Chapter 90: I Made It for You

Bai Shannuo hurriedly went into the kitchen, and then began to make a meal, because the purpose of this meal was to repay Senior Sister Lu, and Senior Sister Lu seemed to like the peach blossoms very much, Bai Shannuo decided to make some dishes about flowers.

Bai Shannuo's first thought was peach blossom porridge, without him, he thought that Bai Shannuo himself liked to drink it very much in the past, but today it was just taken out at the right time.

Thinking of this, Bai Shannuo couldn't help but start to recall things related to peach blossom porridge.

Peach blossom is sweet, slightly warm, and is a natural emollient.

You must know that peach blossom porridge was a folk food in the Tang Dynasty. Before and after the Cold Food Festival, porridge was cooked with fresh peach petals, and even at the end of the Ming Dynasty, this custom still existed among thousands of households.

"Taiqing Fang" wrote: "On March 3, the peach blossoms were picked, and the wine was soaked in them to remove all kinds of diseases and have a good color." "The peach blossoms are in full bloom in March, and the peach petals are dried at this time, put them in the porridge, and they can be added to the delicate color when they are often taken.

This kind of beauty dish must be liked by Senior Sister Lu as well.

Bai Shannuo thought of this, and the action of washing rice was a little faster, because the method of this porridge is relatively simple, and the dish that Bai Shannuo will prepare for a while is another delicacy made of peach petals.

Generally speaking, the ingredients for cooking peach blossom porridge only need 15 fresh peach blossoms and 100 grams of japonica rice.

First wash off the dust on the peach blossoms with salt water, then absorb the water with a little cotton cloth or paper, then wash the rice, wait until the water is boiling, then put the peach blossoms in, and start to boil over high heat and turn to low heat. Stir several times in the middle to prevent the bottom from sticking.

When it cooks to your preferred consistency, add the peach blossoms, turn off the heat and simmer for 10 minutes. It became a bowl of beautiful and sweet peach blossom porridge. The taste is light and the difficulty is extremely low, which is simply the best choice for all boys to please their wives.

What could be easier than cooking a bowl of porridge? What can capture a girl's heart and stomach better than a bowl of porridge with peach blossom petals?

Cooked Bai Shannuo bluntly said that as soon as this bowl of porridge is taken out, it will definitely be able to capture Senior Sister Lu's stomach, and with his secret weapon, he will definitely be able to increase his favorability.

As for what is the use of increasing favorability? Hey, hey, hey, hey...... That's right, just as you think!

Of course, it's a bargain, but what will happen if there is something that can help you with half of the remaining money? Of course, it's a good offering!

After that, Bai Shannuo hurriedly started to make another thing.

That's the Flower Cake! Flower cake is a snack with flour, roses, magnolias, peach blossoms, chrysanthemums, etc. as the main ingredients.

Flower cake is a kind of shortbread with edible roses unique to Yunnan, which is a representative of Yunnan classic dim sum with Yunnan characteristics. Flower cakes are sold in most local bakery brands in Yunnan.

Every April, waiting for the flower cake to be put on the market has long become a common expectation of the local people, and it has long become a common phenomenon to wait in long lines to buy freshly listed flower cakes.

Bai Shannuo remembered that he liked it very much in his previous life, and every year in April, he would ask his friends in Yunnan to help him express a little back, and the price was about one or two yuan to buy one.

Compared to those tart cakes or something, the price is really too friendly for Bai Shannuo.

You know, this thing can occupy two routes at the same time, those who are shy in their pockets can buy a piece to satisfy their cravings, and those big families also have more advanced versions.

According to historical records, the flower cake was created by a cake master in the Qing Dynasty more than 300 years ago, because the flower cake has the characteristics of floral fragrance, sweet but not greasy, beauty and beauty, and is widely spread, from Kunming in the southwest to Tianjin in the north.

In the late Qing Dynasty, the "Yanjing Chronicles" recorded: "Those who take roses as their in April are called rose cakes." Those who take the vine flower as it are called the vine cake of the vine carrot. All the food is in season. ”

Edible roses have a limited flowering period, and this cake only uses the petals of edible roses, which is one of the reasons why flower cakes are so precious.

With the increasing fame of the flower cake, through the tribute of the officials in the court, it became the royal point of the court, and won the love of the Qianlong Emperor, and obtained his hand-pick: "In the future, the rose cake for the sacrificial dim sum does not need to be played again." ”

What Bai Shannuo wants to do today is to have a peach blossom cake.

There are four processes for making flower cakes, which are picking, filling, crust and baking.

Picking: Picking roses is a very delicate task, which must be picked early in the morning with morning dew and finished around 9 a.m. Because the temperature starts to rise after 9 o'clock, the aroma of the flowers will evaporate, which will affect the quality of the flowers.

Filling: Fresh roses are removed, the petals are picked apart, sugar is added and gently kneaded, honey is added to taste according to the dry and wet conditions, the floral fragrance is retained, the bitterness is removed, the seal is protected from light and fermented for 2-3 days, and a certain amount of cooked glutinous rice flour is added as needed when filling to reduce humidity and increase the viscosity of the filling.

Crust: Use lard, water, and flour to make the oil crust and puff pastry, wrap the filling with the puff pastry inside, and the oil crust on the outside into the peach blossom filling.

Baking: Brush a layer of egg wash on the surface of the crust, poke a few holes with a bamboo skewer to avoid deformation and breakage when baking, and bake in the oven over medium heat at 150°C for 25-30 minutes.

Then put it on a plate, and with the rose porridge just now, it is simply a work of art.

After packing up these things, Bai Shannuo went out with nearly forty servings of peach blossom cakes and peach blossom porridge.

You must know that there are not only senior sisters Lu who eat, but also those fifteen mortals, monks can open the valley, but mortals you can't skip food.

Since everyone has something to eat, and has made nearly twenty servings, the fifteen female monks will also make it easy, after all, you can't favor one over the other, everyone is serious and come to work for you, can you still make people resentful because of a meal?

This is not the way of a gentleman, nor is it something that a good boss like Bai Shannuo would do.

So Bai Shannuo came out with a meal for forty people, and the extra bit was to prevent these people from being too edible, after all, Bai Shannuo didn't know how many people they could eat.

"Senior Sister Lu, you try it, this is the peach blossom porridge and flower cake I made for you, I dare to say, the entire sect, you can never find this kind of thing again."

Lu Huiyu was even a little moved when she heard this, looking at others, it wasn't an elm head, the meals made specifically for herself were all peach blossoms, which was too considerate.

Before Lu Huiyu could say anything grateful, she saw Bai Shannuo turn his head to look at others.

"Zuo good and left evil, wait a long time, come and taste it, this is the peach blossom porridge and flower cake I made for you, I dare to say, the entire sect, you can no longer find this kind of thing"

"Okay, don't look at the thirty of you, come over and eat together, the meal is going to be lively, I made it for you."

Then looking at Bai Shannuo's back, Lu Huiyu's two hands used a slight force, and directly crushed the tray.

I'm sorry, you're an elm head, and I shouldn't have had hope for you.

"Senior Sister Lu, what's wrong with your tray? Hand is fine, right? ”

"Ah, no, no."

"Well, we know each other so well, I won't ask you for the money of the tray."

"Click, click, click."

"Alas, Zuo Evil, do we have rats here?"

Zuo Xie glanced at Lu Huiyu, who was secretly grinding his teeth over there, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, this is the so-called flattering eyes to be thrown to the blind.