Chapter 88: Practice Makes Perfect

As for Chu Fengci, he obviously didn't understand the meaning of the four words of low-gluten flour, so he immediately asked, just like what Xiao Qiqi said before, if he didn't understand anything, he could ask, and he was acting according to Xiao Qiqi's actions now, and he didn't pretend to understand.

"Qiqi, can you tell me what is low-gluten flour? Why is it necessary to use low-gluten flour to make zuò cakes? ”

"This low-gluten flour, that is to say, the gluten in the flour will be weaker, and the gluten in the ordinary flour mixed with cornstarch will weaken the gluten in the flour, so that when we eat it, we will chew it and reduce the toughness, and the mouth will feel particularly soft, just like the difference between you nibbling on the steamed bun and tasting the small cake I made, understand?" Xiao Qiqi patiently explained to Chu Fengci that she has always taken people seriously and is full of patience for people who do things seriously.

What about Chu Fengci, although he can't understand every word Xiao Qiqi said, he still understands the general meaning, that is to say, the method of Tong Guò can make the birthday cake that is about to be made soft and delicious.

At that moment, he nodded and said, "I understand, Qiqi, you can continue." ”

"Okay, let's move on to the next process. The next step is to take out five eggs first. Come, follow me, first break the eggs into a bowl, then separate the yolk and egg white into two bowls, and set aside. Xiao Qiqi said as he looked at Chu Fengci, although his movements were a little clumsy, he still completed the process, but his hands were stained with egg liquid.

"Chu Fengci, you wash your hands first."

"Okay, Seven-Seven." Chu Fengci obediently washed his hands and waited for Xiao Qiqi's next instructions.

"Okay, next step. Well, first take a big silver bowl like mine, and then, take the cooking oil, milk, a little sugar, and the amount of it, look at my spoon, I put a few spoons in it, and you can put a few spoons in it. Okay? Is it done? Xiao Qiqi looked at Chu Fengci after he finished, and asked him if he had completed the process, then Chu Fengci saw the weight of Xiao Qiqi's spoon clearly, and then put in so much, and then stared at what Xiao Qiqi would do next, Xiao Qiqi, seeing that Chu Fengci had been completed, he continued to start the next step.

"Okay, the portion is ready, then learn from me, use this blender, mix the ingredients in the big silver bowl evenly, and when the stirring is done, take this bowl where the egg yolk is placed, pour it into the big silver bowl, and use the blender to mix it evenly. Is it okay? ”

"It's alright, Seven-Seven."

"Okay, let's move on. When we mix well, then we take this tool, which is a filter for screening, you put the filter on top of the big silver bowl, and then put the flour that we mixed earlier in the filter, so that you can avoid mixing some impurities. After completing this process, the next thing we have to do is to stir, this time it is up and down to stir, note, here must not be a circle stirring, so as not to come out of the tendons, see clearly? Xiao Qiqi demonstrated the method of stirring to Chu Fengci, although Chu Fengci saw it clearly, but when he really did it, it was still not fast enough, not in place enough, and the result of stirring was not very ideal.

What about Xiao Qiqi, she didn't say anything when she looked at it, after all, it was not easy for a beginner's Chu Fengci to do this, so she didn't stop here, but continued the next step.

"Okay, here, let's take the bowl of egg whites from before, add five drops of white vinegar to it, remember, and then beat the egg whites until they are white and bubbling, then add a little sugar, look at the amount on my spoon, and then continue to beat the egg whites into wet foam, and then add the amount of sugar just now, and then continue to beat the egg whites to dry foam, and try to see if the egg whites can be pulled out of the tip, and if they can be pulled out of the tip, it means that it is okay."

"Qiqi, look at me here, is it considered a success?" Chu Fengci tried to pull the point, although he failed to achieve Xiao Qiqi's effect, but it was still sharp.

"It's okay, it's a success." For beginners, you can't hold them to high standards at the beginning, you have to take your time and keep encouraging them, so that beginners will have a strong interest in continuing to learn, rather than giving up because of your sharp criticism.

The current Xiao Qiqi's attitude towards Chu Fengci is like this, mainly praise, encouragement, and secondly, some criticism, in this way, Chu Fengci can be easier to accept.

What about Chu Fengci, if this is the case, after listening to Xiao Qiqi's words, the corners of his mouth grinned, at this moment, he was like an innocent child, smiling extremely happily.

Xiao Qiqi didn't stop him from feeling happy, so he had to sit for a while before starting the next explanation.

"Come, Chu Fengci, next you will beat the egg white, learn from me, the same stirring action, just like just now, stir up and down, be careful not to stir in circles." After Xiao Qiqi skillfully and neatly finished what she was doing, he pointed at Chu Fengci's side hand in hand, this time, he stirred it much better than the first time he stirred it himself.

