After dinner, Ji Yu went to the mixing room in the backyard again.

Ji Mingfang was busy collecting vegetables, and he couldn't come to Dabao to take classes recently, and Dabao was empty at night, so he became more and more sticky to Ji Yu.

After following up on the preparation room, he sat upright on the low stool, his eyes moving with Ji Yu's movements.

When Ji Yu looked at him, he blinked and looked innocent.

Not long after, Guan Shan also pushed the door and walked in.

Facing two eyes, one large and one small, he said calmly, "It's too early, I can't sleep, I'll help you." ”

Ji Yu"...... Don't you have to exercise? ”

"The day has been done."

Ji Yu stopped talking.

Okay, stay tuned.

"Then don't be idle, sift the powder in these pockets for me again, and remember not to mess around."

Each of the required raw materials has been individually crushed and sieved several times, but this process is not too much, and naturally the finer the better.

Ji Yu separated the two of them, and after demonstrating them separately, she saw that there was no problem, so she started to work on herself.

After just being busy for a while, Ji Xuelan came.

Unsurprisingly, it was to tell her about Zhang Cuicui.

"Originally, I told you sixty-four, you see if you add another one......"

"You can just think she's a good fit."

Ji Xuelan smiled, "Then I'll leave her behind, and she works very neatly." ”

Seeing Ji Yu holding a small copper scale weighing medicine in the pharmacy in her hand, there were more than a dozen square-shaped oil papers in front of her, and each oil paper had a different amount of spice powder on it.

Q: "Is this already already being blended?" ”

Ji Yu nodded, "Cousin, you wait a while before leaving, when I am ready, you can bring two packs back, try them tomorrow when you stir-fry, and also help me ask my uncle for their opinions." ”

"Eh, okay."

During this time, Ji Yu has been thinking about what to choose for the main product of the seasoning workshop, which has just started.

You should know that according to different ingredients and different uses, compound spices can be divided into many types.

If there are too many launches at once, it will be chaotic and messy, the positioning of the store will be blurred, and customers will not be able to grasp the key points.

The main customer base faced by the seasoning workshop is ordinary people, such as hot pot bases, sausage spices, ham spices, and those marinade stews with a wide variety of names.

There may be people who are attracted to the popularity of customers one by one, but in the case of eating habits that have not yet been formed, the final sales may be limited.

So she decided to launch two basic models as the main products.

"Which two?"

"Five-spice powder and thirteen spices."

Five-spice powder, as the name suggests, is a condiment made with five or more kinds of spices.

It is an indispensable seasoning in Chinese cooking, with a very fragrant taste and can also promote appetite.

Generally, it is most used in marinating and cooking meat, and other snacks such as spiced tofu, spiced beef jerky, spiced tea eggs and other snacks are also often used. It is especially suitable for baking or stir-frying, stewing, stewing, simmering, steaming, and boiling dishes for seasoning.

"Just five spices?" Ji Xuelan was a little skeptical, "Then isn't it easy for others to guess the formula?" ”

"It doesn't have to be five, it can be more than five, and there's no fixed match."

Different ingredients can be blended into a variety of flavors, and each flavor has a different name, such as spicy powder, fresh spicy powder, etc.

She remembers that the recipes vary from one recipe to the other in terms of quantity and quantity, and some even have a single recipe based on the characteristics of the food, so the taste naturally has its own merits.

The most common one is a blend of cinnamon, cardamom, star anise, fennel, and peppercorns in a ratio of 21322.

In addition, the combination of cinnamon, star anise, tangerine peel, cloves, and Sichuan pepper is also common.

There is also a more complex one, which contains ten spices such as star anise, cinnamon, cloves, angelica, grass fruit, sand kernels, Sichuan pepper, licorice, cumin, and white cardamom.

In the same way, thirteen spices are not fixed thirteen spices.

There are about 20 kinds of spices, which can be matched according to the monarch's ministers, and have the characteristics of relieving the body and improving the freshness, removing the evil and covering the fish, strengthening the spleen and appetizing, and the fragrance is rich.

The basic ingredients include Sichuan pepper, big spice, cinnamon, cloves, woody fragrance, cumin, purple percussion, angelica, nutmeg, sand kernels, sannai, ginger, dried ginger, etc.

