Before you know it, it's the New Year.

According to the national calendar, as early as a month ago, the New Year passed.

But according to the lunar calendar, the New Year has only begun now.

Spring Festival and Chinese New Year's Eve, the most important festivals for Chinese people.

Its importance is probably not comparable to these festivals such as the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival.

What is engraved in the bones of every Chinese person is to go home for the New Year and have a family reunion!

However, every year, many people are unable to return home for the Chinese New Year for various reasons.

Some are because of their responsibilities, some are making money from their work, some have no money to go home, and some don't want to go home.

This is Gao Dian's first Spring Festival in the field, and it is also the first year he has spent outside.

A long time ago, Gao Dian called his parents and said that he might not be able to go back for the Chinese New Year this year.

Although his parents were a little disappointed, they also said that it didn't matter, and let Gao Dian focus on his career. While focusing on her career, her mother didn't forget to talk about her girlfriend.

This was perfunctory by Gao Dian.

Today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, the evening is Chinese New Year's Eve, and after Chinese New Year's Eve, it will be next year.

Hu Dekun asked everyone to gather and said: "Today's training camp is suspended, let's make dumplings to eat!" ”

There was a burst of cheers in the audience, which seemed to have a bit of a festive meaning.

Even if you are not very good at dumplings, you can learn it better than ordinary people.

The focus is not on making dumplings, but on the sense of ritual for the New Year.

What is it like for so many people to gather for the New Year?

In addition to the pastry chefs who trained intensively, there are also staff.

The two of them together look like more than 50 people, which is really a lot of getting together.

Everyone gathered around, choosing vegetables and peeling garlic.

Dumplings for fifty people are quite troublesome to wrap, but there are many teachers here, and everyone can wrap some of them, and it will be done quickly.

Gao Dian also took the opportunity to learn two hands, he himself is not very good at making dumplings, and now he has learned from others and is doing well.

During the Chinese New Year, eating dumplings is a custom in many places.

Today, there is no smell of gunpowder, and the atmosphere has become more relaxed.

People who compete with each other on weekdays also talk and laugh today and humble each other.

There are many fillings for dumplings, including pork, beef, mutton, fish, shrimp, crab, and ...... It is known as shiitake mushrooms, leeks, cabbage, and winter bamboo shoots......

It can be seen that it is a bloody investment.

The filling of dumplings can be combined with various combinations to achieve different flavors, both traditional and innovative.

When a group of pastry chefs are together, how big can the brain hole be?

In the evening, Gao Dian looked at a table of dumplings and fell into deep thought.

He felt that the dumplings he made were already very strange, and the results were even stranger.

There are dumplings in the shape of steamed buns, dumplings in the shape of siu mai, dumplings in the shape of spring rolls, and some dumplings in the shape of animals.

As for the method, there are boiled, fried, steamed, and fried.

It's a big table, and it's almost impossible to put it down.

The table is made up of several boards, and there are no stools, and there is no need for stools.

It's a dumpling feast, both traditional and untraditional.

More than fifty people, each carrying a bowl with a dipping sauce.

For boiled and steamed dumplings, the dipping sauce is the soul and the finishing touch.

And the dipping sauce is also equipped with many, like salty and fresh, spicy, sour and spicy, salty and sour.

Everyone can choose a little dipping sauce according to their favorite taste.

Gao Dian tasted a dumpling made by himself, and the taste was average, neither good nor bad.

Immediately afterward, his interest shifted to dumplings made by other people.

The skin of steamed dumplings is more resilient and drier than boiled ones. The fried dumplings are charred and crispy on both sides, but soft in the middle, and the taste is rich.

As for the fried dumplings, the skin has been completely fried and crispy, and the filling inside is also extremely delicious as soon as you bite into the juice.

Gao Dian kept tasting a variety of pastries, each of which brought him a different experience.

Maybe a pastry has endless possibilities, it's just a matter of whether you find it.

Everyone is not just eating, they are still chatting, talking and laughing, which is different from usual.

Wei Qiaoyi was standing next to Gao Dian, and Lan Yuan was standing next to Wei Qiaoyi, and the two were talking and laughing at the moment.

"Lying ...... What the hell is this, it's so hard! ”

Gao Dian almost exclaimed, and stopped halfway through his roar.

The reason was that he was halfway through eating, his tooth was almost lost, and there was something very hard.

Gao Dian roared loudly at first, attracting many eyes.