"Okay, it's done here, the whipped egg whites, that is, the cream, can be put aside, and then the next thing is to pour the stirred from the previous big silver bowl into my customized cake mold, and then put it in this iron box, and then put the iron box on this iron rack, and put the white charcoal barbecue below, the time is about half an hour." Because there is no way to make an automatic oven, Xiao Qiqi can only consider using this method to grill the cake.

Of course, while waiting for the barbecue, Xiao Qiqi and Chu Fengci were not idle, Xiao Qiqi kept pointing out how Chu Fengci could quickly separate the egg yolk from the egg white, even if she wasted a lot of eggs, she did not hesitate, and then, when he had learned almost enough, the cake was almost barbecued.

At this time, Xiao Qiqi did not take out the cake directly, but continued to put the cake on the grill to avoid the cake cracking and retracting.

"Remember, this step is very important, otherwise, if it cracks or shrinks, then the cake will not look very beautiful, you see you are out of the oven, because you took it out directly, and did not put it on the grill for a while like me, so the cake cracked and retracted." Xiao Qiqi pointed out the shortcomings of Chu Fengci at this time, so Chu Fengci was encouraged and praised by Xiao Qiqi before, and this time he felt that he could bear the shortcomings pointed out by Xiao Qiqi, and he did not lose any temper because of this.

"Qiqi, I remembered, I'll pay attention to it next time here."

"Well, well, I'm really glad you can say that. Okay, let's spruce up this birthday cake. ”

"Qiqi, it's so funny for you to talk, does the cake also need to be beautified? It's not a woman, you need to dress up. Chu Fengci couldn't help but laugh when he heard the word beautification.

And Xiao Qiqi didn't mind and smiled: "Of course, don't you think it's easy to be ignored by people just like this?" It's like the same as people, Buddha relies on gold, people rely on clothing is the same, a lot of ordinary food at the beginning, after careful beautification, the effect is completely different, if you don't believe it, you just look at how I beautify this cake next. ”

"Qiqi, no matter what you say, it sounds very reasonable, and I don't know if I read too few books, or Qiqi you read too many books, I always feel that Qiqi says a lot of truth, I have never heard of it. It's just that although I haven't heard of it, I always have a feeling that Qiqi is right. Chu Fengci didn't know why, he felt that although Xiao Qiqi's reasoning was relatively plain, it was easy for people to listen to it, and it was easy for people to remember and understand, in short, it was very powerful.

I don't know how to evaluate Xiao Qiqi, Chu Fengci finally came to mind with two words - amazing.

As for Xiao Qiqi, when he heard Chu Fengci say this, he just smiled, and didn't say anything, but told Chu Fengci to say goodbye to patronizing and chatting and forgetting the most important thing, they are going to start beautifying the cake now.

"Look at it, Chu Fengci. As for me, first divide this cake in two with a spatula, remember to be fast, the knife technique must be accurate, and the incision must be neat. Then, spread the cream we had whipped in the two halves of the cake, remembering, to spread evenly. Once the cream is finished, we close the two halves of the cake together, making sure that there are no special layers of the cake that have not been cut. Come on, now you can try it. Xiao Qiqi looked at Chu Fengci, handed the spatula in his hand to him, and motioned him to try it.

This Chu Fengci, confident that he is so qiē, he can also achieve such a level in knife skills, and the result is also, as he expected, the whole process of making cakes down, he completed this step perfectly, although the smearing technique is not very good, but the level of cutting the cake in half has reached the level of Xiao Qiqi's knife work.

"Yes, very good, quite good, this knife technique, sharp, neat incision, accurate, and there are no gaps or breaks." For this, Xiao Qiqi did not hesitate to give high praise, and this Chu Fengci naturally smiled like a child again.

"Really? Did I really cut it that well? ”

"Really, really well cut, very good, it's enough for me, for you as a beginner, it's amazing."

"But I understand, I did a good job in this step, and the others were all messy, but fortunately, Qiqi didn't dislike me, in fact, after seeing what you did, and then looking at mine, even I was a little disgusted, and I began to wonder if I could really make such a birthday cake in a month?"

At this time, Chu Fengci also said what he was hiding in his heart, he couldn't hide anything in the first place, especially after getting acquainted with Xiao Qiqi, he couldn't hide what he was saying.

As for Xiao Qiqi, he smiled and said, "Chu Fengci, do you know why you did so well in this step?" That's because you usually practice martial arts and often practice swordsmanship, so this kind of swordsmanship is naturally very common and easy for you. And the other steps, you are not familiar with, so you will feel that you are doing a mess, in fact, these are not difficult, as long as you want to do it, you can do it, after all, learning this, there is no shortcut, practice makes perfect, do more, it will be natural. ”