Governor of the Metropolitan Water Cook, Section 77
From the side, one side is full of pink ghee, and the other three sides are cross-sections formed by several colors stacked together, and the pale yellow cake base is mixed with pink ghee and dark red cherry jam, which attracts people's attention.
She looked at it and felt that the cake in front of her was tempting her, and immediately put the spoon into her mouth, the entrance was still familiar with the silky taste, and at the same time accompanied by sweet and sour aroma, it should have been added with cherries, there was a very strong cherry fragrance.
As she tasted the cherry marmalade cream, all the cream melted between her lips and teeth without paying attention.
Wang Yan had the feeling that she hadn't eaten anything, and the things had already melted in her mouth, only the memory and touch of the tip of her tongue still remained, and the aroma between her breaths, telling her what she had just eaten.
She felt the cherry in her mouth, and took a bite directly, and the sweet and sour juice burst in her mouth instantly, washing away the memory of the cream.
I don't know if it's because of the cherry ghee first, she suddenly felt that the cherry taste was sour this time, and she lost interest a little.
So, in the next bite, she decisively chose to catch all the layers of the cake.
Press directly from the top scoop to the bottom and eat the different colored parts together in your mouth.
The fluffy and soft pale yellow cake base has a creamy aroma with a burnt aroma that will feel a little dry in the mouth when eaten alone.
However, when mixed with the ghee sandwiched in the middle, the sweet and sour flavor of cherries and the smooth texture are added to the milky aroma, and the difference in taste brought by the cake base is immediately eliminated.
And the cherry jam mixed in it like a surprise brings Wang Yan a surprise.
The sweet and sour cherry aroma also has a fragrant taste, which is many times stronger than the honey cherries I have eaten before.
As I ate, I couldn't help but be intoxicated by this novel and delicious dim sum.
There are many others like her, and Princess Jinyang is one of them.
She didn't believe much of Wang Yan's words at first, her aunt was from the Xingyang Zheng family, and everyone present was from the same five surnames, and the palace people brought into the palace also had cooks who had experienced hundreds of years together in the Xingyang Zheng family.
The snacks and foods that are popular or eaten in the family are also commonplace for her, and she doesn't think there is anything worth talking about.
As for the novelty in Wang Yan's mouth, it is just an improvement on the basis of her predecessors, and she has heard such a statement many times in the mouths of the palace people who serve her.
But when she saw the dim sum for the first time, she couldn't help but look closely, and finally let her see through the smell and appearance that what covered the outside of the dim sum was the ghee used in the pastry mountain, which she loved so much in the summer.
A little unimpressed, thinking about the taste of ghee, she slowly lifted the spoon, scooped a spoonful at random and put it into her mouth.
The smooth and delicate taste is very familiar, but there are other things added to the familiarity, and the milky aroma is mixed with the sweet and sour notes of cherries.
Not the feeling of pouring the jam directly on the crispy mountain, but the cherry is completely integrated with the ghee and cannot be separated at all, and the two aromas echo together in the lips and teeth.
She couldn't help but close her eyes and enjoy it until she swallowed all the flavors in her mouth.
Jin Yang only understood the novelty of what Wang Yan said at this moment, and then she pressed the spoon down, wanting to eat the rest of the dim sum together.
But she suddenly found that she was helpless about the dim sum in front of her.
If you push too hard, you will press the dim sum and pour it in your own direction, and if you pour it on the plate, you will definitely lose your original beautiful shape, and when you eat it, you will definitely lose the taste level that the chef originally formulated.
However, if you don't use any force, the cake that is too fluffy will shrink down with the action of squeezing, and it will be elastic and impossible to cut no matter what.
In the end, the palace people who served by Princess Jinyang's side saw that something was wrong, and helped her get a piece of cake that she longed for in other ways.
It wasn't until she took the cake into her mouth and chewed it that she realized why she had just been missing.
It's really that this cake is so fluffy that it almost shrinks into a ball when you squeeze it in your mouth, and it is fluffy and soft when you bite into it, and the taste inside is moist and delicate.
Mixed with other cherry ghee and jam, it makes you feel rich, and the aromas are all over the place, but they are not messy at all, but you want to continue to eat the next bite and meet the constant expectations coming from your stomach.
Jinyang originally thought that this cherry dim sum was very delicious, but when she ate the mulberry dim sum, she realized that she was too easily satisfied.
