Chapter 146 A bolt from the blue? Lin Xu’s ultimate comeback!
The game scene.
After a short rest.
Geng Lishan announced that the Five Powers Tournament is about to begin.
Soon.
The ingredients on the shelves have been updated.
Lin Xu discovered that the green onions, ginger and other ingredients were all wrapped in bags, and there were three pots of cooking oil and pork on top.
“All contestants must choose the ingredients and ingredients they want in turn. They can only choose the same thing each time. In the first round, the first place picks first, in the second round, the second place picks first, and in the third round, the third place picks first. Pick... There are five rounds of selection in total. After the five rounds, use the ingredients you selected to make a dish, no matter the taste."
Only five ingredients can be used?
Everyone stared intently at the ingredients on the shelves.
Thinking about how to choose the right one.
After the game starts.
Lin Xu walked to the shelf and first took a pot of cooking oil.
No matter what dish you make, cooking oil is an essential ingredient.
There are only three barrels of oil on the shelf, so you have to grab it first, otherwise you can only cook oil-free dishes, or look forward to getting pork in the next round and use pig fat to make lard.
Seeing this, Guo Xinghai and Wei Qian behind them also chose cooking oil.
The remaining two contestants took the remaining two pieces of pork into their hands respectively. It was obvious that they also thought of the idea of using pig fat to refine cooking oil.
After the first round of selection.
Guo Xinghai, who placed second in the previous round, started the second round of selection.
He originally wanted to get the ribs, but when he saw that there were only four packets of salt on the shelf, he did not hesitate to take one packet of salt.
When the three people behind Wei and Qian looked at it, they all chose salt.
Lin Xu: "..."
What choice do you want me to make?
Offstage.
Shen Jiayue's heart was in her throat, and she was about to slander the person who asked the question, but it seemed that it was Lele's grandfather who asked the question, so she resisted the urge to complain and asked Xie Baomin, who was sitting not far away. Tao:
"Brother, what should Xu Bao do now? Will he be eliminated?"
No more salt.
Then cooking becomes empty talk.
Xie Baomin was also a little surprised that such a question was asked in the top five competition.
"At this time, we can only make dessert dishes. Fortunately, my junior brother is also very knowledgeable about dessert dishes. The dishes such as Shaqima and almond tofu that I made before are also very good."
But not bad is not bad.
In a gourmet competition, if there are no limited dessert dishes, you will not get high scores if you cook this kind of dish rashly.
After all, salty dishes are the mainstream.
There are too many restrictions on sweetness.
In front of the storage shelf.
Lin Xu also knows that salty dishes are no longer relevant to him.
But as for dessert dishes...
He saw that there was only one bag of white sugar on the shelf, weighing about two or three kilograms, and he immediately picked it up in his hand.
Well, hurry up and take up the sugar, so you won’t have to wait until you can’t even make desserts.
After he got the white sugar.
Regardless of the judging panel or the advisory group, a trace of regret flashed across everyone's face.
Using dessert dishes to compete with savory dishes is undoubtedly a trap.
Many people even began to complain quietly about the person who set the question.
For a food competition, just let people cook and stir-fry. What are you doing with so much trouble?
"Lao Gao, what should we do?"
Lao He from Building 1 took the initiative to ask.
Uncle Gao smiled bitterly:
"What can we do? Just keep doing it. No matter what step you take, it counts. As a child, you should suffer some setbacks. How can it always be smooth sailing?"
But that’s what I said.
In his heart, he still hopes that his apprentice can prove himself through dessert dishes.
Such a high talent.
It would be a shame to stop at the top five!
In the online live broadcast room.
Fans are no longer in the mood to tease.
"Can Boss Lin pass this round of competition with dessert dishes?"
"It's quite surprising. In all the food competitions, there is no precedent for dessert dishes to finally defeat savory dishes."
"What a pity... He is obviously so talented!"
"Yes, I get up at around four o'clock every day and work so hard that I don't forget to shoot a Vlog every other day to teach us how to cook."
"I went to post on Lin Ji's food topic. I hope everyone will cheer for Boss Lin!"
"Come on, big devil, no matter where you are, you are still the food champion in our eyes!"
