A long and loud bell rang, and everyone immediately began to act, such a neat and interesting move immediately attracted the attention of the palace maid of the Shangshi Bureau opposite.

They were just waiting in front of the oven to watch the fire, and by the way, they happened to meet these people who came to participate in the assessment, and it was just a little fun.

"Huh? You say, what are these cooks going to do? ”

"This is still a guess, there are only a few dim sum that can be made in the oven, nothing more than egg yolk crisp, moon cakes, peach crisp, almond crisp, what else can the chef outside the palace have new ideas?"

"Hahaha! The old sister said that these cooks outside the palace only have so much inventory in their hands, and they are tired of participating in the assessment every year. ”

"Then you're still asking this question, deliberately making fun of the other side?"

"Oh, how can the old sister say such a thing, it's just idle."

Soon, everyone laughed and even began to bet on what the dim sum made on the other side was to have fun.

"I guess the first one is the peach cake I made."

"Eh! Why did you talk so fast, you old thing, and such a good guess turned out to let you get the first time. Looking at the big bowl of oil on the table, who still doesn't know what he's going to do? It's not counted, it's too simple. ”

"How can this be reversed?"

"No, we must find someone interesting to guess, otherwise it will be obvious at a glance, what is the point of our bet?"

"That's right."

The palace maid who spoke first also felt that this distribution did not seem to be very good, so she resolutely relieved her mouth and began to look back and forth at the six people opposite.

Soon, Zheng Wan, who kept whipping the whipping cream in the bowl with chopsticks, attracted everyone's attention.

After looking at it for a while, someone asked, "Do you know what that young lady is doing?" ”

"Whipping the thin ghee, it shouldn't be because you want to make a crispy mountain, right?"

"Can Sushan also be called a dim sum? Isn't this girl even forgetting what she's going to do? This year's chefs are really interesting. ”

"No, you see, she seems to have poured flour and milk and something together. What kind of dim sum is this? ”

The palace maids looked at it and suddenly felt that Zheng Wan's behavior was unpredictable, and they couldn't guess what Zheng Wan wanted to do.

I always feel that she has a hammer in the east and a hammer in the west, but there is no qualitative, no matter how you look at it, they can't imagine how these ingredients will be blended together.

Some people even watched Zheng Wan make dim sum, and even forgot about the barbecue they were still responsible for.

"Qingmiao, the roast leg of lamb that Liu Cairen in charge of you wants is ready, hurry up and present it, and guess it when you come back."

"Then don't forget."

Mama Qingmiao reluctantly carried the food box containing the roast leg of lamb and walked towards Liu Cairen's palace, followed by other palace maids who were carrying other meals together.

From the Shangshi Bureau to the Fanghua Hall where Liu Cairen lived, he had to pass by the Imperial Garden, thinking that things often happened here, and the people couldn't help but speed up their pace.

But the accident still came, when everyone walked to the rockery behind the most prosperous peony bushes in the imperial garden, they were suddenly stopped.

"Stop, you're bringing you a meal?"

Mama Qingmiao turned her head to look, and saw Princess Jinyang smiling at her, and quickly bowed her head and bowed, shouting:

"Meet Princess Jinyang! The slave maid and the others were to deliver meals to Liu Cairen of Fanghua Palace. ”

This Liu Cairen Princess Jinyang also knew that she was a woman who had recently pleased her father, and she had never had any intention of tossing such a person who had no future, so she waved her hand casually and let a few people leave.

The palace maid who was in charge of serving Princess Jinyang, seeing the princess's boring appearance, immediately took the matter of the assessment held by the Shangshi Bureau as fun.

"Are you saying that there are now a group of cooks from outside the palace who are being assessed in the Shangshi Bureau? It's kind of interesting to listen to. ”

Chapter 59: Puffs

"The saint is gracious, and the departments are authorized to prepare public kitchens and ensure that the officials are fed. But this year is still a little different, I heard that this year is the people of the Shang Food Bureau and the chefs of each division to evaluate and judge, which can be regarded as a competition. ”

"Father naturally makes sense to do this, but the competition you said is also quite interesting? So who is judging the results? ”

"Back to the princess, it's a group of female officials in the Shangshi Bureau."

"How? The female official of the Shangshi Bureau is the referee, and the palace maid participates in the competition, is there no secret among them? Since there is such a grand event, the main palace should also participate in it. If you go to tell Chen Shangshi of the Shang Food Bureau, you will say that the guidelines they have always implemented are not good, and they will change it this year.

This time, the referee is the main palace, and the other brothers and sisters are called, which is much fairer than their own judgment by the female officials. ”

Although Princess Jinyang spoke righteously, the smile and interest revealed from the corners of her eyes and eyebrows.

is showing that she is definitely not doing this because she means to say it, but because she is idle and wants to find something to pass the time, and the Shangshi Bureau just hit her gun.

The palace maid who was waiting beside her naturally knew it, but she knew better that if it was not in line with Princess Jinyang's wishes, then the next thing would be even worse.

Therefore, he hurriedly responded: "Wow." ”

After a while, Jin Yang divided the maids who followed her, either to find Chen Shangshi, or to find other princesses and county lords who were good friends with her.

Among them, Wen Fei, who had just provoked this matter, was arranged to find Chen Shangshi.

As soon as he stepped into the door of the Shangshi Bureau, Chen Shangshi looked at Wen Fei opposite under the reminder of the palace maids, and asked in a friendly voice:

"Wenfei Niangzi is visiting today, I don't know what is the matter?"

