It was another public holiday. Tang Yuan threw the garbage into the sorting trash can at the back door, and saw Yu Jianguo sneaking into the next door, carrying a canvas bag in his hand.
During this time, he had become familiar with the two brothers of the Yu family, and he also figured out Yu Jianping's temperament, even the stern Yu Jianping. He was just a little slow-tempered.
When they met occasionally, Tang Yuan could call him "Uncle Jianping", and Yu Jianping could also bring out a smile or two.
Not to mention Yu Jianguo, who was cheerful and cheerful all day long and had no airs at all. After the misunderstanding was resolved, he would go to Tang Yuan for food from time to time.
I had never seen him look like this before. Fearing that something might happen, Tang Yuan pushed open the back door next door and entered Yu's restaurant.
Different from the solemn and gorgeous palace walls and pavilions of the outer buildings, the antique style of the wooden buildings is retained inside. With the dim yellow and warm lights, there is an illusion of traveling to ancient times in one second.
There was a slight noise coming from the kitchen. Tang Yuan stepped lightly and quietly stepped forward to take a look.
Yu Jianping was squatting on the ground and tapping the utensils attentively, but Yu Jianguo, who had just come in, was nowhere to be seen.
not good--
Tang Yuan was shocked and it was too late to turn around.
A gloomy voice sounded in his ear: "What are you looking at?"
After living for twenty-four years, Tang Yuan experienced the feeling of being caught for the first time.
The two brothers from the Yu family sat on the floor facing him, and they both looked at him.
Tang Yuan looked at Yu Jianguo, who couldn't suppress the smile in his eyes, and straightened his back: "I followed Uncle Jianguo in..." He thought the two brothers had quarreled, otherwise Yu Jianguo's expression would be so strange.
He couldn't help but ask: "What on earth did you bring?" His eyes glanced at the environmental bag that he had been holding in his hand and placed next to his leg.
I saw Yu Jianguo go to the kitchen to get the tableware first, return to the table, place it in the middle, take out a big box from the white bag, open it, and it turns out to be a big round cake???
Tang Yuan simply couldn't believe his eyes. There was a huge Chinese character "福" printed on this yellow piece of cake. From a distance, it looked like a thinned American apple pie.
Yu Jianping was still well-informed and said calmly: "It's mooncakes."
Whose mooncakes look like this? Is it because he is being bullied for not studying well?
"There are not many people who can make this kind of Zhangzhou mooncake now. Who gave it to you?" The dough is smooth and translucent yellow. When you get closer, you can smell the fragrance. It is the best among the best. It's just this ancient craft that modern young people
People probably don’t like it anymore.
Yu Jianguo smiled proudly: "Ah Jian did it."
Last night, he talked to his girl on the phone. A-Jian asked him how the two kinds of mooncakes tasted. He was also surprised that his girl could even make old-style mooncakes. When he asked, he found out that it was recorded by the old man.
I have to say that the old man in his family is really outstanding. I don’t see him traveling many far away on weekdays. However, he has a thorough understanding of Chinese food and can innovate it himself.
Yu Jianguo further explained: "It's in the old man's book, and it's the first time A-Jian has made it. I sent you two pieces and asked me to give you a try." He glanced at Tang Yuan again, "I'm taking advantage of you, kid."
If you don't come early or late, you have to wait until he brings moon cakes, it's like roundworms in your stomach.
As soon as the knife cuts through the dough, the yellow and purple fillings inside are revealed, mixed with a little bit of white, like beautiful granite.
Tang Yuan only wanted a small amount, and he always only tasted unfamiliar things.
The crust of the pie is loose but not collapsed, the filling is glutinous but not connected, and the crispiness of the skin echoes the delicious flavor of the taro paste and egg yolk...
"It's simply delicious!" Tang Yuan wiped his mouth and sighed, regretting that he didn't know about such delicacies until so late.
"Your portion is finished, I have to take away the rest." Yu Jianping saw the desire in his eyes, knocked on the plate, carefully put the food back into the box, closed the lid and stuffed it back into the canvas bag.
This little old man is really stingy——
Is Ah Jian... the daughter of Uncle Jianguo? I heard him talk about it several times. I heard that I was going to take the college entrance examination this year, so I rushed to Beijing University.
To have such a good craftsmanship, you need to get to know him well.
Woman, you successfully caught my attention——
It is impossible to ask Yu Jianping to take out the mooncakes again. Anyway, as long as Uncle Jianguo's daughter comes to the capital, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future, so why wait for this day and night.
"I've baked a batch of mooncakes over there, let's try it?" The current guests seemed to be having a hard time passing by, even for a man as active-thinking and innovative as Tang Yuan.
On the restaurant's public account, customers are shouting all day long: "Ask your chef to come up with new dishes!"
The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and someone else left a message: "Lantingxuan can make some fresh-flavored mooncakes. Ordinary mooncakes are so delicious that I don't even think about the Mid-Autumn Festival."
There were crazy likes below, and others echoed it.
Tang Yuan thought about it and planned to improve a new dish that was originally going to be served, and first make it into moon cakes.
To make Wellington Steak Mooncake, marinate fresh beef, cut it into rounds, heat a pan over medium heat, add oil and fry for 30 seconds on each side. Then apply mustard sauce and let cool.
Mushroom Sauce Tang Yuan uses the traditional French method. Mushrooms, thyme and black pepper are cooked together, stirring constantly to allow the water to evaporate.
Lay the ham on plastic wrap, then spread it with mushroom sauce, and finally fold it with beef. When making the mooncake fillings, something almost went wrong. It took Tang Yuan several attempts to wrap the beef into a perfect round shape.
Coat the prepared puff pastry with egg liquid, put the beef that has been frozen for 30 minutes, and gently press the sides to cover the opening. Then put it into the mooncake mold to press out the shape, and put it in the oven and bake it three times.
In fact, it is essentially the same as making Beef Wellington, except that the mooncakes are made with Cantonese-style puff pastry. The baked mooncakes are shiny and shiny, and against the backdrop of the white plate, they really look like a full moon in the sky.
Yu Jianguo didn't know how to start, so he took a big bite just like eating ordinary mooncakes.
The skin is crispy and glutinous, the black pepper flavor spreads in the mouth, the meat is juicy and tender, the taste... is so delicious...
Yu Jianguo swallowed the whole mooncake in two or three mouthfuls and burped with satisfaction.
Yu Jianping also finished most of the half-moon cake. When he tasted new things, he always chewed slowly to get the essence of it. He squeezed the half-moon cake in his hand and poured it on the plate.
Let go of the water droplets, and the water droplets will be absorbed into the flesh layer again.
Not bad! There was a new light in his eyes when he wanted to look at Tang Yuan. This boy had an amazing talent for cooking.
He and A Jian were simply two weights on the scale, one on the left and the other on the right. It is still unclear which one is more important.
He was a little excited for a moment and couldn't wait to see how many surprises these two young people could bring him.
The ideas for these chapters come from Li Bai's poems, and I also consulted a lot of information.
In fact, I have eaten a lot of fresh mooncakes in the past few years, such as custard liquid heart, chocolate ice skin, etc.
But as I walked around, the one that stuck with me the most was the local crispy meat mooncakes.
One bite, full of meaty aroma, the puff pastry will fall off if you don't touch it...