"Yes, you will always be our food champion!"
"..."
The game scene.
After the second round of selection.
Wei Gan, who placed third, began the third round of selection.
He got a piece of tenderloin.
The last two contestants got beef and chicken wings respectively.
When it was Lin Xu's turn, he glanced at the meat fillings in the meat ingredients, and then took away an old pumpkin on the shelf. This was the only ingredient on the shelf suitable for making desserts.
"This is okay...at least I can make the dish of candied pumpkin without getting zero points."
Xie Baomin said something.
Seeing Guo Weidong looking over again, he raised the middle fingers of both hands angrily.
How can I be in the mood to flirt with you right now?
The selection continues.
Guo Xinghai chose minced meat.
Then the fourth round of selection officially begins.
Lin Xu got the salted duck egg yolk, which gave Shen Jiayue a little comfort.
At least I can make pumpkin baked with egg yolk!
And while waiting for the fifth round of selection.
Lin Xu stood in front of the shelf and thought for a long time before choosing a bag of glutinous rice flour.
"What did he choose glutinous rice flour for? This dish of baked pumpkin with egg yolk does not require glutinous rice flour."
When the elders on the advisory board see the ingredients, they can guess the dishes everyone is going to cook.
They no longer pay attention to Lin Xu.
Instead, he focused on Guo Xinghai, who chose meat fillings and loofah. If I guessed correctly, this 'Mr. Xiao Guo' was probably going to make loofah stuffed with meat.
The five rounds of selection are over.
Everyone stood in front of their respective stoves and started working.
At the chief judges' table.
Geng Lishan looked at Lin Xu apologetically.
He really didn't expect that the competition process he designed would actually harm his confidant.
But that’s it.
It is too late to modify the rules.
We can only continue to compete like this.
In front of the stove.
Lin Xu poured one-third of the sugar into the pot with a normal expression, then added a bowl of water, put it on the stove and started to boil.
While it's boiling, use a spoon to stir it in the pot.
This can not only speed up the melting of the sugar, but also allow the sugar to heat evenly, preventing it from sticking to the bottom of the pot and causing lakes.
Soon, all the sugar in the pot melted.
Continue stirring.
When the surface of the sugar water in the pot turns slightly yellow and the sugar water becomes more and more viscous.
He turned off the fire and brought over a large empty pot.
Pour the boiled syrup in, place it on the ground and turn it quickly, using the centrifugal force of the rotation of the iron pot to quickly evaporate the water in the syrup.
"What is he doing?"
"Looks like making candy."
"Sugar?"
"Candy products such as kitchen sugar, candied scallions, and candied melons are all made this way."
"I know about these candies, but this is a food competition. Can you get high scores just by having candies?"
"That's enough!"
In the auditorium, listening to the whispers of those around her, Shen Jiayue hugged Dundun and almost cried.
Chen Yan comforted her and said:
"Okay, okay, my brother-in-law is so good, what if he can get through this round of competition?"
Geng Lele held her cheek and sighed.
When formulating the rules, grandpa asked her for her opinion, and she casually said that the players should choose the ingredients. Who knew that grandpa actually did this?
Sorry, Boss Lin!
The syrup in the iron pot quickly became thicker.
He felt that there was still a bit of moisture, so he put it aside and blew it with a fan. Then he picked up another pot, cleaned it and wiped off the powdery water on the surface, then poured the glutinous rice flour into it and put it on the stove to stir-fry over low heat. What Lin Xu has to do now.
It was the perfect snack that was rewarded when making Shaqima - Dragon Beard Cake.
He plans to use the dragon beard cake as an embellishment to change the dish of baked pumpkin with egg yolk in a new way.
As for whether it can succeed.
He couldn't tell for sure.
Anyway, just try your best.
When making dragon beard cake.
The maltose can easily lower its temperature during repeated pulling, causing the sugar strands to break.
So we need to use hot glutinous rice flour to maintain the temperature.
During the pulling process, let the sugar strands continuously roll over the warm glutinous rice flour, which can not only maintain the temperature, but also prevent the sugar strands from sticking together.
After frying the glutinous rice flour.
He held the pot and poured it into a deeper tray.