He pulled a coin out of his mouth and immediately understood that it was this thing that had almost knocked his teeth out.

He bit down defenselessly, and it was a blessing that he didn't lose his teeth.

"Huh? It's Gao Dian who has eaten it! Someone exclaimed.

Wei Qiaoyi also said: "You are really lucky, just a dumpling with a coin was actually eaten by you." ”

Gao Dian suddenly remembered that it seemed that this was the case, and there was a custom circulating in some places.

When making dumplings during the Chinese New Year, a coin is usually put into the dumplings, and whoever eats it is lucky.

At this time, someone coaxed: "Gao Dian, you have coins for dinner, why don't you put on a show for everyone." ”

Suddenly, everyone coaxed at the same time and let Gao Dian perform the show.

Gao Dian scratched his head and said, "I don't have any talent, why don't I perform a split for everyone?" ”

"Wow, as long as you can split it, count it." Someone laughed.

Forget it, Gao Dian really can't split.

The main thing is that I didn't learn it when I was a child, and I didn't dare when I grew up.

"Okay, no kidding, split or something, forget it, I'll just sing a song." Gao Dian said with a smile.

As he spoke, he began to sing a cappella.

The occasion of the high ceremony is actually not good, but today it seems that everyone is quite face-saving, no one interrupts, and they all listen quietly.

After Gao Dian finished singing, everyone began to applaud.

Someone laughed and said, "Good singing!" Don't sing it next time. ”

"Gao Dian has sung, why don't everyone perform their own shows? Anyway, here, there is no Spring Festival Gala to watch, how about we just play a Spring Festival Gala by ourselves? Wei Qiaoyi said with a smile.

When everyone heard this, they thought it was good, so they said, "Okay, but who will come first?" ”

Wei Qiaoyi pointed to the one who said Gao Dian, "Sing well, don't sing next time", and said, "Otherwise, you can come first." ”

"Why me?"

"I think you're pretty good at acting." Wei Qiaoyi said.

"Alright then, I'll sing you a song." The man said.

When he finished singing, applause rang out.

"Sing well, don't sing next time." Wei Qiaoyi said.

The man's face darkened, and he didn't understand anything at the moment.

Soon, an individual began to perform the show.

Some people dance, some say cross talk, and most people choose to sing.

The atmosphere was warm.

To Gao Dian's surprise, Wei Qiaoyi sang a song, which was unexpectedly good.

When the clock rings in the early hours of the morning, a beam of fireworks rises, instantly lighting up the night sky, and the fireworks sweep through the sky in a gorgeous posture.

The sound of fireworks was loud and deafening.

But at this moment, Gao Dian looked at the fireworks in the air, but his expression was a little trance.

A year has passed, and a new year has passed.

This year is a new year and a new beginning.

The fireworks are blooming, Gao Dian's eyes are bright, the future is bright, and the future is promising!

It's the limit now.

Usually ten o'clock is the year old, but today in order to welcome the New Year, I didn't sleep until the early hours of the morning.

It's already too sleepy.

As soon as the fireworks passed, everyone went to sleep.

For most Chinese people, tomorrow is the first day of the new year, the first day of the year, and on this day, it should be to visit relatives and friends, and visit the New Year.

But for Gao Dian and the others, tomorrow will only start the more brutal training camp again.

………………

Early in the morning of the first day of the new year.

Gao Dian woke up early, put on his clothes, and walked out the door.

When everyone is ready, start your morning run.

At the end of the morning run, those who guard go to the guard, and those who fight go to fight.

Gao Dian was not in a hurry, he was adjusting his state.

He is going to fight today, and he is going to the position of the champion.

In the previous fight, Gao Dian had an attitude of learning and communicating, and at the same time, he was also trying to practice the second impeccable pastry.

Just the day before yesterday, he succeeded in making it!

I didn't do it in the ring, I made it when I practiced it.

Although there are stoves in the ring, there are still some stoves that are not in the ring.

These are the places where those of them who are not masters practice.

Sometimes some perceptions cannot be concretized just by the imagination of the mind, and they need to be practiced before they can truly become their own things.

He had a break yesterday, and he had planned to challenge it yesterday.

"Today is the first day of the new year, and it is also a new beginning!"

Gao Dian muttered to himself.

He looked at a pastry chef in the ring, this is called Xu Rufeng, and the pastry he is good at is Shaoxing fragrant cake.

