Cut the washed green apples into cubes, remove the core in the middle, and then artificially mash all the flesh of the apples.

Then the mashed pulp is removed and placed in a clean container for 12 hours of silence, then they are removed, the juice inside is squeezed and filtered with clean gauze.

After taking out the juice of the green apple, it is necessary to adjust the liquid immediately, that is, to inject sulfur dioxide gas into the juice, so that the concentration of the juice can be adjusted, so that the content of acid and sugar in the juice can reach the optimal ratio, and the fermentation can be carried out after the mixing is completed.

Take an appropriate amount of koji and put it in the processed apple liquid, and the ratio between the two should be about eight to one hundred.

After adding the koji, it should be mixed thoroughly, and the temperature should be controlled at about 30 degrees, and after a few hours, a large amount of foam will appear on the surface of the juice, which means that the fermentation is normal.

After 15 days, the fermentation is over, at this time, the most attractive aroma of the wine, take out the clear liquid on the top and put it in a special barrel to continue fermentation, and the cider can be fermented after a month.

Then there is hawthorn, and hawthorn Tang Xiaosu also plans to brew drinks.

Wash the hawthorn and dry it until there is no moisture on the surface, Tang Xiaosu They washed it a day in advance and dried it up.

The amount of rock sugar is adjusted according to personal taste, those who love sweetness can add white sugar, if the sugar is added more, the sour taste of hawthorn will be covered, Tang Xiaosu's sugar is not particularly much, because the hawthorn drink she likes to drink is the kind of sweet and sour.

Then the hawthorn is destemmed and stemmed, and a layer of hawthorn and a layer of rock sugar are put into the container.

Tang Xiaosu prepared another bottle of high-grade liquor, and poured the liquor into a sealed jar until it was full.

When it was first poured in, the hawthorn and rock sugar might have been separated, but Tang Xiaosu was not worried, because she knew that it was normal.

Sure enough, after two days, the rock sugar had all melted, the hawthorn gradually lightened in color, and the wine gradually darkened.

After soaking for half a month, the color will look better and better, but when preserving, Tang Xiaosu told that this hawthorn drink must be placed in a cool place to avoid direct sunlight.

Tang Xiaosu also specially explained to all the laborers of the Tang family: "Hawthorn wine is a kind of low-alcohol fruit wine made from hawthorn as the main raw material, soaking the original wine and fermenting the original wine, which can also be called a sweet and sour drink.

It is moist and delicate, elegant and rich, crystal clear, retains the natural fruity aroma, slightly astringent, is a high-quality beverage wine, can be used to treat body pain and fatigue after labor and women's dysmenorrhea. ”

At this time, Wu Village Doctor heard it and also said: "The famous medical scientist Li Shizhen once said: "Red fruit, sour, sweet, slightly warm, it can wake up the spleen, eliminate meat, break blood stasis, disperse knots, reduce swelling, relieve hangover, dissolve phlegm, remove chancre, stop diarrhea and dysentery, so the wine has the effect of clearing phlegm and improving qi, eliminating food and stagnation, lowering blood pressure and activating blood, and strengthening the stomach and spleen." ”

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When all of this is done, there are only four days left before the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Fortunately, this year's autumn harvest is much earlier than in previous years.

And the Mid-Autumn Festival has also been postponed a lot because of the leap month.

That's why she was in time to make mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, otherwise she would definitely miss a great opportunity to make a fortune.

During this period of making fruit wine, Wu Yi went to the town several times alone, and he also bought back the molds of the moon cakes made by Tang Xiaosu and all the materials needed to make the moon cakes.

Tang Xiaosu took out some flour, poured salt and water into the flour, kneaded it into a dough, and let the dough rise for 40 minutes.

Since there is a lot of meat in the house, Tang Xiaosu used it to make a meat-filled mooncake.

And she herself prefers salty ones and doesn't like sweet mooncakes very much, so she replaced the original white sugar with fine salt.

Then it's time to adjust the filling in the moon cake, add the minced meat filling to the dark soy sauce, pepper, salt, add water in three times, stir well, and keep the meat filling for later use.

Then Tang Xiaosu kneaded the awakened noodles into flat skin shapes, and then rolled them into an oval-shaped dough.

Put the seasoned stuffing in the middle, then wrap the whole dough up and wrap the meat filling in it.

Brush the mold with a layer of peanut oil that I specially bought in order to make moon cakes, and then put the moon cake into the moon cake mold, and press it down deeply, just a round moon cake shape.

Finally, apply a peanut oil to the surface of the mooncake, and then cover the lid of the mold.

This is Tang Xiaosu specially added when he asked to create a moon cake mold, if it is in modern times, only the mold will definitely not have a mold lid, because there are ovens, so it is completely redundant.

However, in this era of not so advanced and developed technology, Tang Xiaosu knew that he could only use a steamer to steam.