Compared to cherries, the mulberries mixed with mulberry jam have a richer taste, and when she tastes the ghee, she can even feel the mulberry fruits on the tip of her tongue that have not yet had time to be crushed.
Rolling back and forth on the tip of the tongue one by one, when you bite into it, the sweet and sour juice spreads instantly on the tip of the tongue, mixing with the ghee that you eat in your mouth, and you can't feel the sweetness at all.
You must know that she loves Sushan very much in the summer, but if she eats too much, she will always have a greasy taste and a feeling that her brain is blocked, so she always dare not eat more.
But today's ghee is different, the fruit added to it is very well integrated, the sweetness and sourness are moderate, and even from time to time it can burst out with a sour taste to remove the greasy feeling in the mouth.
So, unconsciously, Jin Yang directly ate all the four cakes on the table.
When she realized that she had lost the face of the royal family and the noble clan by eating too much, her cheeks flushed with embarrassment, and she completely lost the arrogance she had just arrived.
When she came to her senses, she couldn't help but raise her eyes to look at the girl from Fan Yang Lu who was sitting opposite her.
When I found that there were also four empty plates on the other side, I was immediately relieved, as long as she was not the only one who made a fool of herself today.
Wang Yan, who was sitting at the top, naturally discovered this amazing scene.
You must know that the five surnames have intermarried with each other for hundreds of years, and it can be said that each family's dim sum knows each other, or that someone will always make it in their own family.
Therefore, when the five surnames feast on each other, almost no one wants to move those dim sums, and they are tired of eating on weekdays, and they don't have the heart to go to other people's homes to enjoy them.
And now, at the banquet she hosted, almost every table ran out of dim sum, which was not very happy, and it was only a matter of time before the good name spread.
If the Cui family heard that she was also good at cooking, would they add a point to the choice of the clan wife?
Thinking of this, Wang Yan's heart was even more happy, and she even began to imagine the picture of proposing marriage in her heart.
After eating, everyone pretended not to have the embarrassing scene just now, and followed Wang Yan to play among the flowers.
If no one secretly asked where the dim sum came from, maybe Wang Yan would believe that everyone really didn't think today's dim sum was very good, after all, they all held their faces and didn't even dare to say anything after eating clean, for fear of being teased by others.
It's just that this dim sum is Zheng Wan's work, and Wang Yan is helpless, so she has to hide and not tell the truth.
The others saw that they couldn't get any specific news, so they had to leave lonely, even Jinyang, after all, compared with the dignity of the princess of the Taiyuan Wang family, the specific result is still unknown.
After this day, the talent of Wang Yan's housekeeper was spread among the scholars, and of course, it also included the dim sum that everyone had never heard of.
Wang Yan got the result she wanted, and she was in a very happy mood, feeling that the money she gave to Zheng Wan was still too little, and she couldn't give the reward as soon as she wanted.
Thinking that he also felt that the ghee mixed with the fruit was very delicious, he thought about buying food recipes with Zheng Wan.
The main reason is that the cooks in their hands always can't make Zheng Wan's taste, and it is very easy to overdo it, and the taste becomes crumbs, or after adding fruit, it can't be sent out at all.
And she also heard that Zheng Wan is just an ordinary person living in a house in Buzheng Fang, as long as he gives enough money, he is not afraid that the other party will not agree.
But what she didn't expect was that Zheng Wan was still working outside, and she didn't meet Zheng Wan for two days.
After finally asking clearly, I finally saw Zheng Wan's figure appear on Yongan Street at noon.
In order to wait for people, the subordinates of the palace waited in front of the Zheng Mansion in an ox cart for a while, and Zhao Qingmiao stood opposite them.
As soon as Zhao Qingmiao saw Zheng Wan's figure, he immediately greeted him, raised his hand to signal to the people who had been waiting in front of the door, and explained:
"Lady, these people have been here for the third day. Two days ago, I just casually asked if you were at home, and when I heard my son say that I was not there, I left directly. I didn't expect to visit again today, and I inquired, knowing that the lady came back from work at this hour, so she had to wait in front of the door. ”
Zheng Wan listened to Zhao Qingmiao's explanation, looked at the people who came and went, and after seeing the sign hanging on the other party's ox cart, he immediately realized that this was the ox cart on the house of the guest he had just sent the cake.
She took Zhao Qingmiao to quickly approach the other party's ox cart and shouted, "Everyone, it's too late, you can go in and talk about something." ”
The maids glanced at Zheng Wan and immediately spoke:
"It just so happens that I'm also looking for a lady to discuss important matters, and it's not convenient to talk outside, please."
