If you want to extract butter from fresh milk, you need to take out the not-so-thick layer of milk skin that Xiao Nianzhi took out and beat it continuously to separate the fat and water.
The fat part is butter.
If you have an electric egg beater, then this process is barely simple.
After all, beating eggs is a strenuous job, and it also requires speed.
But now they don't...
However, what surprised Xiao Nianzhi was that Manager Qiu and the others were indeed from the military camp. Not only did they have extremely fast hands, their endurance was also amazing.
They took turns beating, and the speed was almost faster than an electric egg beater!
They have reached their limit, and the rest is Xiao Nianzhi's job.
She cleaned her hands and soaked them in the newly brought well water to cool them down.
When the grease started to separate, Xiao Nianzhi took out the floating granular grease, put it on gauze, and filtered it.
The water needs to be filtered out to ensure the purity of the oil.
This process needs to be fast, because the melting point of butter is too low, and the temperature in the palm of your hand can easily melt it and then combine with water for a second time.
If this is the case, then a few manual egg beaters are doing nothing.
Therefore, Xiao Nianzhi’s hands not only need to be cool, but also fast!
At the same time, the temperature generated by beating eggs and the temperature in the air are also increasing, so it is necessary to add previously chilled milk. This can ensure as much as possible that the temperature of the whipped milk is always maintained at a stable level.
Let the butter melt within the boundaries.
The people who beat eggs by hand did so well, and Xiao Nianzhi did it neatly.
Yan Changxia also knows that this step is probably very critical, after all, it is quite time-consuming.
Therefore, she watched obediently throughout the whole process and did not ask questions out of curiosity for fear of disturbing everyone.
Butter is refined bit by bit. In order to maintain the temperature, Xiao Nianzhi filled the bowl with butter with well water to try his best to ensure that the butter did not melt for the time being.
Until no matter how much it is whipped, no fat can be separated from the milk, and the step of refining the butter is completed.
Xiao Nianzhi put the bowl of butter into the bucket again, and then went down into the well.
The temperature outside is still too high, and it may melt at any time, so it’s better to put it in a well for peace of mind.
Xiao Nianzhi and Manager Qiu were busy all the time, which made Yan Changxia and others dazzled.
They didn't go to the front, just in the small kitchen in the dormitory area.
However, with King Wei here, I am not afraid of running out of tools or ingredients.
We already have butter, so there are many things we can do next!
Xiao Nianzhi had a lot of things in her heart that she wanted to make, but seeing that the talented egg beater was still there, her mind couldn't help but wander a bit.
In such a hot weather, a refreshing and refreshing dessert would be enough.
Snow Meiniang is a good choice among them.
Fortunately, Manager Qiu and the others are still here, so they can help whip the cream.
If Xuemei Niang wants to make it delicious, the ratio and choice of glutinous rice flour and starch are more important!
Regarding this point, Xiao Nianzhi had already given King Wei a list yesterday, and the other party was also prepared.
The milk that Xiao Nianzhi boiled first was delivered early this morning. It needs to be sterilized at high temperature before it can be eaten with confidence.
Glutinous rice flour requires water-milled glutinous rice flour. Because there are many processes involved in making it, the final product is more delicate.
This is all thanks to King Wei and Yan Changxia. After all, the powerful masters are so particular about their daily food. Ordinary people are not willing to wash and sift rice.
I don’t know how much will be wasted in the process!
As for starch, you need to choose corn starch. The taste and texture will be more suitable for glutinous rice flour.
The ratio between these two ingredients is about 3.5:1.
If there is a little difference between the top and bottom, it won’t be a big problem.
In fact, you can make Snow Meiniang without butter.
But if you add butter, it will increase the milky aroma and make the taste more mellow.
Yan Changxia couldn't help but become curious again when she saw Xiao Nianzhi pouring all kinds of ingredients into the basin quickly as if he were doing magic, and steaming them in the pot after a while.
When Xue Mei Niang's skin was put into the pot to be steamed, Xiao Nianzhi was not idle either.
As I said yesterday, if she wants to make panna cotta for Yan Changxia, she will definitely need to do it.
Milk jelly is easy to make, but in order to increase the smooth texture, Xiao Nianzhi needs to add an extra food glue.
The main ingredient of this food glue is fish fat, and as an auxiliary ingredient, collagen from animals can be used.
To put it bluntly, both pork skin and chicken feet are acceptable.
However, pig skin is easier to handle, so Xiao Nianzhi chose this one.
The amount of pig skin does not need to be large, the main purpose is to rely on the gelatinous stickiness of the fish fat itself, and the pig skin is just an auxiliary to enhance the flavor.
When processing these two ingredients, they need to be blanched to remove the fishy smell, grease, and impurities.
If you want the final food gelatin to be cleaner and more translucent, you need to be very careful during the processing.
After the cooking is successful, you can go down into the well and wait for it to take shape.
After that, cut it into thin slices and dry it out, and you will get an elegant name.
Gelatin tablets.
Common name: Gelatin.
However, Xiao Nianzhi makes a home version, adding a small amount to improve the taste, so you can eat it with confidence.
The whole morning, Xiao Nianzhi was like a spinning top, busy reading without even touching the ground.
Aunt Yu concentrated on watching the excitement and picked a basket of cucumbers in the morning. She was originally here to provide for her retirement, and no one would say anything.
As for Xiao Nianzhi?
The masters picking vegetables said that if they share a bite, they can help them work for three days!
Because the custard had to wait, Xiao Nianzhi made the Snow Meiniang first.
After the skin was steamed, Manager Qiu and others started their long journey of part-time jobs.
Whip the cream!
With their previous experience in killing, they said that they were already skilled at the job now that they started using it again!
While they were whipping cream, Xiao Nianzhi cut the fruit into cubes.
It was a bit strange to put watermelon in. Xiao Nianzhi cut up the melons, peaches, and apricots that my aunt Zhuangzi sent over.
When the small round dumplings, as white as snow, were placed on the plate, Yan Changxia's language system went out of control again: "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"
King Wei watched the birth of Xuemei Niang with his own eyes and found the process very interesting and the result very gratifying.
Those little white fat guys look delicious.
Especially the cream that Guan Qiu whipped up after them just now was as pure white as snow, soft as clouds, and had a faint milky fragrance...
He had never seen it before, and his heart felt like it was being scratched by a cat.
King Wei was not a person who could restrain himself when it came to delicious food.
So, watching Xiao Nianzhi put the plates neatly aside, he couldn't help but ask: "Can you eat it?"
When I asked the question, my eyes seemed to be cast by a spell, and they were tightly glued to the plump and plump Snow Mei Niang.