Chapter 38: Macaron (1)

Founded more than 60 years ago, Qingsi Culinary Academy in Qinghua City is one of the four major culinary training colleges in China, among which it is particularly famous for its dessert training.

Nowadays, the management of Qingsi Group has gradually transitioned to the third generation, so it is the most fashionable one of the four major culinary training colleges in terms of operation concept.

At this time, in a training kitchen on the third floor of Qingsi Culinary Academy, Qian Haokuang and his two teaching assistants were patiently waiting for the arrival of ten guests.

Qian Haokuang is one of the third generations of Qingsi Group, and after returning from studying in the West, he is currently the platinum executive chef of the dessert department of the five-star Qingsi Hotel, the honorary pastry teaching chef of Qingsi Culinary Academy, and the deputy secretary general of the Donghua Chef Association.

Wang Gaoming is very handy in dealing with these interpersonal relationships, and arrived here early to chat with Qian Haokuang for a while, waiting for the guests together.

So when the staff guided Li Yichen and them into the training kitchen, everything was already laid out inside.

"Hello everyone, I am Qian Haokuang, one of the teaching chefs and judges of the dessert challenge task today, welcome everyone."

After Qian Haokuang introduced himself, he took the lead in applauding.

Li Yichen and the others didn't understand the situation yet, so they also applauded, and looked at the teaching kitchen curiously, feeling quite novel.

Qian Haokuang applauded and continued his introduction.

"As you can see, the theme of our dessert challenge mission today is macarons."

"At the same time, this is also the latest teaching program of our academy, a 'one-day classroom' specially set up for ordinary people, and students who successfully pass the one-day study will receive a fourth-level pastry chef completion certificate issued by Qingsi Culinary Academy, which is the entry certificate of pastry chefs."

"Please stand according to the name sign on the kitchen table in front of you, and my teaching assistant will check to make sure that you are not wearing rings, bracelets, or other accessories on your hands."

"There is an apron and a chef's hat on the kitchen counter, and it should be noted that the rope of the apron should not be tied to the front, and the tip of the chef's hat should be facing forward."

"You can help each other tie your aprons and tidy up your chef's hats."

The guests found their place according to Qian Haokuang's instructions and began to help each other with blushing and heartbeat.

Li Yichen picked up the white apron in front of him and tied it skillfully, then put the chef's hat on his head, and stared at the yellow and pink macarons for display in front of the kitchen counter with bright eyes.

"That should be edible."

Li Yichen tried to restrain his desire to eat them.

Zhou Hanying looked at the four groups of male guests around her who were actively helping the female guests tie their aprons, and then looked at the aprons in their hands and the indifferent Li Yichen, her teeth itched with anger.

"Ahem......"

"Ahem......"

"Ahem!"

"Li Yichen, help me tie it."

"Huh? Oh, okay. ”

Li Yichen's mind at the moment is on macarons and teaching chef Qian Haokuang, today's temporary couple challenge task is simply tailor-made for him, and even with it, he looked at Wang Gaoming in the corner and felt a lot more pleasing to the eye.

Li Yichen absentmindedly quickly helped Zhou Hanying tie her apron, and then picked up the chef's hat and gently buttoned it on her head, and couldn't wait to raise his hand to signal Qian Haokuang's teaching assistant to come over to check.

After a while, Qian Haokuang saw that the five groups of guests were ready and said with a smile.

"Everybody likes macarons, right?"

"Yes!"

Li Yichen's voice is particularly loud and exciting.

Qian Haokuang noticed Li Yichen, who was like being beaten with chicken blood, smiled, and sighed that young people's love is so beautiful.

"Just like a small plate of macarons on your table, we're going to do this today, fashion fruit caramel macarons and strawberry macarons, you can choose one of the two jams later."

"After tasting the macarons you made today, I will choose the first place, and at the same time, the couple who won the first place today will be rewarded, and the first place prize is two group buffet meal tickets at the Qingsi Hotel."

"Wow, that's amazing."

The guests' desire to compete has been raised to a higher level, and this prize is not the best excuse for dating!

"Great, I can take my dad and sisters to the Qingsi Hotel for a good time."

"We're number one!"

Li Yichen stared at Zhou Hanying and said firmly, his eyes seemed to be burning with a raging fire, and his fighting spirit was high.

If it weren't for the lack of an exclusive BGM, Li Yichen might have transformed.

Zhou Hanying looked at Li Yichen, who suddenly became different, felt his hot gaze, and was a little uncomfortable, and twisted: "Come on~"

Qian Haokuang is very satisfied with the effect he has created, and if he has a goal, he will have a steady stream of motivation to support his learning.

"Generally speaking, the course of Qingsi Culinary Academy is to teach the chef to teach the demonstration first, and then the students practice by themselves, and this is also the case for our class today."

"Macarons are a dessert that novice bakers love and hate, but as long as you follow me carefully, I believe you will make a finished product smoothly, are you ready?"

"Ready!" The guests responded in unison.

"Very well, let me introduce the materials we are going to use today."

"Almond flour, to be dry and delicate, powdered sugar, this should be known to everyone, also called frosting, egg whites and food coloring."

After Qian Haokuang introduced the materials, he began to introduce the steps of making macarons.

"First of all, let's make the batter of the shell, mix the almond flour and powdered sugar one-to-one and sift it to make it more delicate, and then the shell will be smoother. Then dig a hole in the middle of the mixture, pour in 35 grams of egg whites, and stir well with a spatula. ”

Qian Haokuang basically said that he would do whatever the action in his hand, and the action was very pleasing to the eye.

"I'm going to make meringue next. Boil the sugar and water together over medium heat to 118 degrees to form a syrup, when boiling the syrup, we can start to whip the egg whites, the egg whites should be about 40 grams, when you see the foam come out, pour in the sugar to adjust the consistency to make it hard, and then slowly pour the 118 degrees syrup from the edge into the egg whites, and finally stir with a machine until it is dry and foamy at room temperature. ”

Qian Hao waited for the mixer to stop, and took out the whipped meringue to show the guests.

"Have you seen it, it's almost this kind of glossy and supple state, with a scraper, it can form a large sharp corner and set it, which means that it is successful."

"It's amazing."

The guests watched Qian's vast and smooth demonstration, and slowly fell into the charm of making desserts.

Qian Haokuang put his hand on the mixing cup and felt the temperature.

"After the temperature of the meringue has cooled to 50-60 degrees and becomes fluffy and three-dimensional, we can mix it into the previously prepared mixture, put in a small amount of food coloring of the desired coloring, and then start to stir it manually, from the outside to the inside, from the bottom up, to stir until the appropriate concentration, soft and shiny, do not over-stir, and do not stir properly."

After Qian Haokuang finished stirring, he scooped up a spoonful with a spatula, and the macaron paste on the scraper began to fall down at a uniform speed.

"That's pretty much it, what's the problem?"

"Nope."

Li Yichen looked at Qian Hao's smooth demonstration, which looked very simple, and felt that he had learned it all.

It's just sifting and stirring, and it's not difficult at all.

Seeing that no one asked questions, Qian Haokuang put aside the macaron paste he had made.

"Very well, it seems that everyone is very confident, so let's get straight to it, my teaching assistants will be next to you and will help you if you need it."