Showdown (3)

Takeda Daro didn't care what his assistant was thinking at all, his eyes were focused on Li Yi's hand at the moment. I have to say that this kid is talented, and he has been doing red case work in Huaxia, but he only needs his order to understand it everywhere.

Takeda felt a lot in his heart, and he had been looking for a disciple who could take over his skills all these years. The Emperor sent him a lot of Neon Kingdom disciples, some older and some young, not that they were not talented enough, but they were always so close to the door. Let's just say that the assistant behind him is already the most popular among all the disciples, and he has only grown up under his almost strict reprimand since he was a child.

And Li Yi, who is now in his twenties, has long exceeded the best age to learn skills, and he can show intelligence that is better than others.

Sure enough, the genes of the Chinese people are still superior to those of the Neon Country.

Add butter and egg whites to the flour and slowly add water little by little. Li Yi held his breath and condensed, followed the steps and noodles that Takeda said, and watched the loose flour gradually turn into a moist dough, and then after repeated beating, suppression, and proofing, the surface of the dough became round and soft.

The next step is the production of crispy hearts, in which a harder shortening is added to the flour, which does not need to be covered with plastic wrap after being completely fused with the flour, and the humidity and temperature of the natural air can be used to wake up to the best state.

The dough part alone took nearly half an hour. In the continuous high-intensity kneading action, Li Yi felt that his hands were no longer like himself, and his big arms, even his lower arms, and even his wrists, had experienced a special baptism, and he was so sore that he was terrible.

"Not bad! Xiao Yi, you have a great future!" Takeda looked at the puff pastry and dough that had taken shape in front of him, and admired it sincerely. It has completely reached the ideal state in his heart, and it takes not long to achieve it at one time, which is definitely a good material for making a white case. He couldn't help but be a little unbalanced, if he had known that Li Yi still had such skills, he would have accepted him for his own use as soon as possible, and wouldn't let him waste any more time in the red case.

Li Yi smiled lightly, quietly glanced at Takeda's assistant not far away, and sure enough, he saw an unwilling look on his face again, he gave up his position and stood aside without invitation: "Teacher Takeda, you taught well."

Takeda was secretly happy in his heart, and he looked up to Li Yi a little more.

Takeda personally took the opening session, and the assistant stepped forward to take off his coat, cleaned his hands with a basin of water, and wiped him clean with a white cloth. This kind of thing can be solved by himself, but Takeda wants to show his master's attitude, which inevitably makes his assistant dissatisfied.

Li Yi smiled secretly, if it were him, a basin of water would have been deducted to the old man's head, where is the bad problem that is used to it!

That being said, when Takeda officially started making puff pastry, Li Yi was also engrossed. This little old man still has some skills. I saw that he first rolled out the smooth dough into a long square, then put the crispy heart on top of it, rolled it out to half the size of the rectangle, folded and covered, and gently pressed it with his fingers.

Li Yi only felt that his fingers twisted slightly, and the edge of the dough had already appeared in a regular and complete flower shape.

This is repeated several times, and for the last time, the dough fused with the ghee heart is crushed into a thin skin and cut into several equal parts with a knife. Takeda slowly overlapped the small squares again, and by the time they were cut, the side façade of the dough was already full of layers of fine fragments.

Takeda looked at the time and began to make the shape of a swan, and the puff pastry was first carved with a knife, which was the wings of a swan. The body of the swan should be brushed with egg white on the puff pastry, wrapped in oval bean paste filling, strangled to make the front part of the swan again, the tail is directly pinched flat, cut off with scissors, and the egg white is brushed on both sides. The finished puff pastry is round at the end and slightly upturned at the end, and it already has the rudiments of a bird. Put the wings on it and it's in the shape of a swan.

The final step in testing pastry is frying.

"It's 150 degrees, Takeda-sensei." Li Yi took the thermometer gun and detected the temperature of the oil in the pot. This full pot of oil made the assistant frown again. Neon has always pursued the original taste of food, so it is rare to use such a large amount of oil. The assistant had a trace of disapproval in his heart, it was really something from Huaxia, and it looked unhealthy.

"Look—" Takeda exclaimed, slowly placing the colander containing the swan embryo into the oil pot. The oil slowly passed through the spoon, and then slowly parted in all directions, and the sound of boiling "z-la-z-la" sounded. As Takeda's wrist shook up and down, the swan's wings that rose out of the oil surface slowly opened, and there was a feeling of wanting to spread his wings and soar. And the swan body, which is still in the hot oil, keeps spitting out its own crispness.

After three minutes, the colander was completely lifted from the pan, and there was no white dough on it, but a full-fledged, layered white swan. When the same edible swan neck is installed, this is the model of the ugly duckling turning into a white swan.

Li Yi applauded, with three points of flattery, five points of admiration, and praised again and again: "Teacher Takeda, you are amazing. It's not a pastry, it's a work of art—"

The assistant was a few seconds late, glared at him, and swallowed his stomach if he wanted to compliment, but he could only applaud as well.

Takeda was obviously very happy, the feeling of being the focus of attention and the admiration of everyone made him feel a little fluttery at the moment, and the look on his face became more and more arrogant and proud. Thinking of the stunned expression when Zhang Hua saw his work not long after, he couldn't help but be even more delighted.

"Xiao Yi, you can taste it." With an incredibly soft voice, Takeda pushed one of the winged swans to his side.

Sure enough, the assistant's face was full of jealousy.

Li Yi shook his hand, sincerely afraid: "No, no, no, Mr. Takeda, let's let them eat first." He gestured to his assistants with a hint of anticipation.

The assistant instantly changed to the demeanor of licking a dog, and moved to Takeda's side with a twist, "Teacher......"

Which Takeda Dalang ignored him at all, and directly handed the porcelain plate to Li Yi's hand, with a trace of undoubted affirmation on his face: "If I let you eat, you will eat, some people are not worthy of eating what I make."

At this moment, the assistant was like eating a piece of poop, and his face was extremely ugly at first glance. He gritted his teeth, resentment in his heart. Unworthy? Takeda Dairo actually said he was unworthy?

Okay –

Then let him know who is unworthy!

The assistant couldn't suppress the anger in his heart anymore, and walked out of the door of the restaurant quickly, inside the door was Takeda Dairo looking at Li Yi amiably, and Li Yi could be heard praising the rainbow fart of the swan crisp.

The assistant's eyes were cold, and he dialed a phone number.

The bell rang three times and was picked up, and the assistant said, "Takeda has a different heart."