Chapter 249: The Problem (Don't raise it anymore, don't you eat it when it's almost the New Year?) )
"It's a steak made from a lamb called Dominihouse.
This particular fantasy species lives on the Siberian ice sheet north of Tsarist Russia. In recent years, it has been successfully tamed by Tsarist Russia, began large-scale breeding, and was listed as a tribute to Tsarist Russia by His Majesty the Emperor of our empire.
Because it lives all year round with an average temperature below -50 degrees Celsius, its body is covered with heavy fur, and at the same time, its meat also stores a lot of fat, and its frost drop is even comparable to that of 5A grade or even higher-grade beef.
Today's exam is about making a roast lamb chop with French characteristics using this fantasy ingredient. ”
After Albert finished speaking, he put the mutton back on the plate, and at the same time took off the white gloves on his palms, threw them directly on the small cart, and then took the white silk from the hands of the attendants and carefully wiped the palms.
After doing all this, he Shi Shiran announced.
"This exam lasts for three hours. Each of you will have 500g of lamb chops, and if you need other ingredients or utensils, you can apply directly to the waiter next to you.
Now I announce that the exam has officially begun! ”
As his words fell, the gears turned, causing the hammer to slam into the huge bronze bell directly above the stage, making a deafening humming sound.
The candidates were immediately guided by the attendants to take their places and come to the kitchen counter with their own test numbers.
Qian Chen is naturally no exception.
He subconsciously glanced around and actually found an acquaintance.
'Anastasia!? Why is she here!? ’
The silver hair that fell down to the waist, the delicate face, the blue pupils like jewels...
is still the elf-like Tsarist princess that Qian Chen is familiar with.
Her Royal Highness didn't seem to know how to write the word 'hot' at all, and she was still wearing the heavy fur-collared gown.
You must know that it is still September, although Paris is at a higher latitude, it is still in the hot summer, and she feels hot when she looks at it, but there is not even a trace of sweat on her fair little face.
Qian Chen can only sigh that some people are born with their own air conditioners.
Anastasia's kitchen counter was placed diagonally opposite Qian Chen, as if sensing Qian Chen's gaze, she nodded slightly at Qian Chen, and then said nothing.
Qian Chen shrugged his shoulders, he could only know Her Royal Highness the princess, and now that he was in the middle of the exam, it was not good to have any out-of-the-ordinary behavior.
Qian Chen instantly gave up the idea of in-depth communication with Anastasia, anyway, it is all from the same academy, and it will be a long time coming.
picked up a large piece of lamb chops in front of him, and a strong smell of sheep almost smoked Qian Chen.
Qian Chen: This is not the most exaggerated. A considerable number of the people who came to take the transfer student exam today are the aristocratic young master Miss Qianjin from a cooking family.
Suddenly smelling such a pungent smell, it was like suddenly stuffing a piece of stinky tofu into their mouths.
A few candidates vomited on the spot, and many candidates pinched their noses and threw the mutton to the corner of the kitchen counter with a look of disgust.
Holding back the smell, Qian Chen's brain spun rapidly.
Since this is one of the top gastronomic schools in France, and there are so many dignitaries and dignitaries who came to watch this transfer student assessment, the academy resolutely did not dare to mess around.
This lamb chop is bound to be the freshest and best quality ingredients.
In other words, this smell that is several times higher than that of ordinary mutton is also one of its major characteristics.
The focus is not on making French lamb chops, but on how to break through the strong flavor of lamb!
Thinking of this, Qian Chen couldn't help but glance at the figure standing straight on the stage.
deliberately only mentions the advantages and does not mention the defects, and when the candidates get the lamb chops, the high-quality ingredients suddenly become such a strange thing, and the strong psychological gap will definitely shake the mentality and will of some candidates.
'This old man has a bad heart! ’
And this kind of lamb chops candidates don't have... Qian Chen glanced at it, and in front of him, Anastasia had already begun to move.
Well, Qian Chen retracted his previous words.
95% of the candidates have never touched this kind of lamb chops, but only 500g of ingredients were given in the exam.
There are three examiners on the scene, and the lamb chops have to be prepared in three portions, and the algorithm cooking is small and fine in addition to the name, but the lamb chops are the main dish, so you have to keep a portion of 100g for one portion, otherwise it will be too unseemly.
In other words, each candidate only has 200g to try, and no matter how much they save, they can only try two or three times.
This is really unusual, and it is worthy of the special entrance exam of the highest culinary school in France.
Qian Chen began to struggle to recall the main points of French lamb chops.
The biggest difference between the French grilled lamb chops and the Chinese, or the Turkish grill based on cumin and other spices that has been handed down from Xinjiang, is that the French style needs to be marinated and served with sauce after grilling, which is a type of wet roasting method.
In Turkey, the charcoal fire is used as the furnace and the spices are used as the hammer, and the lamb chops grilled are full of the smell of charcoal fire, which is a real dry roasting method.
Theoretically, the Turkish dry roast method is better at removing the fishy smell of the lamb by making good use of various spices, but unfortunately this is a French cooking school, and the exam questions stipulate that it must be a French roast.
That's right, the school is using these conditions to increase the difficulty, and what Qian Chen needs to do as a chef is to do his best to overcome this obstacle!
Qian Chen quickly picked up the lamb chops and put them on the cutting board.
Boom!
In a flash of the knife, the lamb chops had turned into five neat pieces.
Such an amazing knife immediately provoked a burst of exclamations from the aristocratic audience above.
French cuisine is all about ornate and fancy, and such a simple and fast way of cooking is rare in France.
Qian Chen then summoned the waiter standing next to him and asked him to bring over the ingredients and kitchen utensils he needed.
Because it is an exam, in order to ensure fairness, even kitchen utensils candidates can only use the standard products provided by the school.
This brought a little trouble to Qian Chen, who was used to using his own kitchen utensils, but fortunately he could overcome it.
In addition to Qian Chen, the knight Ji Sophia with big golden waves is also in the spotlight.
Her sword skills are both gorgeous and capable.
And the lamb chops she cut out, the shape, size, and thickness of each piece are completely indistinguishable from the naked eye.
In addition to Qian Chen and Sophia, there are two others that have attracted everyone's attention.
One is a red-haired hedgehog-headed boy, who makes cooking movements wide open and close, giving people a very reckless feeling, and his eyes looking at the ingredients are also focused and enthusiastic.
The other one is Anastasia, whose chopping knife is made of pure ice.
And she seems to have the blessing of frost on her body, and her white little hands have been in contact with the ice for a long time, and there is no trace of frostbite, which makes people wonder if she is really an elf born from frost.
At this time, the waiter brought the ingredients that Qian Chen needed.