When many people think of British food, they think of "dark cuisine" such as looking up at the stars.
But in fact, even after experiencing the decline of food culture, Britain still has top-notch dishes that can make people admire.
Beef Wellington, this is a very traditional British dish, and it is also known as the most elegant British dish.
However, just like the Eggs Benedict that Elena had made before. Although Steak Wellington originated in Europe, it was developed in the United States. Most of the official documents about Steak Wellington first appeared in the United States.
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For a long time, there was no top international chef in the UK - it was not until two years later that a Scottish restaurant chef named Gordon Ramsay in the non-magical world appeared.
Let all this begin to change.
By the time Elena traveled through time, Gordon Ramsay had not only become the first Scottish chef to win three Michelin stars, he even owned 28 top restaurants and had won a total of 14 Michelin stars.
He himself has become the top chef with the highest personal net worth and annual income in the non-magical world.
Gordon Ramsay's most famous dish, which is also his first famous dish, is the Beef Wellington that Elena is now trying to reproduce in the Hogwarts kitchen - because of the exquisiteness of Beef Wellington,
Complex and delicious, this is also known as one of the hellish dishes that test the chef's cooking skills.
"Wow! What is this?! It's so delicious!"
"So beautiful, Elena, you are so amazing."
After Potions class ended, it was actually almost lunch time.
Harry and Hermione, who were already hungry, did not dwell too much on Elena's strange "birthday greetings" and quickly focused on the steak that they had never seen before brought out by the silver-haired little Luoli.
The golden puff pastry is wrapped around the outside of the steak. After cutting it open, you can see that the bottom of the puff pastry is stuffed with attractively colored mushroom mince. Under the mushroom mince, the pink filet mignon presents a multi-faceted look.
Juicy and delicious visual impact.
What goes further than the visual enjoyment is the progressive and diverse flavors of these steaks when they are put into the mouth, which almost instantly completely subverted Hermione and Harry's understanding of steaks conceptually.
"Well, other than that? Do you have any other opinions or thoughts?"
Elena crossed her arms and looked at the two friends devouring food in front of her with satisfaction, feeling filled with a sense of accomplishment.
Even Hermione, who has always been a bit reserved, quickly put down her ladylike temperament when faced with such delicious food and started chewing it. Harry, who had never eaten anything particularly good at the Dursleys since he was a child,
, and I wish I could grow another mouth or two more hands to help me eliminate food faster.
“Super delicious! This is delicious!”
"Is this really a steak? Oh my god, I thought it was so..."
As a qualified chef, Elena would naturally not rashly serve a brand new dish to the tables of the four houses of Hogwarts without trying it.
Before official supply can be completed, a basic tasting session is naturally essential.
There is no doubt that Harry and Hermione, who had just left the Potions classroom, were very lucky to be Elena's first batch of food tasters. However, what left Elena speechless was that these two
The little guy who was born and raised in England seems to have no opinion at all except that it tastes delicious.
But come to think of it, even Hermione Granger, who comes from a slightly better off family, would have a hard time finding any top-notch restaurants at this time - after all, it was only the end of 1991, far away from the mainland of the UK.
It will take almost ten years for dietary confidence to re-emerge.
"Forget it, you can eat in peace..."
Elena shook her head helplessly, ignoring Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, who were looking fussing because they had never seen the world before, and carefully cut a piece of Wellington steak with a table knife.
He stuffed it into his mouth and immediately frowned in dissatisfaction.
"It still failed. The gravy was not completely locked in and the puff pastry got damp."
"And...the steak seems to be a little overcooked, a little too cooked, and lacks the tenderness."
For the most authentic Wellington steak, the pastry should be crispy and complete, the mushroom sauce in the middle should be dry enough and fragrant, and the fillet (fillet, which refers to a steak made with a certain thickness of beef tenderloin) at the core is a must.
Only when it is three ripe can it show an attractive pink color, the meat is rich, soft and smooth, and the three must be tightly connected without any gaps.
As one of the most difficult dishes in the world to prepare, there are two main difficulties in cooking steak Wellington: one is how to effectively prevent the gravy from soaking into the puff pastry, and the other is the inability to see the rawness of the meat.
The degree can only be judged based on experience.
Strictly speaking, if the puff pastry is a little wet or the beef is overcooked or undercooked, it is considered a failure.
"It seems that magic is not omnipotent."
Elena nodded her lips thoughtfully.
You know, in order to speed up the preparation time of the steak, she asked the house elves at Hogwarts to use a little "little magic" to shorten the preparation process of the Wellington steak from nearly an hour to fifteen minutes.
The result of this is that both the dryness of the mushrooms and the sealing of the gravy are somewhat unsatisfactory, even a little bad. In addition to the crispy surface of the puff pastry, the slightly inner parts are completely pink.
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The most important thing is that due to the unscientific consequential nature of magic, house elves who adhere to the concept that cooking food is done by cooking it will obviously not deliberately control the rareness of the internal steak when applying magic.
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This is also the biggest test Elena needs to face as the head chef of the Hogwarts kitchen.
There is no doubt that house elves are fully capable of serving as kitchen assistants for any star chef. The breakfasts in the past few days have proved that as long as they understand the basic methods, with the help of magic, they can achieve more than 90% of the perfection in a dish.
The replication rate may even reach 100% or even 120%...
However, the premise is that Elena must be able to show them what a successful sample looks like, or be able to accurately describe and define what the perfect form looks like - in other words, before she can show them what a successful sample looks like,
Before being "invited" to Hogwarts as a chef, she must try her best to become a star chef like Ramsay.
"Burley, I may need to purchase a batch of kitchen supplies from the Muggle world. I should be able to do that this weekend, right?"
Elena tapped her fingers on the workbench, lowered her head and looked at the house elf who had been standing not far in front of her, stretched her fingers seriously, and said solemnly.
"I need a batch of plastic wrap, a quick-refrigeration ice cellar, and we also need to replenish the traditional British yellow mustard in the kitchen and purchase a batch of Parma ham..."
"There's nothing wrong with the ice cellar, seasonings, and ham. We just need to add more to the shopping list. But——"
Burleigh, the house elf, nodded seriously, took out his small notebook and carefully wrote it down (this was a new habit he had developed over the past few days, so that he could record Elena's requests at any time).
Suddenly, Burley, the house elf, paused in his recording, raised his head, and looked at Elena with a grimace.
"Chef, the plastic wrap you mentioned seems to be something unique to the Muggle world. We house elves cannot go to the non-magical world to purchase this thing, so..."
"I understand, leave this aspect to me."
Elena raised her eyebrows and showed an incomprehensible smile - as the head chef of Hogwarts, it is not very reasonable for her to occasionally leave school for shopping.
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There is only one chapter today. I have been working overtime these days to finish the chapter, and I will be releasing more chapters starting next week!