Volume 2 Chapter 84 Preparation (2)
As soon as Lu Shan roared here, a helpless voice came from the kitchen and said, "Master Lu, don't shout, we can hear it." "I amused around Lushan and walked into the kitchen, this is the first time I walked into the kitchen after I came to the Qing Dynasty, because it is set up in the Kunning Palace, so the kitchen is not too big, there are three stoves behind the wall, there are two small stoves next to the stove, one of the stoves has a small pot on it, I don't know what is in the pot, it burns loudly.
In the middle of the kitchen is a big plan, this is the ancient cooking table, on which there are some fresh vegetables and fruits and knives, and behind the cooking table are two little eunuchs who are peeling garlic, it should be
"Little Plum" and
"Little Peach" is up. One is short and fat, the other is as thin as a hemp stick, it's really ...... A perfect match. When the two of them saw me come in, they were both stunned, then they looked at each other, and stayed for a long time before they came back to their senses, and quickly knelt down to say goodbye, and after getting up, they still stared at me in disbelief, and the attacker came to my side and whispered: "Master, let's go back quickly." At this time, Lu Shan took out a large piece of beef 'meat' out of nowhere, fell on the case, and said in a rough voice: "Niangniang, what should I do?" I couldn't help laughing, this Lu Shan didn't know etiquette, and when it came to cooking skills, he didn't care about anything.
I briefly talked about the method of frying steak that I knew, and Lu Shan thought about it, and cut off a slice of two or three centimeters thick with a very fast knife technique, and picked up his big palm
"Smack!" The ground slapped on the 'meat', and when he picked it up, the original tendons of the cow's 'meat' were broken, which was really eye-opening, if he went to practice martial arts, he must also be a master.
Then he poured some oil into the pot. Then put the 'meat' in the pan, but it seems that this frying should be better with a pan, but ...... Where to go to find the pan.
Alas, forget it. Let's fry it first. To say that in ancient times, it was not advanced, there was no gas stove, and the control of the fire could only be completed by adding firewood to 'pumping' wages.
Trouble to death. After a while, the steak was ready. Lu Shan picked up the chopsticks and tasted it. Throw that good-looking steak directly into the trash basket in the corner.
"Huh?" I was still a step slower, and Lu Shanmo rubbed his chin and said to himself: "Collect water on both sides first, lock the beef 'meat' juice in it, and then fry it over low heat." The hardest part is how to not fry the surface and cook the inside......" I shook my head and said, "You don't have to cook it all through." There are red steaks, which are slightly fried on both sides, and the inside is still raw, light red steaks, which are slightly cooked, and raw, ripe and fried steaks, and the most important thing is heat control. Lu Shan was puzzled and said, "Can you eat it raw?" I nodded: "Westerners rarely eat fully cooked, and most people prefer red steak and light red steak." Lu Shan said disdainfully: "Sure enough, it's a barbarian." "Hmm...... Although I don't agree with him, I don't know how to eat it.
Lu Shan cut another slice of 'meat', loosened the 'meat', added oil, put it into the pot, and 'pumped' it in one go, and then sprinkled a thin layer of salt on the fried golden steak after getting out of the pot, which was really ...... It's perfect!
Although I wanted to pounce, I still had to take into account the image of the queen, and made a 'look' at the attacker, who took the chopsticks and took a small bite, turned his head to me and said, "It's too thick, it's not good to bite." "And there is no special tableware, of course it is not easy to bite,
"How's it taste?" I asked. The attacker nodded and said, "'It's good'." Lu Shan frowned dissatisfiedly when he heard the attack's evaluation, picked up the steak with chopsticks and took a big bite from the other side, chewed it carefully, and said after a while: "Although only salt is added, it highlights the original taste of the beef 'meat', well, if you marinate it again before frying, it will definitely have a different taste." I said: "Yes, this is just the most basic method of steak, in addition to frying, there are also grilled, in addition to adding salt, you can also pour the juice, and the side dish is fried in the same way onions, onions are there, right?" Lu Shan nodded thoughtfully, and I breathed a sigh of relief: "The task of developing steak will be 'handed over' to you, and the results will be produced in the next few days!" After speaking, without waiting for Lu Shan to answer, I picked up a tomato on the table and said, "Next, I will make tomato sauce." ”
"Tomato sauce?" Lu Shan said suspiciously: "Niangniang, this is a persimmon, besides, what is the use of making this thing into sauce?" ”
"Well, it's just a different name, this one...... What do you usually do? Lu Shan said: "It's just used to put out the 'flower' platter." I shook my index finger and said, "It's too 'waste'." As I spoke, I threw the tomato in my hand to the thin little eunuch and instructed, "Take more persimmons and steam them in a pot, mash them again, add sugar, vinegar, and salt and put them in the pot to cook until they are thick." The two little eunuchs hurriedly went, and I looked at Lu Shan again and said, "Are there any potatoes?" Lu Shan nodded, turned around and took out two, although not as big as the American big potato, but it was also reconciled, I asked Lu Shan to cut the potatoes into wide strips, steam them in the pot, and when they are almost cooked, then fry them in the oil pan, this fries are much simpler than steak.
