, which is generally used by low-level women. The women of the dignitaries all have names.