Wen Fei, who had confidence, did not take the other party seriously even in the face of Chen Shangshi, who had the highest official position, and said in a tone of grace:

"Princess Jinyang heard that the Shangshi Bureau is holding an assessment of female officials and public chefs today, and she thinks that you are both judges and participants. I am specially appointed to take over the assessment and judgment matters, and when the meal is ready, all of them will be placed in the water pavilion of the Imperial Garden, and Princess Jinyang, together with the princesses and the county lord, will be the judges of this time. ”

Hearing this kind of words similar to seizing power, Chen Shangshi's face did not change in the slightest, and he did not have the slightest displeasure in treating Princess Jinyang so unkindly.

Who let the middle palace now have no owner, and Concubine Zheng Guifei is the head of the four ladies and is in charge of the harem. Although she is not known as the queen in her name, she is actually a queen, and there are three princes and Princess Jinyang under her knees, and she is from the Xingyang Zheng family among the five surnames.

Even if Chen Shangshi's official position is high, he doesn't dare to go head-to-head with Princess Jinyang.

And carefully speaking, the assessment is not a very important matter of power and responsibility for Chen Shangshi.

She looked at Wen Fei on the opposite side and said, "Her Royal Highness the Princess wants to participate in the assessment and judgment, which is an honor for our Shang Food Bureau. Today is the last link in the assessment - the white case, all I do are some snacks and other meals, and the estimated end time is at noon, please forgive Wenfei Niangzi. ”

Wen Fei calculated the time, and there was not much time left, plus she looked at Chen Shangshi's face, and felt that she was also majestic enough.

"I will tell the princess the truth."

When leaving, he also took Qin Sishan, who had been presiding over the matter, away, saying that he wanted to arrange seats for the princesses, and invited Li Dianshan to palm his eyes together.

This reason is that the people of the Shangshi Bureau have a black line on their faces, but Na Wenfei has no choice but to let Li Dianshan follow.

At the same time, after Chen Shangshi saw that Princess Jinyang's people had left, he immediately called Qin Sishan and asked her to make sure that this matter was handled properly, and that Princess Jinyang could not catch any mistakes or omissions in it.

Therefore, Zheng Wan carefully stirred the mixture in his own small ding, mixed the milk, butter, water, and salt in the ding, stirred and melted.

While it is boiling, add the flour and continue to stir well until there is no dry powder, then take it out and let it cool.

Just when Zheng Wan continued to be busy, even the palace maids on the opposite side came and went, and they did not stop speculating about Zheng Wan.

"You see, the young lady is adding flour to the ding again, and you all think about what kind of dim sum needs to be hot."

"Aren't you one of the bets? You talk about it. ”

"Uh-"

A long silence ensued.

In the end, this group of palace maids had to admit that Zheng Wan won the bet this time, because they had guessed for so long, and they just couldn't find out what Zheng Wan wanted to make with these ingredients.

Because I often guess halfway through looking at the materials, I will immediately see Zheng Wan adding materials that he doesn't understand.

Just like the next, the crust that could still wrap the filling just now looks completely mushy, and now it can really only be spread into thin cakes.

Essentially, Zheng Wan observed that after the freshly mixed dough had cooled, he added the pre-mixed egg mixture to it.

Stir the dough into a smooth batter, scoop it up with a spoon and pour it down, so that you can clearly see the lines on the batter, and then disappear after a while.

Once the batter was stirred, she took a baking tray from the side and lined it with oiled paper.

Then scoop up a spoonful of freshly stirred batter and pull the spoon up and down on top of the batter until you notice that there is no excess batter to slip down.

She quickly poured the right amount of batter into the baking sheet, and the batter fell from the air, bottoming out in the baking tray and gradually spreading in all directions.

The palace maid who was squatting on the side, as soon as she saw Zheng Wan's posture, she knew that the next scene would definitely be extraordinary.

Therefore, she didn't have time to care about the rest, and stared at Zheng Wan's movements with a pair of eyes.

I saw Zheng Wan using a small spoon to scoop up the batter from the bowl, and when the edge of the spoon was still stained with the batter that was slipping, his hand quickly moved to the top of the baking sheet.

Then, a magical scene appeared before her eyes.

I saw that the batter dumped by Zheng Wan actually formed a complete circle on the baking tray intact, and when it was poured, a large piece of batter slipped off and was stacked on the baking sheet.

But after a while, the batter on the baking tray automatically transforms into a perfectly shaped circle.

And as Zheng Wan's hands shook up and down, moving left and right, round batter of the same interval and uniform size appeared on the baking tray.

If it weren't for the palace maid who had seen it with her own eyes, she didn't believe that a person could actually use her hands to such an extent.

Almost whatever comes to mind can be realized in your own hands in no time.

Even she looked at it, and directly looked at those skillful hands into a daze.

As soon as Zheng Wan turned around, he saw the palace maid who was stupid enough to see God, and reminded him loudly:

"Now you can take out the charcoal fire in the oven."

"Whoa."

The palace maid was taken aback by this sudden voice, but she also knew that it was her own fault, and she was worried that Zheng Wan would report it, so she was punished.

Hurriedly walked towards the location of the oven, looked at the red charcoal fire in the oven, and hurriedly took it out according to Zheng Wan's instructions.

Zheng Wan himself continued to pour the batter, saying that this Shangshi Bureau is really worthy of being a place for saints to eat, and even this oven is bigger than other places.

According to her visual observations, it is estimated that it is not a problem to directly bake three plates at a time.

Thinking that the ingredients would not cost her own money anyway, she directly made the maximum amount that the oven could bear, and spread the batter on three large plates.

Then, she covered the batter with the puff pastry she had made in advance.

The puff pastry must be larger than the batter on the baking sheet, so that the golden and crispy crust can completely envelop the batter that will bulge underneath.

After a while, all the puff pastry is stuck to the batter.

After the palace maid cleaned up the charcoal fire in the oven, she looked back and saw that the batter she had just remembered was completely different.

She was very curious about what was going on at the moment when she turned around.