Look at the tomato sauce of the little plum and the little peach, although it is a little mushy, but the "color" is red and "bright", sour and fragrant, I nodded with satisfaction, picked up a piece of French fries and dipped it in some tomato sauce and put it in my mouth, ha!
I didn't expect it to be so successful the first time. Lu Shan tasted it, frowned and said, "I am a great Qing Dynasty, how can such a shoddy thing be used to entertain foreign envoys?" I smiled: "Then what should be done at the banquet according to Master Yilu's wishes?" Lu Shan said proudly: "I should show those people the 'fine' Zhan cooking skills that have been passed down from China for thousands of years." Coming out of the small kitchen, the attacker whispered: "Master, the slave thinks that what Master Lu said this time is very right." ”
"Well," I nodded, "it's rare for him to be able to speak his mind." "Does the master really plan to feast on 'steak' and 'fries'?" I nodded, and muttered, "But those two things look too rough." I smiled and said nothing, and when I returned to the main hall, I drew a few simple Western tableware styles and asked the raiders to send them to the foundry division.
Probably because of Shunzhi's stay last night, the concubines came to ask for peace much later, and they arrived before lunch as if they had made an appointment, I couldn't help laughing, it seems that after only a short day, Lu Shan's name has been spread.
After two days, those tableware was ready, I immediately took those tableware made of sterling silver to the small kitchen, what I didn't expect was that only two days, Lu Shan actually invented a new type of steak, hollowed out the middle of the beef 'meat', stuffed into the pureed 'chicken' and 'meat', with iron 'meat' sandwiched on the open flame roasted, with Lu Shan's special tomato juice, it is really charred on the outside and tender on the inside, and the fragrance is incomparable.
I picked out an almost all-white porcelain plate, put the steak in, garnish with onions, put some fries on the side, pour a little tomato sauce, garnish with coriander, Lu Shan carved two 'jade' orchid 'flowers' with winter melon, and put them on the plate, the whole dish seems to be 'fine' and elegant, and people swallowed saliva and said: "Such a 'get' immediately makes people want to eat it." I smiled and said to Lu Shan: "Master Lu, from now on, you will go back to the imperial dining room and work with other imperial chefs to study the dishes of the banquet for the British envoys, and make sure that those foreign envoys eat their tongues." Lu Shan was stunned and said: "Isn't Niangniang going to treat guests with 'steak'?" I said: "First of all, the 'steak' is to show my respect for the Qing Dynasty, and then to Chinese food, one can show the food culture of our country, and the other is to make comparisons with each other, if the Chinese food is more delicious, it will give me the face of the Qing Dynasty." Lu Shan and the others suddenly realized, and Xiao Taozi said: "It turns out that this is what Niangniang meant, so let's deliberately make some bad when we make steak, which can better bring out that our things are delicious." Lu Shan turned his head and knocked on the little pottery, and said angrily: "How can I do such an obscene thing in a big country." I approved, "Yes, not only can't we do that, but we have to make the steak better than the British themselves, so that they can really admire it." Lu Shan hugged his fists: "Don't worry, the slave will go back to discuss, and he will never plant the name of China in front of the envoy." With that, I went as if I had flown away, and I put the steak into the shiny plate, fastened the high, round lid, and let the assailant carry it with me towards the imperial study.
"Mother." Chang Xi saw me from afar and hurriedly ran over, and I asked, "Where is the emperor?" Chang Xi nodded, and I asked again, "Are there any adults here?" Chang Xi shook his head again, as if he wanted to say something, but I couldn't wait to surprise Shunzhi, ran to the 'door' of the imperial study and pushed it hard, and said loudly: "Fulin, guess ......" My movements froze instantly when I saw everything in the study, and there was indeed no in the imperial study
"Adult", however, there is one
"'Female' person".