Chapter 440: ( ̄『 ̄) ԅ( ̄『 ̄ԅ)
Frankly speaking, [Stargazing] is not actually a completely dark dish, except for its slightly worse appearance.
At least, this batch of Hogwarts castles is not the kind of soulless unpalatable garbage.
As a professional chef, Elena doesn't deliberately waste valuable ingredients in order to punish others – in fact, the pizza known as the Stargazy pie tastes pretty good regardless of its appearance.
Compared to the roughest original version, the Hogwarts kitchen has improved a lot of cooking details, and Elena thinks that it will definitely not be bad in terms of taste and texture.
The first is the treatment of the fishy smell, which is the most overlooked aspect of most British cuisine.
After removing the bones and internal organs, the housekeepers picked out the fishy thread of each large herring, and washed and soaked it many times with warm ginger water to remove the fishy smell that most affected the eating experience to the greatest extent.
Unlike today's backward British approach, Elena uses the same cooking methods that Michelin-starred restaurants in the UK decades later.
If you peel back the top layer of dough, you can see that the fish has been cut into pieces from the tail to the head, but the skin and flesh of the fish are still intact and have not become fragmented.
After the shrimp and scallops are chopped, the filling is filled with water, lake salt, egg white, ginger and onion juice and sesame oil, and then each piece of fish is rolled inward into small rolls to form a hinge fish.
As for the next steps, there is not much difference, sprinkle the leftover coriander foam and onion foam from the kitchen in the gap, then spread the fried and oiled bacon and eggs, and wrap the dough brushed with egg wash and bake it directly.
"Hey, what are you doing in a daze, let's try it. ”
With a smile on her face, Elena looked around the dead silence of Hogwarts Great Hall, and walked briskly through the hallway towards the unoccupied table next to the faculty seats, muttering in a voice that everyone could hear.
"Shrimp and tomato pasta, pan-seared mustard lamb chops, sautéed scallops, Wellington roast beef, cheese chicken steak, Parma ham, Sirloin steak, burgundy red wine beef stew, Scottish eggs, Swiss chicken wings, smoked salmon, borscht, creamy mushroom soup, Caesar salad, garlic scallops, ......"
In the quiet auditorium, the girl's voice echoed like singing, and almost every step of the way a new dish name appeared, and delicious dishes gradually appeared in everyone's mind with Elena's voice.
Whether they've eaten it or not, they've always covered a few of the foods they've seen before, in the bombardment of names—according to thousands of years of ancient experience, there are no picky eaters in this world, only people who haven't felt hungry yet.
This is...... Devil, right?!
The teachers and students of the school looked at Elena with an extremely complicated look, although the eyes still expressed resistance, but their bodies that had been hungry all afternoon made a very honest sound of hunger.
At this moment, they finally understood what the power of the Hogwarts chef was, a terrifying existence that could make people hover on the edge of life and death even without magic.
Grunt~
Gollum ~ Gollum ~
Gradually, there was a faint sound of swallowing and sporadic stomach growls in the Hogwarts Great Hall.
"No matter, anyway, try it first. ”
Draco Malfoy gritted his teeth, stared at the eyes of a dozen dead fish in front of him, plucked up the courage to pick up the knife and fork, cut off a piece of [Stargazing Pie] and stuffed it into his mouth, no matter what, he couldn't waste the food that the eldest sister cooked, and ...... I'm really hungry, even if it's unpalatable, I have to try it.
Wait a minute......
This taste......
Malfoy, who had originally eaten the [Stargazing Starry Sky Pie] with the idea of generosity, was suddenly stunned, and the immature Zhengtai's face showed a look of dazed and happy, this is inevitably too delicious, right?!
The unique tender meat of Hogwarts herring, mixed with the aroma of omelette and the thickness of bacon, the bone spurs of each fish have been carefully removed, and the rich aroma bursts out instantly, accompanied by a little green onion and ginger juice seasoning, and there is a warm current gradually flowing in the body......
No, it's not just fish, bacon, eggs and bread.
There are also many more and richer things, as if they were as colorful and layered as the countryside under the stars!
Draco Malfoy's eyes opened suddenly, and while reminiscing about the beauty of the bite he had just taken, he opened the gap in the dough with his knife and fork, and looked through the gap towards the inside of the Starry Sky Pie.
Under the golden brown egg dough cake, each fish body is like a rolled up page, and the gaps are filled with minced onions, shrimps, and scallops, and between the fish, there are also diced carrots that are sporadically cut into small pieces, plump corn kernels, green onions, and coriander foam dotted among the thin cheese layers......
"Oh my God, this, this...... It's a work of art!"
Draco Malfoy's eyes widened, his throat rolled, and he swallowed heavily.
Immediately afterwards, without any hesitation, I saw the boy directly drop the knife and fork in his hand, simply brought a whole plate of fish heads in front of him, stretched out his hands and directly picked up the large piece of [Looking Up at the Starry Sky Pie], and ate it in a big gulp.
Grunt~
The Slytherin students, who were still a little hesitant, glanced at the extraordinarily fragrant little Malfoy, involuntarily swallowed again, looked at each other, and picked up knives and forks to try tentatively - as a common room is just under the water, Slytherin students are actually not so resistant to dead fish eyes or something.
"It's delicious! It's delicious! It's just amazing!"
"This taste, this texture, even if you eat it for a month, you won't get tired of it!"
"It's so delicious!!!
"I didn't expect those big fish swimming outside the common room to be so delicious?!"
"Ziyo...... Let's ......."
Soon, the entire Slytherin House bench was the first to fall.
In the complicated eyes of the other three house students, I saw that the group of heavy-tasting Slytherin wizards quickly began to scramble for the "dead fish head cakes" on the table, and a terrible frenzy of happiness appeared on everyone's face.
Even the horrible dead fish heads, which were once unwelcome, have become the most popular part.
Click, click, click......
The fish heads looking up at the sky are easily broken off and used as crispy on the outside and on the inside, mixed with the textured fish pie, which itself is the top and most appropriate garnish and crispy condiment, which just fills the defect of the fish pie that is too soft.
Witnessing the frenetic atmosphere of Slytherin House next door, the students of the other three houses who were silently talking to the [Stargazing Pie] in front of them began to waver gradually - not to mention the series of dishes in Elena's mouth that had not stopped, just the hot dining atmosphere next to it made people a little hungry.
"Look...... The Slytherins, they ......"
"Don't be fooled by illusions, their tastes have always been strange......"
"But...... Looks like it's really delicious?"
"Why don't we try it too, I'm so hungry......"
"No, no, no, I'm not going to eat this! It's horrible, I'm going to have nightmares at night!"
"Wow! This tastes really good!"
"No matter what you say, I don't have any appetite at all when I look at those eyes anyway......"
"Then give me this one in front of you, anyway, if you don't eat it, it's a waste. ”
“......”
In less than a minute, the atmosphere in the entire Hogwarts Great Hall came alive again.
All in all, if you can overcome the eyes of the dozen or so dead fish staring at you in front of you, and the slightly cracked fish lips, and muster up the courage to cut a piece of pie and taste it, this is indeed a very delicious fish pie.
Although there are still a small number of children who are sticking to the last stubbornness, with the fall of the vast majority of people, this large-scale true fragrance atmosphere will sooner or later infect everyone and join the "true fragrance" camp...... It's only a matter of time.
Standing at the cooking table next to the faculty seats, Elena glanced at the cheerful auditorium with satisfaction, looked down at the ingredients at hand, and a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of her mouth - the bait had been bitten, and the next thing was the fire hell.
Only when you have felt hope and are full of longing for beauty can you realize what true despair and helplessness are......
After all, life is all about ups and downs......
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