Chapter 192: Cème Brûlée
Yu Jiamin gave birth to a pair of big eyes, which were a few points bigger than Hua Qingyan's apricot eyes, and Hua Qingyan was stunned, this Yu Jiamin was actually a rare pair of eyes! However, Yu Jiamin's eyes are extremely light in color, and if you don't look carefully, you can't see it at all. Pen Ω ΔΔ Fun Pavilion『.『
However, it is precisely because of these eyes that Yu Jiamin, who was originally not very outstanding, changed her temperament in an instant, like a deer innocently breaking into the deep forest in the yard of a farmhouse, which makes people feel no trace of disgust and disgust, and those suspicions should not be placed on her repeatedly.
"Here, we'll be able to eat in a while, I'll make some snacks." Hua Qingyan greeted Yu Jiamin with a smile, and then took out some of the foreign vegetables and put them in a clay pot and handed them to Hua Biluo, who was staring at Yu Jiamin, "Biluo, help me wash this, and then heat it until it melts." ”
Hua Bi, who got the task, puffed out her cheeks, and still glared at Yu Jiamin unwillingly.
Yu Jiamin smiled lightly and didn't care, but was very comfortable begging Hua Qingyan to work: "Girl, what can I do?" ”
Hua Qingyan thought for a while and said, "You go and help me milk some milk." ”
Yu Jiamin is the original owner of the cow, and although she doesn't know what breed the cow is, she also knows that it can be milked. So the clay pots that Hua Qingyan handed her without saying a word went to the backyard.
The backyard is very empty, there is a piece of land specially reclaimed by Hua Qingyan, which is planted with vegetables and herbs for daily consumption on weekdays, and a big livestock shed is built near the back mountain, which is used to raise cattle and horses and chickens and ducks, covered with thick straw, very comfortable. Now there is only one cow in the shed, so this cow can be regarded as living in a mansion.
After Yu Jiamin left, Hua Biluo asked without giving up: "Sister, do you really plan to keep her, but you haven't figured out the origin of this person." ”
"Don't be so vigilant, Biluo." Hua Qingyan said. "Sometimes giving convenience to others is making it convenient for ourselves, what if we are in trouble in the future, and she can just help us?"
"She's going to sell herself, can she help us?" Hua Biluo thought about Yu Jiamin's previous behavior of being dead-skinned, and felt from the bottom of her heart that Hua Qingyan must have looked away this time. Yu Jiamin, who begged others to buy her, was absolutely not capable of helping them!
Hua Qingyan also knew that this reason really couldn't convince Hua Biluo, in fact, she herself was a little weak-hearted, after all, what Hua Biluo said really made her powerless to refute. Hua Qingyan touched her nose in embarrassment, in order to prevent Hua Biluo from continuing to worry about this problem, she arranged a lot of work for her, which was quite annoyed and angry.
Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, and there are indeed many things to be busy today. According to custom, the sacrificial stoves had to be cleaned up a year ago, but Hua Qingyan was busy building a new house before, so these have been omitted. Even so, there are some things that cannot be avoided, such as tomorrow's dishes and snacks for the first day of the new year.
Dishes and snacks need to be made by Hua Qingyan herself, it's not that she can't use the dim sum bought in the town, but the family has obviously learned her skills, how can she still eat other people's, so Hua Qingyan can only make it herself. But fortunately, she still has helpers, otherwise, this dish and snacks alone would be enough for her to be busy.
Chinese New Year's Eve is the day that everyone looks forward to the most this year, not only can the family reunite, but also late to the things that cannot be eaten on weekdays, although it is only meat for agricultural machinery, but having meat is the happiest. However, meat is nothing to Hua Qingyan's family, after all, Hua Qingyan is now a local tyrant worth thousands of silver taels.
Hua Qingyan has prepared a lot of big dishes in her mind, planning to prepare the ingredients today and just make them tomorrow. Today, you can make some desserts to reduce the burden for tomorrow.
At this time, the seaweed on the other side of the flower has been cooked, and the branch-like seaweed has completely melted under the high temperature, turning into a thick clotted fat. "Wow, sister, how did this foreign vegetable become like this?" Hua Biluo was startled, thinking that she had damaged the foreign vegetables, and her little face was full of anxiety, "Sister, can you still eat this?" Isn't it broken? ”
Hua Qingyan looked at it and smiled with satisfaction: "It's not bad, this foreign vegetable is also called agar, and melting by heating is what I need." ”
"It's amazing!" Hua Biluo was amazed, but she didn't doubt that this thing couldn't be eaten, because whatever it was in her sister's hands would definitely turn into a delicacy!
Seaweed is often referred to as agar, which can be used as a substitute for fish gelatin, and is generally used to make desserts such as pudding, jelly, and vegetable cakes. When Hua Qingyan saw the seaweed, she thought of crème brûlée. The pudding in her space had already been eaten, and before Xi'er looked at the egg custard and shouted pudding, Hua Qingyan thought about finding fish gelatin for the children to eat. But fish glue is hard to find, and even if she finds it, she won't refine it.
So when I saw the seaweed, I was overjoyed, and this thing can completely replace fish gelatin to make a fresher pudding!
After the agar was boiled, Yu Jiamin also carried the clay pot into the kitchen, Hua Biluo subconsciously wrinkled her nose, after all, the fresh milk has a fishy smell, and it really doesn't smell good. But Hua Qingyan didn't dislike it at all, and hurriedly took the clay pot, her face full of joy.
