Chapter 42 Osmanthus cake finished product
Grandpa Bai wanted to stay in the stove house to help, but was driven away by Han Chuan.
Grandpa Bai had an order, and Bai Sixi stayed.
Multiple people, the action is indeed faster.
Bai Sixi scooped glutinous rice and caster sugar into a delicate and smooth powder, and then took out the dried osmanthus from the earthen kiln, mixed with the slightly lighter yellow granulated sugar into a thin powder.
Han Chuan put down the bamboo curtain of the stove house to prevent the wind from blowing away the delicate powder, melt the lard and add it to the glutinous rice sugar powder with heat insulation, stir evenly, break it by hand, and then take out a bamboo sieve with a small hole and wide depth, and filter the glutinous rice sugar powder five times with a sieve until the rice flour with lard is delicate and fluffy. Soak the gauze and spread it in the steamer, spread the sieved powder evenly on the bottom of the steamer, spread half of it, add a layer of dried osmanthus and sugar powder, and then cover the last layer of glutinous rice sugar powder.
Heat the pan and steam for half an hour.
There are a total of 18 processes to make osmanthus cake, mixing, grinding, modulating, molding, and steaming, each of which consumes a lot of labor and time.
The special osmanthus cake made by the palace pays attention to the soft and delicate cake body, the osmanthus aroma is strong, the entrance teeth and cheeks are fragrant, sweet and delicious, sweet but not greasy, the rice fragrance, the oil fragrance and the osmanthus fragrance complement each other, each other is the horn, no one's taste has the upper hand, whose taste has also fallen down, this is a qualified osmanthus cake.
The sage loves light but elegant dishes, and osmanthus cake is quite popular in the inner court.
It's a pity that Rao is the master of the imperial dining room and the inner dining room, and there are only a few who can make a first-hand osmanthus cake.
The masters in charge of the spoon or blindly pursue the fragrance of osmanthus, so they end up with the word "greasy"; Or blindly biased towards elegant, like eating a white sugar cake that is not good, doing some left and right can not enter the mouth of the saint, only a white case bureau in charge of the osmanthus cake made by Master Wang is in September and October, several palace maidens and soldiers must fight.
It was almost dawn, Han Chuan took out a cage, and after it cooled, he cut off a small piece and handed it to Bai Sixi, "You taste it." โ
Bai Sixi took a bite, a little stunned, "... This is the taste of Chef Wang's osmanthus cake! โ
Han Chuan smiled and nodded, "Good tongue!" This is Master Wang's recipe. โ
Bai Sixi said incredulously, "You, you just watched Master Wang make osmanthus cake once!" โ
Han Chuan smiled again and nodded, "Last year?" Or the year before last? I can't remember, it seems that it was the lady of Yikun Palace who stuffed ten taels of silver and asked Master Wang to make it himself. โ
Bai Sixi exclaimed, "Just watch it once, and you'll learn!?" โ
Just look at it once, and you can perfectly reproduce the same, even blue, flavor!
Bai Sixi's eyes were sour, he might as well go to school!
Study, work hard, and you can make two sentences.
This kind of cooking is not a talent that can be acquired by hard work.
Bai Sixi was filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred of the glutinous rice noodles, which were exceptionally sweet.
This pot was steaming, and after the head of Han Chuan drove Bai Sixi out of bed, he lit an oil lamp all night, cut the rice paper sprinkled with gold leaf into a thin two finger width, took out a thick kraft paper and put on a red rope mixed with gold thread, folded it all night, and when the sky was just bright, Han Chuan woke up with a cold cup of tea, rubbed his eyes, took cold water and splashed his face, and was about to push the stall car out of the door after cleaning up, but was called by Bai Sixi with sleepy eyes, "Wait for me, I will take turns off today and go with you." โ
It's your turn.
The little cooks in the dining room are not eligible to take shifts.
It must be that Grandpa Bai is not at ease, and today he is good at making an initiative to let Bai Sixi take a look.
It's good to check it out.
Lest Grandpa Bai worry, he always thought it was a Longtan tiger's den.
When the two arrived at Broad Street, it was late, and a few young people from Guozijian were already waiting in place, and seeing that there was a young man with a face behind Han Chuan, he smiled and joked while handing over the money, "The business of 'Shixian' is really good, and the proprietress has the money to hire a helper." โ
Bai Sixi: ???
Why was he judged to be a domestic helper for no reason?