I have seen this noodle in a book, and the origin is not small.

Shaoxing fragrant cake once entered Beijing as a tribute, and also has the reputation of entering Beijing fragrant cake.

Shaoxing fragrant cake is also a pastry, but it is different from ordinary pastry in that it is not made with flour, but with japonica rice.

First of all, the japonica rice should be soaked in water, and the time of soaking depends on experience.

Soak until it is just right, grind the japonica rice into a fine powder, sieve it with 529 mesh, and regrind the coarse flour.

Mix the sifted fine rice flour with sugar, simmer for 2~5 hours to dissolve the sugar, and then sieve it with 36 mesh and bake it over a charcoal fire at 60~100 °C. However, it should not be too dry to avoid scattering losses.

Then mix in cloves, sand kernels, angelica, cardamom, anime mixed to make spices, cut into slices, steam for 30~40 minutes.

After taking it out, bake it at 80~100 °C for 12~15 minutes to evaporate the water, then bake it at 100~120 °C for 6~8 minutes, flip and bake for 5~7 minutes to get the finished product.

This method is quite complicated, and it needs to be baked repeatedly, which is very difficult compared to steamed dumplings.

If you want to do a good job of this Shaoxing fragrant cake, you must have a good grasp of the heat, and if you don't master it well, you can't make it.

Gao Dian has seen Xu Rufeng make Shaoxing fragrant cakes many times, but every time he can't see it really.

You must know that the incense characters in this Shaoxing fragrant cake are provided by these spices.

These spices have different flavors, and if you want to mix them together and give off a unique fragrance, mastering their proportions is an extremely important step.

That's the secret ingredient, and you have to have this recipe to make it.

Xu Rufeng's strength level is also extremely outstanding among the pastry chefs who remained.

You know, the more difficult the pastry, the less likely it is to reach an impeccable level.

It's easy to understand that the complexity of making a pastry, or the complexity of the recipe, means more steps, and each additional step adds to the difficulty.

They are all new first-class pastry chefs, because they are not very old, and being able to become first-class pastry chefs is already a rare genius.

is also because of the age limit, they are actually novices among the first-class pastry chefs.

Therefore, Gao Dian can win because they are not senior first-class pastry chefs.

The impeccable pastries that they know are basically relatively simple.

Or rather, it's easy to make and not very complicated.

Of course, pastry cannot be judged simply by the complexity of the production process.

But the more complex the manufacturing process, the more difficult it is to be impeccable.

Xu Rufeng was able to make Shaoxing fragrant cake impeccable, which shows that its level is very high.

In fact, the ring where Xu Rufeng was at the beginning was the No. 3 ring.

Later, he was won, and after tossing and turning, he came to the No. 8 ring.

Of course, Xu Rufeng's victory was not due to hard power, but due to some other factors.

The day after his defeat, he regained his position as the champion, but in the third ring.

The reason for this is not because Xu Rufeng doesn't want to, but sometimes the number of challenges is gone, and he can only challenge other champions.

In fact, the third phase of the training camp has been carried out so far, and most of the competition revolves around a few weaker champions.

And the strong one, everyone usually chooses not to compete with him.

Because you can't compare, you can't grab the position of the champion, so why waste time?

There are also some who have the attitude of communicating with masters, and some are just head iron and do not believe that they are worse than others.

Except for Wei Qiaoyi, everyone's level is not much different, and the criterion for judging strength and weakness is stability.

Stability to be able to make impeccable pastries!

For example, if you can make an impeccable pastry five times out of ten, then you are better than someone who can only make one or two times.

Gao Dian adjusted his state, looked at the person on the stage, took a deep breath, and walked towards the No. 8 ring where Xu Rufeng was.

Many pastry chefs outside the ring took a look, what is this Gao Dian doing?

Where to fight Xu Rufeng?

Is he so self-conscious?

They wondered in their hearts.

But Gao Dian ignored it and walked straight to the ring where Xu Rufeng was.

Xu Rufeng, who was idle and bored in the ring, saw Gao Dian coming over, raised his eyebrows, and became interested.

Gao Dian wants to come here to fight?

Interesting.

Xu Rufeng thought silently in his heart.

"Fighting?" Xu Rufeng asked.

"Fight." Gao Dian replied.

"Let's get started." Xu Rufeng said.

"Okay." Gao Dian nodded in response.

The two didn't have much communication, didn't have too much nonsense, and started the competition.