Chapter 147: Mackerel Dumplings
Gao sent a bunch of live seafood, saying that it was all bought by King Zheng and the fishermen on the beach when he was training sailors in Jeju, and that he had just returned from the sea and arranged for a fast horse to send it to the capital, and the fish and shrimp were even alive.
Most of them were honored by King Zheng in the palace, and the rest were divided between the palace and the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Industry.
Although the fishermen have dealt with it with their methods, but these seafood are still not long away from the seaside, Princess Zheng looked at a lot, and she was the only one in the house who couldn't eat it all, thinking that He Shaoguang liked to eat upside down, so he sent someone to send her a lot more.
The smile on He Shaoguang's face at this moment is very sincere: full of oysters, stout sea cucumbers, and delicious bird shells, scallops, conch, mackerel......
She was busy and ordered that the small kitchen of the Rose Courtyard could not fit these things, so she asked everyone to move to the big kitchen.
It just so happened that the pots of peppers sent by Bai Yanqing also bore fruit.
He Shaoguang took care of the cultivation methods that a few Hu people said for several months, and finally saw the red and bright peppers in his memory.
She happily rubbed her hands and prepared, trying to make these into seafood sauce.
Just in time for the winter solstice, a large plate of mackerel dumplings wrapped in fresh mackerel is fresh and delicious, which is still a unique feature of Jeju.
To make mackerel dumplings, she had never tried before.
However, after the fish has been processed, it is cleaned and cut into large pieces for easy access.
Slice the flesh off the fish, wash it, and peel it. She remembered that the mackerel had to be peeled, otherwise it would be fishy and unpalatable.
Then wash and cut the leeks and put them in a pot for later use. Adjust the dough again, and after the dough is ready, put it aside to rise.
The other materials were prepared, and He Shaoguang concentrated on processing the fish.
She cut small pieces along the texture of the fish and cleaned the bones in the middle. The processed fish is beaten on a board.
In order to increase toughness, the beaten fish is stirred with equal parts of pork and soaked peppercorn water, and mixed with soy sauce, salt, green onion and ginger and other seasonings.
The key is to beat the pulp, be sure to stir the meat filling clockwise, add green onion and ginger water and stir until it is porridge-like, grab it to float on cold water, and finally add salt and oil.
He Shaoguang groped for everyone's taste, she divided the filling into two, half of it was added with leeks, and half was not added, at this time the dough also woke up, and she could roll out the skin and make dumplings.
It was too much work for one person to pack these things, and she set up a long table in the courtyard and invited others to join her.
The children had heard the story of Zhang Zhongjing's treatment of frozen ears with ear crossing, so they were eager to try.
Those adults, Lu Xiaowen was forcibly "conscripted", and the sister-in-law's family and Shi Nianjiao who volunteered to participate, basically the family gathered.
Xiao Mingrui was coaxed by the nurse, and looked at them silently under the porch. It was still early, and when the sun sank in the west and the temperature dropped, she could only enjoy it from the window in the house.
He Shaoguang was responsible for rolling the skin, the others were responsible for making dumplings, and the two children did not count.
He Shaoguang warned them in advance: "Huohuo dumpling wrappers are not allowed, whoever wraps them today will eat them all!" ”
With the help of his brother, Lu Mingzhen excitedly washed his hands and raised them to ensure himself: "I must make the most beautiful dumplings!" ”
It's a pity that the ideal is very plump and the reality is very skinny. A dumpling wrapper in Lu Mingyan's hand was scooped up with two large spoonfuls of stuffing at the beginning, and one dumpling wrapper couldn't fit it.
He closed the sides with difficulty, and the dumplings bulged with a big belly and immediately cracked.
He hurriedly pinched the broken place again, but he didn't think that he would tear down the east wall to make up the west wall, and the other place was cracked again.
He Shaoguang saw his embarrassed appearance when he rolled the skin, and couldn't help pinching his nose without washing his hands, leaving two white finger marks on his nose in an instant.
"There's too much stuffing, why don't you just put one spoonful of it?"
Lu Ming said in his heart that he just wanted to eat a double-filled dumpling on purpose.
Lu Mingyan took a piece of skin again, this time only scooped a spoonful of filling, and it was easy to put it together.
But because he was too careful when he put the filling, his hand shook and he shook off half a spoonful, so the dumpling had a flat stomach and couldn't stand up at all, and it was about to fall down when it was placed on the table.
Lu Mingyan pouted, but he was not discouraged, the movements in his hands continued, and finally the dumplings wrapped after five or six looked good and full.
His start was still like this, and Lu Mingzhen's side was even more blind, and his hands were all mushy, and he was clamoring to wash his hands, and after washing his hands, he came over to harm other dumpling skins.
He Shaoguang hurriedly handed her one and pushed her to Lu Mingyan's side: "Good boy, you just play this, don't waste it!" ”
Under Lu Mingyan's supervision, Lu Mingzhen had no other chances to harm him.
The dumpling wrappers were rolled out quickly, they were all people who had never been in the kitchen much, and the speed of the wrapping could not catch up, and there was a bunch of hills on the table, all of which were dumpling wrappers.
Shi Nianjiao saw that she was resting there to watch them lively, and raised her eyebrows and said angrily: "What are you doing there!" Still not coming to help us? Today, you invited us to eat dumplings......"
He Shaoguang refused her vigorously: "I see that your package is very good, so I won't join." ”
The refusal was invalid, and Shi Nianjiao and Xu Ruyun put them between them alone, and they couldn't dodge.
He Shaoguang cried to Xu Ruyun: "Sister-in-law...... You become good or bad! ”
Xu Ruyun avoided her accusation, turned a blind eye, and gently put a dumpling wrapper in the palm of her hand: "The second brother and sister are the most skillful." ”
Seeing that it was ineffective for Xu Ruyun to cry, He Shaoguang flattened his mouth and began to eliminate the piles of hills on the table.
With her joining, the speed is much faster with the naked eye, and seeing that time is still coming, she played with her heart and pinched a cute little pig - it is Lu Xiaowen's zodiac.
She walked up to him and lightly placed the piglet on his arm, standing firmly.
Lu Xiaowen was engrossed in fighting with dumplings, and a soft touch suddenly came from his horizontal forearm, he looked over, and saw He Shaoguang carefully put the pig in his hand, and he didn't dare to come out, afraid that the little pig would be blown down if he breathed heavily.
He Shaoguang was caught doing bad things and smiled at him secretly.
turned around and wanted to escape back to his original position, but was carried back by Lu Xiaowen and stood beside him: "Dishonest." ”
After wrapping more than 200 dumplings, it was estimated that everyone in the landing house would not be able to eat so much, so they borrowed flowers and offered Buddha along the way and sent some of these dumplings back to Gao's to taste.
Gao Shi accepted the rows of round and lovely mackerel dumplings, prepared to save them, and when King Zheng arrived tomorrow, he would take them out and cook them and taste them with him, which also made He Shaoguang show a good appearance in front of King Zheng again.
In Lufu, everyone tasted the practice of fishing for seafood for the first time, and they felt very fresh.
A large table of people sat together after a long absence, and the dishes of the winter solstice were very rich, except for the mackerel dumplings that everyone made together in the afternoon, and a huge pot of seafood in sauce was placed in the middle.
(End of chapter)