Bai Sixi made up his mind that he would never walk with Han Chuan again, and every time he would suffer an injury that would be difficult to heal.
Han Chuan squinted and smiled, they are all regular customers, and they don't need to introduce today's special offerings, so he fried the cakes familiarly, handed them to the young man, and handed over a small wrap made of calfskin paper, "I made something small yesterday... Please try it. โ
The young man dressed as a scholar checked it, picked up the hot cake, opened the brown paper bag, and a white and pure pastry with a few osmanthus flowers appeared in front of him.
The young man leaned in and smelled it, the nose was full of fragrance, this pastry was small, and it could be eaten in one bite.
The young man put it in his mouth and was immediately startled.
This is different from ordinary osmanthus cakes! It melts in the mouth, not sticky to the teeth, not dry, not bitter and not light, two layers of glutinous rice flour sandwiched with a layer of refreshing and sweet dried osmanthus powder, eat it like a soft feather gently scratching the upper tooth chamber!
He had never eaten such a delicious osmanthus cake!
Fresh products, must be high-quality!
The young man hurriedly gave a thumbs up to Han Chuanshu, and asked repeatedly, "Osmanthus cake is also for sale?" How much is it for one? โ
Han Chuan replied with a smile and raised his voice, "Anyone who buys a small cake today will give a taste of osmanthus cake!" If you eat well, make osmanthus cakes inside, six twenty dollars! โ
Six osmanthus cakes are sold for 20 wen!?
The famous Bai Kui Lou who makes pastries in the capital is also at this price!
"If you say it's made in, it's made in!" There were diners who made a fuss.
Before he could finish his sentence, he was scolded back by the diners in line.
"Huhโthe first time you come back and eat the cake!?"
"The things on the 'Shixian' stall are expensive, and if you can't afford the money, you can buy rice dumplings! Don't mess with this! โ
The little brother who sold rice dumplings next to him was full of disbelief and decided to stay away from this stall tomorrow.
Those who entered the country to study, the family was not poor, and the cakes of twenty wen and six were sprinkled with water.
The young man reached out and touched his pocket, and suddenly remembered that Guozijian was not allowed to bring his bag into the room, and even if he bought it, he couldn't bring it in!
But if you eat here, one or two are fine, but if there are too much, it will not be very convenientโthe pastry will inevitably fall off and fall on the robe, which is really indecent, and then it will provoke the master to scold.
They're not Zhang Saburo's stingy ones...
The young man shook his head regretfully, it would be nice if he set up a stall during the day, and he could come and buy it after school...
Han Chuan raised his voice in a timely manner, and then said, "Ladies and gentlemen, whether they are going to school, or going to court, or have big business to discuss, they are all decent people in Beijing, how can they carry a food box to the street?" Shi Xian's stall is anxious about the needs of diners, think about what diners think, you can see the taste of osmanthus cake, "Shi Xian" specially launched a door-to-door delivery service, next to paper and pen, you drop the address, today with pastries, home delivery!
"Don't wait for no flowers and empty branches, this is a limited launch, you can enjoy the osmanthus with your family and friends, and welcome the top ten!"
Chongshi is the tenth day of October, and I have to eat pastries made of glutinous rice.
Can it be delivered to your door?
That's a good idea!
Just take it home and give it to my wife and children to taste!
The young man neatly took out twenty cents and put it in a porcelain bowl, left an address, and turned around to leave.
Han Chuan greeted him repeatedly, "When the osmanthus cake is delivered, it's not too late for you to reward!" โ
The young man waved his hand, "If you can run, the monk can't run the temple, is it possible that your morning stall business will not be done?" If the pastry is not good, or if you don't believe it, I can see through it with twenty dollars! โ
Trusting this, Han Chuan was blessed, neatly collected the money, and handed the note with the address to Bai Sixi for safekeeping.
One person opened the way, and the back also followed quickly.
A hundred cakes were sold out, a hundred osmanthus cakes were sent, and sixty boxes of osmanthus cakes were ordered.
Sixty boxes of osmanthus cakes are 1,200 yuan, and the cost is at most 100 yuan... If you don't count manpower and time, it is equivalent to making a net profit of 1,000 dollars in one night.
Bai Sixi smacked his tongue while pinching the thick strips, and looked at Han Chuan in awe.
Han Chuan is right to go out of the palace.
After all, in the palace, her business wizard has nowhere to show.