She wants this milk not only to make snacks, but also to replenish the body of her two children, after all, when the body is growing, it should be supplemented with calcium.
It doesn't take so much milk to make pudding, so Hua Qingyan divided some of it, washed it in a clean pot, poured it in, and put it on the stove to cook.
Hua Biluo stretched out her head and looked at the stove, and asked puzzledly, "Sister, what are you cooking here?" It smells fishy. ”
"Later, I'll put some flowers in and it won't smell fishy." Hua Qingyan patted Hua Biluo's head, picked and chose from the shelves where the petals and tea leaves used for making tea on weekdays were placed, and finally took jasmine and ordinary green tea, picked up some and sprinkled them into the pot that had been boiling.
After a while, a milky fragrance mixed with the fragrance of jasmine wafted from the pot, and the two of them sniffed desperately, eager to bury their heads in the pot. Hua Qingyan took a deep breath without exception, and the tip of her nose lingered with the fragrance of milk. She hadn't smelled such a pure milk fragrance for a long time, she nodded with satisfaction, and poured the jasmine milk tea that had turned pale green into the clay pot, "Take it and drink it, and then send some to Uncle Hu's house." ”
"Okay, okay." Hua Biluo sucked her saliva and ran out quickly holding the warm clay pot, eager to take a few sips immediately, completely forgetting her previous dislike of this milk.
Hua Qingyan handed Yu Jiamin a small bowl, and the milky green liquid in the bowl swayed with an attractive fragrance, "Taste it, see if you like it or not." ”
Yu Jiamin subconsciously took the bowl and tasted it, the entrance was mellow and silky, and the tip of the nose was full of the strong fragrance of jasmine green tea. It's warm, and it flows down the throat all the way into my heart. Yu Jiamin held the bowl and drank it very carefully, as if she was drinking agar jade dew again.
Although Yu Jiamin took care of the milk for a long time, she didn't know what breed the cow was, so she just bought it for a novelty. This is also the first time she has drunk milk, and she didn't expect Hua Qingyan to give her such a delicious thing to drink.
Hua Qingyan saw her expression in her eyes, smiled silently, and began to prepare the ingredients to make crème brûlée.
Cème brûlée is a very simple dessert that could have been made without an oven even in a previous life.
Hua Qingyan once read a sentence that said crème brûlée, those who are in love should not miss it; Those who are ignorant of love should not miss it; Those who have experienced the experience of love, don't miss it; Of course, those who are hungry can't miss it.
Hua Qingyan is the one who is greedy.
Caramel caramel, naturally, is to boil the sugar first. In order to make snacks, Hua Qingyan kept a lot of sugar at home. Although the current white sugar is not as fine as in the previous life, it is more expensive than pure. Hua Qingyan poured some sugar into the pot, and used it on low heat with cold water, without stirring it halfway, but shaking the pot from time to time.
Yu Jiamin finished drinking the milk tea, and saw that Hua Qingyan was starting to get busy, and felt that she couldn't just stand like this, so she asked: "Girl, arrange something for me to do, after all, I am already employed by the girl." ”
Hua Qingyan was preparing the egg mixture, and she was not polite when she heard Yu Jiamin say this, "You go to the cabinet on the side to help me find some small cups, and then use the oil in the cabinet to wipe the inner wall of the quilt." Remember to spread evenly. "To make pudding, you need to fix the container, but fortunately, Hua Qingyan was very prescient to go to the town and buy a lot of small porcelain cups, and used this as a cover to transfer a lot of containers from the space, so there is no shortage of containers now. The oil in the cabinet is also the butter that Hua Qingyan deliberately took out of the space.
Yu Jiamin opened the cabinet as she said, looking at the bottles and cans inside, a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes. There are many shapes, materials and patterns of porcelain in the cabinet, which Yu Jiamin has never seen, and she feels very novel. Some of the small cups were still transparent, as clear as ice.
Yu Jiamin sensed that Hua Qingyan should be hiding a lot of secrets, but she didn't ask, but hid this thought in her heart.
Yu Jiamin picked out more than a dozen small white porcelain cups from the cabinet, and brushed each small cup with butter as she said, just as the color of the sugar syrup on Hua Qingyan's side became darker and darker, and finally gradually turned into coffee, Hua Qingyan added a lot of hot water to the pot, and after boiling for a while, Hua Qingyan saw that the color of the syrup was already very beautiful, so she didn't boil it again.
Hua Qingyan handed the pot to Yu Jiamin, "Just pour the sugar into the quilt and spread a shallow layer." Then put it in the well to cool it down. ”
After instructing Yu Jiamin, Hua Qingyan's egg liquid was also ready, but the pudding liquid is not just egg liquid, but also fresh milk. The fresh milk has been cooked, you only need to add sugar to it, wait until the sugar is completely melted, pour the boiled fresh milk into the egg mixture, and stir slowly.
Yu Jiamin watched Hua Qingyan's movements from the side, there was nothing to learn, but this step was really simple, and she had learned a lot. Yu Jiamin has been in the kitchen and has seen people making dim sum, but this is the first time she has seen this, looking at the gradually thickening light yellow liquid, she couldn't help asking, "What is this girl?" ”
"Clime brûlée."
"What's pudding?" Yu Jiamin looked suspicious, she had never heard of this name.
Hua Qingyan smiled and said, "It's dessert." ”