And steaming with a steamer, there will inevitably be water vapor falling, so as not to end up with the moon cake not forming and not reaching the look he wants, so Tang Xiaosu deliberately asked the blacksmith to hit the lid of the moon cake mold, so that as soon as the mold lid is covered, the moon cake will be completely enclosed in the mold.

In this way, there is no need to worry about water vapor falling, soaking the mooncakes, or the mooncakes not forming shapes.

Tang Xiaosu put it in the pot with the mold and started steaming, without Tang Xiaosu opening his mouth, Wuyi had already sat under the pot automatically and started a fire.

Tang Xiaosu looked at Wuyi's appearance, reached out and touched the bamboo hairpin on his head, this is when Wuyi went up the mountain, he saw a large bamboo forest, and he specially cut down some bamboo, and made a bamboo hairpin for her.

There are patterns carved by Wuyi on the bamboo, and this bamboo hairpin also exudes a faint bamboo fragrance, Tang Xiaosu likes it very much, and he carries this bamboo hairpin almost every day.

Wuyi looked at Tang Xiaosu's movements, and thought in his heart: "Another day, I want to make a different kind of hairpin for Xiao Su by himself, it will be cold immediately, and the plum blossoms seem to be blooming again, so he wants to make a plum blossom wooden hairpin for Xiao Su." ”

In today's kitchen, Tang Xiaosu also didn't let anyone in, but except for Wu Yi and herself.

Because this moon cake is still in the experiment, Tang Xiaosu is not sure if she can make it this time, so she didn't let others come over, if she can make it this time, she will find someone at home to make this moon cake in large quantities.

What she is making now is just the simplest dough mooncakes, and when this mooncake is successful, she will also prepare to make those snowy mooncakes, which are much simpler to make than this mooncake, and the color will be more beautiful.

Tang Xiaosu was apprehensive, took out the mold of the moon cake and put it in the courtyard.

In the expectant eyes of his family, Tang Xiaosu opened the moon cake mold and found that the flat and round moon cakes were all formed.

Tang Xiaosu immediately smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth, clapped his hands and said, "It's done, it's done." ”

Although the appearance of this moon cake is not so perfect, Tang Xiaosu already has confidence, and in the rest of the practices, it will be improved slightly, and in order not to let others imitate it, she has to add some things that others can't think of.

Therefore, the moon cakes made for the first time can only be cheaper for their own families.

One moon cake mold, only fifteen moon cakes, and their whole family, one for each person, is about the same.

Tang Xiaosu took the moon cake and came to the upper room of the Tang family with the others, and in the upper room, almost everyone from the Tang family was there.

However, except for the Li family, who ran away from home after quarreling with Tang Yaorong that day, was not at home, the rest of the people were all there.

"Xiao Su, you called us all together, do you need our help with anything?" Old Man Tang's eyes were full of satisfaction.

After Old Man Tang finished speaking, Mrs. Tang immediately echoed: "Yes, Xiao Su, if you need the help of grandpa and grandma, or your aunts, just say, who dares not to help, grandma will be the first to disagree with him." ”

Since the last time Old Man Tang helped them with the four rooms, Tang Xiaosu was not stingy and gave Old Man Tang two taels of silver, but Mrs. Tang was very happy.

Since then, no matter what Tang Xiaosu asked Old Man Tang to help, Old Lady Tang was the first to raise her hands and feet in agreement.

And after such a long period of rest, Tang Yaoren and Wulang's bodies have almost recovered, and at this moment Tang Yaoren also stood up and said: "Xiao Su, in recent times, the third uncle has been taken care of by your family, if you need help,

Tell the third uncle, the third uncle is the first to help, the third uncle will not do anything, he will definitely help you get things done first, and do things beautifully for you. ”

Tang Xiaosu only smiled and didn't speak, and only after the big guys finished speaking, did he speak: "Actually, I have nothing to say when I call everyone together, I just want everyone to taste this." ”

Tang Xiaosu said, San Lang Shiro, Wu Yi and Liulang had already taken out all the mooncakes made by Tang Yaoren and distributed them one by one in the house.

When everyone was holding the moon cake, Tang Xiaosu said again: "Grandpa, grandma, you all taste it, this is what I just made, I named her moon cake,

It's for the Mid-Autumn Festival, for the big guys to eat, but the stuffing is salty, if you like to eat sweet, you can tell me, and the next time I'm doing it, I will make some sweet mooncakes. ”

So, everyone happily picked up the moon cake in their hands and tasted it, and after eating the first bite, they only ate the corners of the filling, and did not taste what the filling tasted like.

However, the salty taste does not make people feel disgusted, and when you bite down, the filling of the meat enters everyone's mouth, and the remaining filling is also exposed to everyone's sight.

Mrs. Tang exclaimed, "Ah, Xiao Su, it's all meat." ”