Volume 2 Chapter 132 The Secret in the Lobster

"Hehe, Master Zhou doesn't seem to have finished his evaluation yet?

I'm listening......

Qin Jian smiled, now his ranking on the Qinxing weapon spectrum is still above Zhouzhou, in his opinion, it should be Zhouzhou who cooks first; It's not impossible to let yourself cook first, it depends on how much you have in your stomach.

It was very difficult to choose the right bottle of white wine among the remaining two bottles of white wine, and Qin Jian was very curious about where Zhouzhou got the confidence.

"It's okay, just like Master Qin said."

Zhou Zhou smiled, picked up two glasses of white wine, and shook them gently in his hands.

"As far as I know, Burgundy also has four appellations, all with a history of making white wines.

The white wines produced by OG are the simplest, they are not aged in oak barrels, they have a simple taste, and they can be excluded first.

The Chablis white wine even has a lime flavor that I don't like, so you don't want to confuse me with it......

After activating the myth on the tip of the tongue, countless ingredients, finished dishes, drinks ...... The relevant information appeared in Zhou Zhou's brain out of thin air, forming a husband-wive-like harmony with his taste buds, and he no longer had to do his homework in advance to consult the search engine.

Zhou Zhou glanced at Qin Jian, who was in doubt, and continued, "The white wine produced in the Magon region is most likely to be a trap for you, because the high-priced Magon white wine is likely to be aged in oak barrels, and as long as it is filled with this kind of wine bottle with a metal screw stopper, it is very deceptive.

For example, this one should be the best of the Magon whites, and it will go well with any flavor of food, such as fish and shrimp?"

Qin Jian's face finally changed, this kid is really an expert!

Why? A chef who graduated from a culinary school has only been a "head chef" on the train for a while, and even the qualification of a special chef is recommended by several national culinary masters.

Good cooking can also be attributed to talent, but where did he learn to taste wine? It just doesn't make sense!

Old man Zhang Zhouxuan and Su Rou no longer considered the reasonableness of this matter, they just looked at Zhou Zhou in a daze, anyway, it is normal for this guy to do anything.

This is the demon, the demon......

I saw Zhou Zhou shake the wine glass in his right hand: "To be honest, I was almost deceived by you just now, but fortunately I was calm enough to rinse my mouth with pure water.

It should have been my choice, Bernese Chuba!

It is "born" with fresh aromas of white mushrooms and truffles, and when aged in oak barrels, notes of cinnamon, toasted almonds and toasted bread appear. Meursault in Côte de Bernne produces some of the most complex and balanced Chardonnay grapes in the world, and the white wines made from them are truly a perfect match for lobster!"

Zhou Zhou tasted it again, then put down the wine glass in his right hand and said, "Although it has been aged in oak barrels, it is still very "young" compared to those "old" famous red wines.

If it had been a few years older, I would probably have chosen another bottle.

Because we all know that if it is with fish and shrimp, the "younger" top white wine is actually the best choice.

Master Qin, I'm done, when can I eat the lobster you made?"

The corners of Qin Jian's mouth twitched a few times: "I'll do it now, you wait!"

After saying that, he pulled his legs and left, as if he was in a hurry to escape the disaster.

Looking at the back of the sea king leaving in a hurry, the corners of the waiter's mouth twitched a few times,

He had personally stripped the three bottles of white wine from the logo, and he was sure that if he had not known it beforehand, he would never have been able to distinguish between Magon White and Bernese White, even if he could barely distinguish Mouton.

You know, that bottle is the best of Magon White, it has also been aged in oak barrels, and only an experienced professional taster can tell it.

Could it be that this young chef Zhou is still a top wine taster?

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French

Cheese-baked lobster is a dish that needs to be eaten hot, and it must be eaten freshly; And the baked lobster made by a five-Michelin-starred chef inevitably takes more thought and time, which is not the same as the stuff that the French can just bake at home.

So after more than forty minutes, Qin Jian appeared in front of Zhou Zhou and the others with a silver plate in his hand.

"I'm sorry to keep Master Zhou waiting."

Qin Jian smiled faintly, and gently placed the silver plate covered with the plate lid in front of Zhou Zhou, the temporary worker waiter was about to help Zhou Zhou uncover the plate lid, but he was stopped by his eyes.

"Master Zhou, I should give you a hint before I start eating this dish.