With that, the group entered the house under the leadership of Zhao Qingmiao and came to the main hall to take a seat.
The few people didn't have any intention of delaying time, and the maid immediately said what she meant:
"Our lady is very fond of the snacks made by the lady, and she specially ordered us to bring rewards to the lady."
As she spoke, she glanced at the maid behind her, and the maid immediately raised the tray in her hand, crossed her head, and sent the tray to Zheng Wan.
At this time, the maid who had just spoken continued to add: "It's just a little caution on the part of our maid, and the lady doesn't have to be polite. ”
The red cloth of the tray was lifted, revealing a dozen large silver ingots inside, which were worth a lot of money when they looked at it.
But Zheng Wan didn't accept it directly, she knew that someone who came was so arrogant, there must be something else to say.
The maid didn't think Zheng Wan's reaction was anything strange, and directly explained her intention.
"Actually, this time, we also want to buy and make various flavors of ghee recipes from the lady's hand, because our girls love it very much, and we hope to be able to eat it from time to time in the future."
Zheng Wan thought it was an embarrassing request, but after hearing that he wanted various flavors of cream, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile:
"What's so difficult about this, and the lady said that it was too polite to buy it, isn't it just that ghee and jam are mixed together, and the method is very simple. If the girl likes it, she can directly present it. ”
Hearing this, the maid was also very shocked, and couldn't believe that Zheng Wan casually said the recipe that everyone praised the nobles.
And it's not that she didn't see the cook in the girl's small kitchen studying back and forth, and she didn't study any secrets.
Now when I hear Zheng Wan say this, I can't help but be surprised.
Zheng Wan seemed to be worried that the other party would not believe it, so she said directly:
"The lady doesn't have to excuse herself, the recipe is not very difficult, and she can write out the practice with a few strokes at will."
As she spoke, she immediately got up and walked to the ear room on the side, took out the pen and paper, and wrote down the four flavors of cream she had made before in front of everyone.
This time, Zheng Wan decided to give it away instead of selling it because she was not so short of money now, and she understood from the transaction with Cui Zhiyun that if she sold it herself, it would become a problem to use it herself in the future.
She also thought that she would make other dim sum to sell in the future, and let Zhao Qingmiao go out to set up a stall on her behalf.
If you can't use it, you'll be gone.
Not to mention anything else, even if it is the silver reward sent by the maid of the Wang family today, you can buy these four flavors of cream recipes, and if you say that it is a gift, it can also leave an impression in the hearts of the girls of the Taiyuan Wang family.
All in all, she never loses.
In the face of other people's incredulous eyes, Zheng Wan quickly wrote out the key points of making a variety of flavors of cream, and as for the jam, there is no trick, just add sugar and lemon juice to boil.
As a result, she is very fast.
Before the others were still a little shocked by such arrogant words, she had already written out the recipe.
Zheng Wan walked up to the maid with the letter paper that had not yet dried, put the letter paper in his hand on the table, and introduced:
"These are the recipes for ghee, please pass them on to the girl."
The maid is also literate, and after reading the above content clearly, she admired Zheng Wan so much that she threw herself to the ground, and said with emotion:
"It's really rare for a lady to do things so well. However, if we take Fang Zi back directly, the girl will definitely punish us for knowing it, so the lady still accepts the reward. ”
This time, the reward money was still mixed with the silver money that was originally used to buy the food recipe, although it was not as much as the original instant given, but it was much higher than the silver reward.
After pushing and pulling back and forth for a while, both sides got their own satisfactory results.
After the maids went back, they told Zheng Wan's generosity, and Wang Yan was immediately impressed by Zheng Wan, who could make food so delicious and had a particularly refreshing personality.
I am also very satisfied with the maid's self-proclaimed behavior of increasing the silver reward, even if Zheng Wan said that he would not buy it but give it away, but their Taiyuan Wang family's decision to do things could not be so shabby, and subsidizing it in other ways is a very good solution.
And Zheng Wan is at home and is very satisfied with his decision.
When Zhao Qingmiao obeyed Zheng Wan's instructions and took the tray over, he felt that the things in his hand seemed to weigh a thousand catties, and he didn't dare to take a big step at all, for fear that he would affect the silver ingots on the tray.
Zheng Wan looked at her cautious appearance, and couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth and reminded: