"The word 'Fu' is wrapped in crushed sesame seeds made of cane sugar and glue syrup boiled and mixed with peeled sesame seeds...... Sesame chips are a famous snack with a long history in the Sichuan and Shu regions of China, and I also tasted the flavor of condensed milk and vanilla powder from it, which further balances the sweetness, so I think the original recipe has been improved, right? It becomes more suitable for the tomato peach kernel flour wrapped outside, and the slightly sour and slightly bitter coat sets off the sweetness of the sesame slices......"

"The word 'Lu' is a piece of peanut banana crisp, different from sesame slices, its prototype 'banana peanut butter toast' is a common Western-style dessert, vaguely in the taste of peanut butter, you can feel the unique fermented grain aroma of toast, it should be used in baking, but it is not put into the moon cake, in order to increase the sweetness, maltose is also added, right?"

"The chips in 'Shou' are based on 'Coconut Chocolate Almond Biscuits', a classic biscuit originating in Italy, although it is not made into biscuits, but it also uses the secondary baking skills of Italian biscuits! Almonds served with toasted shredded coconut are included in the peach kernel flour with fragrant honey......"

"The word 'Xi' is a European-style chocolate truffle originating in France, wrapped in walnut chips, and in order to maintain the characteristics of the truffle chocolate, there are scattered truffle crumbs inside!"

The four judges talked about the origin of the four fillings, and in a blink of an eye, the mooncakes in their hands had been eaten.

When the judges tasted the moon cakes, they couldn't help but fantasize that they were wearing red belly pockets with the words "Fu", "Lu", "Shou" and "Xi", like four Fuwa, sending mooncakes to thousands of families in reunion......

In the reminiscence of "Shadowless Skin", Nagi Senzaemon seemed to feel the call of the moon from it, and in his mind he was wearing a gorgeous palace costume and running towards the moon, and unconsciously made the gesture of "I want to fly......

I saw that after the commander-in-chief came back to his senses, he didn't feel embarrassed at all while dressing and arranging his hair, and said: "No, the most unique thing about this moon cake is precisely on the moon cake crust outside the filling!" ”

"That's right, it's the mooncake crust that controls the fillings and makes them a whole, which is the effect of sweet potato flour? But how can transparency be so high? ”

"Moreover, after baking, there is a unique softness, and the sweetness of sweet potatoes is also faintly revealed, even if there is no filling inside, just this transparent mooncake crust is enough to make people feel evocative......"

"In recent years, there are indeed transparent crystal skin moon cakes in moon cakes, but they use chemically treated modified starch as raw materials, and the taste is too glutinous, only for aesthetics, especially with nut fillings, which are completely unmatched, and this kind of transparent skin made only by sweet potato flour and that kind of mysterious ingredients is completely different! Even less transparent than ever. ”

"That's true, Chihuo, how did you do that?"

Faced with the judges' doubts, Chihuo only said: "It's very simple, as long as you pay attention to the strength and proportion when you mix noodles, as well as the feel when you stretch and thin." ”

The other four judges all looked entangled, obviously feeling that Chihuo's statement was completely prevarication.

"Okay." Chihuo said innocently, "At most, I just used the tofu I made recently." ”

"Special tofu? Do you say ......"

All the judges were stunned.

"That's right. "This kind ......of tofu is actually rice tofu, which is washed and soaked in rice, then ground into rice milk with water, then boiled with alkali, cooled, and formed into a lump of "tofu." The most important feature of my special rice tofu is that it becomes more transparent, and after I specially blend it, it has an extraordinary texture when it is combined with sweet potato flour. ”

After listening to Chihuo's explanation, all the judges were suddenly surprised.

Nagi Senzaemon nodded, "Okay, let's make a judgment!" ”

Just when the judges were immersed in the "Special Five-Kernel Shadowless Mooncake", Chihuo handed the sixth mooncake to Takmi.

Even without judging, Takmi knew he had lost!

There is still an essential gap between his own lemon snow cake and Chihuo's special five-kernel mooncake.

"Eight into four fourth, winner, red fire!" The commander-in-chief wrote the name of the red fire on the huge scroll.

"That's right, although Takmi's 'Lemon Snow Hidden Cake' is also very classic, it is still the 'Special Five-Kernel Shadowless Mooncake', which left a deeper impression on me!"

"It's not just an impression, but after eating, I want to go home and spend the holidays with my family......"

"It's true that the Mid-Autumn Festival is not a few days away, I don't know if I can order some mooncakes from Chihuo after that, and I don't have a project as a judge later, so it shouldn't be considered a bribe, right?"

"If that were the case, I would ...... too"

Several judges are already discussing, and then they will find Chihuo to order a batch of "special five-kernel shadowless mooncakes".

And Chihuo said to Takmi, who was looking up at 45 degrees: "I'm sorry, if you want to find the truth of Xinghei to kill each other, you can only wait for next time." ”

"Your Chocolate Truffle Walnut Crumble...... It seems to go well on my 'Lemon Snow Cake'! Takmi sighed.

"The sweetness of chocolate truffles is too heavy, right? Doesn't it mask the taste of the snow layer? ”

"No, just add your tomato kernel flour!" Takmi said.

After that, he changed his tone and said: "Although I lost this time, don't think that you can be above me forever, next time...... Next time, I will definitely beat you with a more perfect dish! ”

“…… I think in terms of difficulty, you should still challenge Kohei Soma first. Chihuo said with a mocking smile.

At this time, Rei Kawashima's voice on the radio did not guide everyone to exit in an orderly manner as usual, but announced: "So far, all the places in the semi-finals have been generated!" They are Kohei Soma, Kurokiba Ryo, Hayama Ryo and Red Fire! Let's give warm applause to the four contestants who stood out in the first year! ”

At the same time, on the big screen, the treemap connection after the semi-finals has also been played!

"On the big screen, you can see that in next week's semi-finals, it will be Kohei Soma vs. Chihuo in the morning, and in the afternoon, Ryo Hayama will take on Ryo Kurokiba...... At the same time, at this moment, the title of the two sets of battles will be announced at the same time, that is, 'Western-style main course'! Rei Kawashima directly announced the topic of the semi-finals.

The content of the two sets of battles is the same, and they are both more general topics "Western-style main course".

The biggest difference between the Western-style banquet, represented by French cuisine and Italian cuisine, and the Chinese banquet is that the dishes are served separately one by one, from appetizers to desserts, each dish has its own status, while the Chinese banquet is served with cold and hot dishes, which is counted as a whole.

In the Western banquet, the main dish is naturally the heaviest, whether it is the actual amount or the psychological weight, taking the more representative French cuisine in Western food as an example, usually the main dish is meat or seafood dishes, and in the larger banquet, it will be one of the two, which is counted as two main dishes.

Of course, the title of the semi-finals is "Western-style main course", which definitely refers to one dish, and one fish and one meat will definitely not add points!

It is precisely because of the difference between the integrated banquet of Chinese cuisine and the independent banquet of Western cuisine such as French cuisine and Italian cuisine, that the requirements of Chinese and Western cuisine for the main dish are also different.

If Chinese food is the main dish, it can also be understood as the "big dish" in a banquet, usually seafood or meat, but the main course of most Chinese food is not suitable for Western food......

For example, Dongpo meat, sweet and sour carp, roasted pheasant in snow winter, salted duck...... And so on these "big dishes" in Chinese cuisine, so that people only eat this one dish alone, and they can only change to the next one after eating, which is a little greasy when you think about it.

Because the "main dish" in Chinese cuisine is also a part of the banquet, it must be paired with cold dishes, soups, vegetable snacks, etc., to show its charm.

Of course, it's just that "most" of the big dishes of Chinese banquets, if taken out alone, are a little too "overbearing", but too rigid and easy to break, and some of the effects are similar to those of Western main dishes......

Chihuo, who specializes in Chinese cuisine, thinks that even if it is a Western-style main dish, it can be flexible.