Then he took out the maltose that was almost blown by the fan from the pot.
"Wow! Isn't he afraid of being burned? This sugar must be at least 60 or 70 degrees Celsius, right?"
"He's not afraid of being hot or cold. He looks like a veteran at cooking. It's a pity that he won't be able to see him in the next round of competition."
"It's really a pity."
"It's a pity, but isn't this the case for competitions?"
"Well, this is the charm of the game, it is always full of suspense and variables."
"..."
Lin Xu rolled the maltose in his hand into a long strip, then connected the two ends together and squeezed tightly.
Then carefully open the ring, expand it, and put it in glutinous rice flour for a while to coat the surface with glutinous rice flour, then twist it to form a figure 8 ring.
Finally, fold it in half again, grab both ends, stretch it out, and continue folding it in half.
By pulling repeatedly like this, the sugar strands became thinner and thinner, and the originally golden maltose turned white.
"Damn it! Is Boss Lin going to open it up?"
"Isn't this just dragon's beard cake as thin as hair? I bought a box at the scenic spot before and it tastes pretty good."
"Boss Lin hasn't given up yet!"
"He will definitely not give up. I hope there will be a miracle in this competition!"
"Come on, Boss Lin, we won't give up!"
"Ma Dan, keep posting and shouting to Boss Lin to cheer up!"
"I'll go too. If I don't do something, I'll always feel sorry for the ridicule before."
"..."
Don't look at the fans who always make fun of Lin Xu.
But at this moment, they really hope that Lin Xu can create a miracle.
No matter how amazing this miracle is.
As long as we can advance to the next round of competition.
Finally, Lin Xu pulled the maltose, which was originally golden and slightly hot, into a cluster of filaments thinner than hair.
After finishing all this.
He cut the dragon's beard cake into pieces, took a large bowl, and slowly poured the dragon's beard cake into it.
Place the bottom of the bowl first, then plate it up in circles, all the way to the mouth of the bowl, fold in the excess dragon beard cake, and set aside to cool.
Then he picked up the pumpkin he picked out earlier.
Peel first.
Then cut half of the pumpkin into strips of different lengths, and use a ball scooper to scoop the other half into round pumpkin balls.
After doing both of these things.
Heat oil in a pan.
After the oil is hot, put the pumpkin strips into the pot and fry until the skin becomes crispy.
Then add the pumpkin balls and fry them until the skin becomes crispy.
"Senior brother, what is Xu Bao doing?"
Shen Jiayue originally thought that Lin Xu could make egg yolk-baked pumpkin, but she worked for a long time making dragon beard cakes, and now she was frying pumpkin balls, and she couldn't understand what she was doing.
Xie Baomin was also a little surprised.
However, when I see my junior brother busy working in full swing, he will occasionally show a confident smile.
He said to Shen Jiayue:
"Maybe junior brother will make a new dish. Don't worry, brothers and sisters. He is so talented that he will never admit defeat."
"Yeah, I'm not worried. No matter where he ranks, he is still the king of food in my mind!"
Over there with the advisory group.
A group of old gentlemen were also stunned.
"Lao Gao, what is your apprentice doing?"
How could Uncle Gao know?
However, Lin Xu did not give up or feel sorry for himself, which made him very happy.
"No matter what he does, it's better than doing nothing, right? After all, he has no less ingredients than others. Although he doesn't have salt, others don't have sugar either."
Anyway, five ingredients for each person.
No more, no less, impartial.
In Uncle Gao's opinion, this is actually quite fair.
This competition tests the cooking skills of chefs under extreme conditions.
Maybe it really breaks the situation for the apprentice.
"Lao Gao, seeing how excited you are, if your apprentice really survives this test later, shouldn't he be rewarded?"
Uncle Gao said nonchalantly:
"Whether he wins or loses, I will give him a shop. If he wins, it will be a reward, if he loses, it will be encouragement."
In front of the stove.
Lin Xu is still busy.
After he fried all the pumpkin strips and pumpkin balls, he poured out the oil from the pot.
Then pour half of the remaining white sugar into the pot, then pour in half a bowl of water, simmer over low heat, and stir slowly in the pot with a spoon while boiling.