It's not a simple baked lobster, on the contrary, it hides a secret, like a mysterious pyramid, waiting for the smart to discover its story.

Of course, if you don't have this ability, you can eat it stupidly like ordinary people, and then praise my craftsmanship, and I will be very happy......

"Here it again is when I know it's going to be like this."

Zhou Zhou glanced at Qin Jian, this guy looked polite, but he was actually an aggressive quail, but he was quite an interesting person.

Old Man Zhang and Wu Jiuyu also looked at Qin Jian speechlessly, and said in their hearts, you are blowing up, right? It's just a French-style baked lobster, and when it comes to breaking the sky, it just means that you can put some effort into the quality of the lobster and the quality of the cheese.

And this dish is actually done in an oven, as long as there is a high-quality oven, enough high-quality ingredients and a certain amount of experience, even ordinary people can do it very well.

There's a secret hidden, what's the matter?

Zhou Zhou shook his head, ignored Qin Jian's aggressive half-blooded French rooster, and lifted the lid on his own.

When this dish appeared, everyone suddenly let out a low exclamation, and even Zhou Zhou's gaze paused slightly.

No wonder this guy has the confidence to challenge himself, it turns out that he really has a hand.

On a silver dinner plate inlaid with turquoise on the edge, a lobster with a vigorous beard and a lifelike expression appeared in front of everyone.

A few cyan seaweed leaves are placed around the shrimp body, and the strong marine style suddenly comes to the face; At the head of the shrimp, there are also two carefully selected small tomatoes, just like the dragon head playing with pearls in Chinese myths and legends.

Zhou Zhou nodded slightly, after all, he is a Chinese, and the presentation of Qin Jian's dish is still intentionally combined with Chinese elements.

What really surprised everyone was not the presentation of this baked lobster, but Qin Jian's ingenious handling of lobster.

Baked lobster is also considered to be the "big road" in French food, and it can basically be made in any French restaurant.

But nine out of nine French restaurants are to twist the shrimp head, then cut the lobster in half, pile the shrimp meat on the shrimp shell, and finally put the shrimp tail in the direction of the shrimp head. If you talk about appearance alone, it is many times worse than the squirrel Guiyu in China.

Many proud foreign chefs always like to accuse the Chinese cuisine of not looking good, and it is not as exquisite as the presentation of Michelin restaurants, that is, these frogs at the bottom of the well have never seen real Chinese cuisine plating.

The squirrel fish on the plate can scare them to death, if you don't ask the price, it's okay, but if you ask the price, you will be scared to death again.

But Qin Jian's baked lobster turned out to be complete, a lifelike lobster was roasted to a golden red and lay on the plate, as if it was sleeping under the water, and you couldn't even see the common side dish onions and black pepper that many people couldn't accept.

Zhou Zhou nodded: "The mind is very ingenious, it is indeed good."

Qin Jian smiled when he heard this, and was about to be proud, but when he saw Zhou Zhou pick up the knife and quickly slash from the shrimp neck to the shrimp tail, his eyes suddenly condensed.

"This guy! How did he discover the secret in such a short period of time? I've been very careful to cover it up!"

Qin Jian's heart was moaning, since he met Zhouzhou, he has always been deflated everywhere, I won't talk about choosing white wine just now, count you as a cow! But why this time? He thought that this small problem would stump Zhou Zhou for a while, but he didn't expect it to be seen through at a glance.

Zhou Zhou slashed down with a knife, and then turned over the back of the knife to the junction of the neck and tail of the lobster

Knocking, the whole lobster is like a prop in the hands of a magician, and it instantly separates from the midline of the neck and tail to both sides, and the snow-white shrimp meat in the hot air package appears gorgeously in front of everyone.

"It's ......"

Su Rou couldn't help but widen her eyes, feeling that the French baked lobster she had eaten before must be fake!

How exactly did Qin Jian do it? She looked at the sea king curiously, and felt a gust of sea breeze blowing in her face......

Zhou Zhou nodded: "It is indeed a very ingenious sword skill.

After you unscrew the neck of the shrimp, you should use a special knife to carve countless serrated cuts into the back of the shrimp from the inside out, so that they bite into each other like the zipper buckle of clothing.

It's a bit like the Chinese method of carving the knife, where you take out the shrimp meat and then use the knife from the inside out, but you can control the blade so that it doesn't completely break the lobster's skin. So if you don't look closely, you won't be able to discover the mystery.

