Chapter 110: Imperial Cuisine
In the Zhutian Restaurant, Zhao Youqian was already preparing in advance, after all, if he really wanted to make that ancient dish 'Mandarin Duck Five Treasures', the pre-treatment was not just as simple as raising those poultry and cleaning them for a day.
The preparations in advance began at the same time as Zhao Youqian was making the broth.
All kinds of vegetables and ingredients are prepared, and there are special sauces to make the original Mandarin Duck Five Treasures become a more perfect dish under the adjustment of Zhao Youqian's cooking skills.
However, for the control of the main taste, Zhao Youqian can not make many transformations.
After all, it's an imperial dish.
Even if it belongs to the Yaozhou system, it is a top-level existence above the general recipe.
Although there are definitely not many people in the world of Hong Qigong who combine internal skills to cook, it is not surprising that there are a few people with some roots in the imperial dining room in the palace compound.
Cultivation is a little shallow, but after training, their cooking skills are far beyond the imagination of ordinary chefs, which is why this 'Mandarin Duck Five Treasures' was born.
Knife work alone is not enough, the focus of this dish is also on the utensils and the way the food is eaten.
This is also the reason why Hong Qigong thought that this dish could only be tasted in the courtyard of the Deep Palace.
And in order to figure out the secret, Huang Rong also made the beggar gang spend a lot of effort before finally solving the mystery.
I was amazed by the thought of the imperial chef, but only the imperial chef can use various utensils in this way, so there is no need to worry about the cost.
So even if Huang Rong figured out how to make this dish, she didn't really make it by hand, because it was too extravagant.
It's not that Huang Rong doesn't have the financial resources, but Guo Jing, who has never been cold to these things, doesn't like to waste it so much, and would rather eat something simple, so Huang Rong also follows her lover's wishes.
However, just looking at the pile of poultry bones like a hill that Zhao Youqian made in front of the treatment, he also knew that this dish cost a lot, not to mention the special utensils, which cost a lot of money.
So much so that until Hong Qigong walked into the Zhutian Restaurant, even if he was the first diner today, Zhao Youqian was still doing the work of pre-preparation, and he had no time for a moment.
However, Hong Qigong's eyes lit up, because he had already seen the unique utensils that were only available in the royal deep palace!
Celadon silver gilt cup!
It is said that the cup is actually a small bowl with hollow parts.
However, unlike ordinary vessels, it is made of silver alloy underneath, and the hollowed-out part of the food is made of pure celadon.
Unlike ordinary celadon that turns black after being burned at high temperatures, this special fuel-dyed celadon will show an emerald green color after heating.
It is also a superb artifact that can only be made by craftsmen specially supported by the royal family.
And this dish is expensive, and it is also expensive in this place, this celadon cup can almost be ten times more expensive than gold of the same weight.
You can know how astronomical the cost of making this dish is.
Only the royal family would create such a vessel specifically for a dish.
If it weren't for Zhao Youqian's ability to exchange points for such a set of utensils, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to get this mandarin duck five treasures in a short time.
And the price of this set of things is also quite expensive, up to 300 points!
This is much more expensive than Yujing Maidu, if it can't be loaded with other dishes, it is really not worth simply exchanging such a set of utensils.
It also shows the value of this set, if it is taken out and sold, even if it has no historical value, it is not impossible to sell it for a sky-high price in the food world just because of this wonderful design idea and the ability to match special dishes.
That's why this set of utensils is so expensive.
Carefully wash those utensils with your hands, not that there will be any stains after they are exchanged, but the process of washing them like this is also a way to familiarize yourself with these utensils, and when they are almost finished, Hong Qigong also happened to step into the Heavenly Pavilion.
Zhao Youqian showed a smile, and then opened his mouth without complaint.
"Qigong has spent a lot of effort for your delicious food!"
As soon as Hong Qigong entered the small restaurant, his eyes were fixed on those celadon silver cups, and he heard Zhao Youqian's complaint and said with a smile.
"Anyway, it's always called a flower, so more than 100 catties will be thrown to the store manager, you say that you will never go west to the east..."
Hearing Hong Qigong say this, Zhao Youqian just smiled and didn't speak, after all, they all knew that it was just a joke.
"Since Qigong is so sincere, I will definitely present this dish to you perfectly, and there is the 'fairy tea' that has just been brewed..."
Before Zhao Youqian finished speaking, Hong Qigong had already unfolded his body and took down the jars of wine on the wine cabinet.
"There is enough wine, now I will wait for the food..."
Opening the wine jar, a touch of golden light mixed with a faint silver glow reflected, and the faint fragrance of laurel wafted up so that Hong Qigong closed his eyes and enjoyed the taste.
Knowing that Hong Qigong was secretly reminding him to hurry up and cook, Zhao Youqian was not angry, laughed, and began to prepare to do it.
The key to this dish is to be fast, and the knife must be fast! Serve food faster!
I saw that he specially used a meat knife that was much thinner and longer than the ordinary kitchen knife, and the blade was also much thinner.
It is precisely because of the thin blade that the piece of meat is spread on the white plate, and the color of the meat itself can hardly be seen, but the white plate is directly seen through the light, which is called the real thin and transparent!
And that's just cutting the first waterfowl meat!
Mandarin duck five treasures, the main ingredient is the mandarin duck green duck, but also indispensable other rare ingredients, hazel chicken is inevitable, other poultry and pigeons, the remaining two are a kind of fish, name: four-gill perch, and the other is the most critical one is the venison of livestock!
This is also the reason why the five treasures of mandarin ducks are precious, in addition to the rare mandarin duck green duck, several other ingredients are also extremely rare.
Hazel chicken is already a precious food with the nickname of the flying dragon, the meat is white and delicate, it is simply a piece of good clotted fat, the pigeon meat is even more vigorous and springy, the four-gill perch is also a famous delicacy in ancient times, not to mention venison, it has always been a great tonic.
Paired with the extremely delicious and rare green duck, this dish is not worth 10,000 gold, but it is really about the same.
In terms of ingredients alone, that is Zhao Youqian's most expensive among the dishes he makes, in addition to using fantasy and legendary ingredients.
Pieces of cicada-like meat appeared under Zhao Youqian's hands, and the five different ingredients were cut into five plates of meat slices, but there was no fishy smell or smell at all, even the pigeon meat and venison with the biggest smell were spread on the plate, as if they were pieces of red jade.
Even Hong Qigong showed a look of surprise and looked at Zhao Youqian's somewhat incredulous opening.
"This..."
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