Among them, 5 parts of Sichuan pepper and anise, 2 parts of cinnamon, 2 parts of sannai, ginger and angelica, and 1 part of the rest, mix them together, it is thirteen incense.

Of course, the materials used are different, the ratio is different, and the effect is naturally very different.

There are dozens of recipes for thirteen incense in Ji Yu's mind.

In his public ingredient list, it covers star anise, Sichuan pepper, fennel, cumin, orange peel, galangal, black pepper, nutmeg, cinnamon, dried ginger, cloves, angelica, licorice, sand kernels, etc.

But Ji Yu didn't like it too much, she thought about it for a long time and decided to use another strong fragrance type thirteen incense.

The formula is, one kilogram of angelica and white cardamom, 500 grams of cinnamon, nutmeg and grass cardamom, 300 grams of grass fruit, 200 grams of galangal and long pepper, 150 grams of star anise, Sichuan pepper, bay leaves, cumin, 100 grams of hay and 50 grams of cloves.

Of course, in practice, the unit of weight still has to be converted into the general unit of the Great Zhou, "two" or "money".

Ji Xuelan still has doubts, "five spices, thirteen spices...... Is the thirteen incense more fragrant than the five spices? ”

Ji Yu smiled, "The two are indeed very similar in color and taste, if there is no clear distinction, it is likely that they will be confused, but they are still different." ”

In addition to the difference in the composition of the collocation, the main thing is the difference in fragrance.

Thirteen spices are based on five-spice powder, so its fragrance should be more diverse and intense.

To put it simply, thirteen spices are mainly used for removing fishiness and fragrance, while five-spice powder is mostly used for fragrance.

When cooking, if the fishy smell of the ingredients is not very strong, use five-spice powder. If you want to remove the smell and remove the difference, and at the same time achieve the effect of increasing the fragrance, you need to use thirteen incense.

For example, stewed beef and mutton, bacon, etc., with thirteen spices is more in place than five-spice powder.

Ji Xuelan understood some of the "five-spice powder is used to make home-cooked dishes, and thirteen spices are used to make fishy dishes." So, thirteen spices are more important than five-spice powder? ”

Ji Yu shook her head, "Compared with thirteen spices, five-spice powder is more commonly used, and the market potential is naturally relatively greater." ”

Both of these are seasonings often used in later generations, and they can be said to be ranked first and second in various condiment markets.

In specific cooking applications, it is not only used for pickling raw materials, but also mixed with salt as dipping sauce, and can also be used for the preparation of pastries, fillings, and fillings, such as making steamed buns and dumplings.

Ji Yu plans to evolve a little on the basis of thirteen spices and launch a spicy fresh.

It is also a condiment that has become popular in later generations.

It is characterized by mellow hemp flavor, long-lasting spicy taste, strong umami taste, and can be used for stir-fried meat and vegetarian dishes, soup underneath and snack barbecue, etc., which is the best choice for home meals.

"Mala Xian is ...... compared to those two"

"This one is more commonly used, except for those who don't eat spicy food."

Ji Xuelan's heart was overjoyed, "With these seasonings, no matter how bad the stove is, people can also make delicious dishes." ”

Ji Yu thought for a while, "I can't say that, although seasonings can be icing on the cake, and occasionally decay can be turned into magic, but the quality of a dish is also inseparable from factors such as ingredients and heat." ”

"If you don't think it's tasty, why don't you put more?"

"Although they are made with natural spices, they still need to be used in a good amount. Among them, cinnamon, cumin, etc., belong to both spices and Chinese herbal medicines, so it is better to have less than more, otherwise it will backfire. ”

Ji Xuelan almost understood.

"Otherwise, I'll come over to help you at night after finishing the work on the dehydrated vegetables during the day, or you'll be alone, how can you afford to eat?"

Ji Yu waved her hand, "You are tired enough, it's good not to rest, how can you have energy the next day, and dehydrated vegetables can't go wrong." And I have two more gangs on my side......"

Ji Yu pointed to Guan Shan and Dabao's hands, glanced at Ji Xuelan, and laughed together.

Guan Shan finished sifting the spices in front of him, and pulled Dabao over to sift it, while Dabao sat on a low stool and lay on a high stool, already asleep.

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Chapter 352: Three Products