It's ingenious, but if you know the trick, you can open it very easily.

It's a great idea, and the process of opening the lobster shell is actually a kind of dining pleasure, right?"

Qin Jian nodded, but did not speak.

Su Rou was so curious that she couldn't help but ask, "Zhouzhou, but ...... But he doesn't seem to use onions for side dishes, nor does he use black pepper? It's weird."

Zhou Zhou nodded and said, "It's really strange that the onions and black peppers that must be used in French baked lobster are discarded?

It seems that Master Qin's real secret is actually in the processing of shrimp meat, right?"

Qin Jian's eyes narrowed slightly: "Is Master Zhou finally in trouble?"

"Hehe......"

Zhou Zhou shook his head: "This may not be......

Under the gaze of everyone, Zhou Zhou forked a piece of shrimp meat and put it in his mouth, chewed it a few times, did not speak, and forked a piece of lobster meat into his mouth, and then still did not open his mouth to comment, and then raised the fork again.

If you do this several times, you seem to have been intoxicated by the food and can't extricate yourself.

The old man and the others frowned slightly, could it be that Zhou Zhou really encountered difficulties and couldn't find out the secret?

Qin Jian did not relax his vigilance at all, his eyes kept following Zhouzhou's lobster fork, and his heart was beating faster and faster.

"Damn, is this going to be found out by him?"

Qin Jian couldn't believe his eyes at all.

This secret baked lobster was one of his bargaining chips for the Green and Blue Belt, and even France's best foodies praised him for revolutionizing the dish with "godlike techniques and innovative recipes", without discovering the real secret.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that this is one of his stunts to press the bottom of the box.

"It's delicious, isn't it, you've been so addicted to it that you forgot to review it, my friend? If you throw in the towel now, I'll keep it a secret."

You can't give this guy enough time, or he's likely to see through the secret.

Qin Jian said with some humility: "Okay, as a friend, I'm not afraid to remind you that this French baked lobster doesn't use onions and black pepper, but uses a very special kind of cheese, you can actually start from this direction......

Zhou Zhou flipped the cheese cheese on the shrimp meat with a lobster fork, nodded and said, "Very clever approach, you accurately calculated the time, and then mixed the cheese into the shrimp meat at the right time, this subtle control should be calculated in seconds, right?"

Because the mixing technique is very clever and the heat control is very good, the cheese is completely integrated into the shrimp meat and does not spoil the flavor due to overheating.

Even its unique white mold remains in the shrimp meat, because it is very close to the color of the shrimp itself, not only does it not appear abrupt, but adds a layer of hazy and wonderful feeling to the lobster meat.

You really deserve to be the winner of the Green Belt Medal, you actually applied the word "color" in Chinese food culture to French cuisine. Master Qin, you are much better than Marco Polo, but he turned a whole Chinese pie into a pizza......

Qin Jian was speechless for a while, and said in his heart, what are you doing mentioning that fool?

"This is a Bouly cheese from the town of Bouli in France, and its characteristic white mold gives off the aroma of cheese onions and mushrooms, so when you choose this cheese, you can already discard the onions.

As for black pepper, its flavor is in contrast to that of mushrooms. If you've chosen Bouly, of course you won't choose it again.

And you have another advantage of doing this, black pepper is like Chinese chili pepper, and there are many people who can't accept its taste. So your method of refinement both guarantees the quality of the dish and at the same time expands its audience.

It seems that the French Green Belt has not found the wrong owner, and you deserve this honor."

Since Zhou Zhou walked into the restaurant, this was the first time he praised Qin Jian.

"Well, maybe you're right?

Master Chow ......"

Qin Jian's heart was relieved, Zhou Zhou was really disturbed by himself, so he was not afraid that he would see through his true secret.

"I'm not done yet......

Zhou Zhou smiled and continued the topic: "What makes me wonder is that you are already perfect to replace onions and black pepper with buli cheese, why add another kind of cheese?

If I'm not misjudged, this would be the "King of Cheese" Parmesan.

It can be called the king of cheese because it has an extraordinary umami taste, but lobster is originally seafood, why do you want to do more?

Master Qin, I'm afraid this is the biggest secret, right?"

"You ......"

Qin Jian was speechless, this guy sitting in front of him was simply a devil!