Twenty-four Qi (2)
The eleventh dish of the roasted tail feast: 24 air wontons are born, and there are 24 kinds of different fillings.
A dim sum is wrapped in 24 different patterns and colors, and the filling is prepared according to the vegetables corresponding to the solar terms.
If it weren't for the Chinese New Year, Yu Jian would really not want to make such a complicated dim sum.
cabbage in the beginning of winter, tofu in Xiaoxue; the eggplant in the beginning of autumn, the lotus root in the great heat; the white of the beginning of spring, the stinging leek; Lixia lettuce, cowpea with white dew......
The ancients were far more particular about eating than they are today. Yu Jianyou remembered that in the early years of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, Guanglu Temple once held a lavish banquet, and the dishes made were even amazed by those foreign friends.
This Shengjin Twenty-Four Qi Wonton is one of them.
Yu Jian picked a few dark-colored vegetables, squeezed them into juice, added them to flour, and kneaded them into a dough. The dough of different colors is then kneaded together to create a new color.
The Tang people's grasp of color is as romantic and fantastical as their attainments in poetry. Vermilion, sauce purple, bright yellow, ice orange, bright white, jet black, verdant, fruit green, only you can't think of it, you can't do it without them.
About the current gradient color, it was also made at that time, Yu Jian thought secretly in her heart, and the movements in her hands were not ambiguous at all.
After the different colors of the skin are rolled out, the main thing is to mix the filling. Vegetables should also be paired with meat, seafood, and seasonings to nourish the body.
Yu Jian instructed Yu Jianguo to chop the vegetables she had prepared, grind the meat into puree, and start mixing them one by one.
In the rainy season, spring bamboo shoots are the freshest, and the bamboo shoots are mixed with diced bacon and wrapped in white dough into the shape of pear blossoms; Qingming spinach is the sweetest, mixed with clam meat and kneaded into pink azaleas; The cucumber is the most crispy, and the egg cubes are added to make a purple irise......
"This is too troublesome...... Yu Jianguo sighed while chopping vegetables, eating a meal is not an easy thing.
"Don't be tired, you'll know how good it will be when it's out of the pot." Suddenly, the big birthday peach of the previous days came to her mind, and the eyes of her father became strange again.
Maybe her father's aesthetic level is in that position, and he can't appreciate the beauty of this ravioli?
Thinking about it like this, Yu Jian was relieved.
"Yo, what are you father and daughter doing?" Yu Jianping pushed the door in, looked at Yin Ziyanhong who had set up a table, and became interested.
"Ah Jian makes wontons!" Yu Jianguo rubbed his wrist angrily, and his hands were sore all the time chopping vegetables.
Yu Jianping picked up a peach-colored wonton and observed it carefully, the color was tender and cute, and he also made a flower shape, which looked like a blooming peach blossom from a distance.
Isn't that ......
"Twenty-four solar terms wontons?" His eyes widened in disbelief.
"That's right! Uncle Jianping is still knowledgeable! Dad, you can read more books when you have time......" Yu Jian nodded in surprise, there were still people who knew about this dish. Then he began to dislike his father again......
"Stinky girl, and arranged your dad to come!" Yu Jianguo scolded in a low voice, and casually threw a carrot cube on her head, causing her to roar.
With Yu Jianping's joining, Yu Jian's movements beat each other faster, and after a while, they were full of flat baskets. She stopped moving, put some of the more beautiful ones separately, and prepared to send them to Huang Nuan and Chen Xinyi.
Both of their parents have also arrived home, and during this time of the year, everyone was preparing various New Year's dishes.
Yu Jian gave dozens of grains to each family, and a lot of ingredients were stuffed as a gift in return. Chen's father was even more exaggerated, and directly gave her a king crab, which scared her into putting down the wonton and running away.
Is the rich man's world all horrible?
At dinner, Chef Yu Jianping did his best to cook a few big dishes, and the family ate with a mouthful of oil, which was very enjoyable.
"Sister, can I eat some of the wontons you made today?" The little guy coveted the colorful wontons for a long time, and finally waited until the dish was finished before making a small request.
Yu's mother followed and said, "I want to eat it too." "It's just that it's too beautiful, how can a woman withstand the temptation of something beautiful?
Grandma Yu also stretched out her chopsticks, saying don't forget her.
It's okay now, it's clear that the tables are already empty, and at the risk of bursting their stomachs, the whole family still has to taste it.
The soup for cooking wontons is boiled chicken bone broth, and with only a little salt, it will make the eyebrows fall off. After three rounds of cold water, the wontons float to the soup noodles.
Yu Jian only gave three each, and it was only a different suit, and there were too many fillings, and in the end, even she didn't know what was in it.
When you open the blind box, what you eat is what.
Mother Yu picked up the deepest purple wonton in the bowl and took a bite, the cucumber was sweet and sour, and the egg was white and tender. Then there is a big red camellia, which is stuffed with bitter gourd, the meat is tender and smooth, and a little bitterness is embellished, which is very refreshing. The last one is her favorite color, pink, which looks like a budding peach blossom stamen, wrapped in spinach clam meat, a perfect blend of seafood and vegetables, and green and pink complement each other.
What a meal, it's a feast for the eyes!
Yu Yuan's children wandered in the sea of bamboo shoots and bacon, and they were so fascinated by the taste that they didn't raise their heads, desperately stuffing wontons into their mouths.
Grandma Yu eats emerald green daffodils, the filling is beef cubes fried with coriander, and a large piece of beef is wrapped in coriander leaves, just smelling the taste is delicious.
The Yu family was silent at the moment, struggling with the wontons in their bowls, eating what was in their mouths, thinking about what the next one would taste like.
……
The Chen family almost quarreled over a ravioli.
Father Chen came back once, so he had to ask Chen Xinyi to give him the last wonton in the pot.
As a result, Chen Xinyi sneered, scooped it directly into her bowl, stuffed it into her mouth in front of him, swallowed the dates and chewed it hastily twice, and swallowed it into her stomach.
This completely angered Chen's father: "You, an unfilial daughter, do you have a little respect for the elderly?" ”
Chen Xinyi sneered again, and met his eyes fearlessly: "The old one is behind you, and I respect him." Then he asked, "Do you have a little love for children?" "Even a wonton has to be snatched from your daughter's mouth, so embarrassed~
This made Chen's father choke and coughed so hard that he couldn't straighten his waist.
Chen Xinyi looked at it for a long time, thinking that her father probably wouldn't be so boring, so she stepped forward and patted him on the back: "I'll ask Ah Jian to get a little more tomorrow......"
"Just waiting for your words!" Father Chen immediately straightened up, stopped coughing, and even his voice was the same as normal, he patted his daughter's head, "Go get it early tomorrow!" ”
Depend on! I was deceived by this dead old man again......