Wait for the heat in the pot to boil and continue stirring.
Wait until the sugar becomes thick and turns dark brown, then turn off the heat.
What comes out like this is caramel.
It doesn't taste particularly sweet, but it has a nice caramel flavor.
Turn off the heat and stir for a while to let the temperature in the pot drop slightly. Then pour the fried pumpkin strips into the pot and stir-fry quickly to make the surface of the pumpkin strips covered with caramel.
Wait for everything to hang evenly.
Get a large plate, put the pumpkin strips covered with caramel in the middle, and then use your hands to slightly shape it into a messy and concave shape.
After setting it up, Lin Xu changed the pot.
Put the salted duck egg yolk you got earlier into the pot, steam it, and then flatten it with a knife.
Then pour oil into the pot.
Before the oil heats up, pour the salted duck egg yolk into the pot and stir-fry.
When frying until bubbling, add three tablespoons of sugar to the pot to neutralize the salty taste of the salted duck egg yolk.
Finally, pour the fried pumpkin balls into the pot.
Stir-fry over low heat until the egg yolk is evenly coated on the pumpkin balls.
Remove from the pot.
At this time, the pumpkin strips covered with caramel are no longer hot.
Lin Xu took out the almost-formed dragon's beard cake from the bowl and carefully placed it in the depression in the middle of the pumpkin strips.
The size is just right, and it looks like a bird's nest on a pile of dead branches.
Then carefully place the pumpkin balls covered with egg yolk in the bird's nest.
This dish has a unique shape and combines three dishes and snacks: caramel pumpkin, egg yolk baked pumpkin and dragon beard cake.
"Damn it! Boss Lin really turned it on!"
"What kind of dish is this? I've never heard of it before. Is it original?"
"It should be original. Inside the bird's nest is baked pumpkin with egg yolk, and under the bird's nest is caramelized pumpkin. These are different dishes."
"Oh my god! Is this Boss Lin at full power?"
"I originally thought he was just playing in the first three rounds, but now it seems that he was playing in the first four rounds!"
"Thank you to the organizer for forcing Boss Lin to use full power."
"Thank you, thank you, otherwise when will we be able to see this dish."
"..."
The mood of the fans in the live broadcast room was like a roller coaster.
From the beginning when the championship was in sight, to the bolt from the blue without salt, to the current twists and turns, everyone's mood has experienced ups and downs.
The audience at the scene was also attracted by the dish cooked by Lin Xu.
"Yeah! It looks so tempting!"
"I have no resistance to caramel, I really want to try it."
"I would like to try those egg yolk pumpkin balls."
"Everyone else has done almost the same thing, it's time to give points, right?"
At this time, Guo Xinghai's loofah stuffed pork, Wei Gan's fried pork belly, and the other two contestants' braised chicken wings and stir-fried beef were all ready.
It’s time again for the judges to taste and score and the audience to swallow their saliva.
Geng Lishan walked down from the judges' seat.
Looking at Lin Xu, he asked:
"Original dish? This has never been done before."
Lin Xu nodded:
"It's considered an original dish. It's actually just a few dishes stitched together."
Everyone knows that this is a combination of several dishes.
But some people look beautiful together, and some people look completely wrong when they work together.
What Lin Xu does is the former.
Geng Lishan asked again:
"Have you thought about the name of this dish?"
The judges next to him immediately cheered and said:
"Since it looks like a bird's nest, let's call it a bird's nest."
"The overlap rate of Bird's Nest is too high, so a single word, Nest, would be more artistic."
"I also think the nest is good, with artistic conception and ideas."
While several people were discussing.
Lin Xu smiled and said:
"Whether it is a bird's nest or a bird's nest, it is the home of the birds, so I think it should be called 'home'."
Home?
Geng Lishan stared blankly at the dishes on the plate.
I think the name is really appropriate.
Not only does it have a good meaning, but the bird's nest made of mille-feuille also represents the softest part of everyone's heart. It contains family members, children, and everything a person cares about.
What a name!
Last time he complained that the current chefs’ cooking had no connotation and no culture, but now, he was severely slapped in the face by the kid in front of him.
This dish is very good in terms of connotation, culture and even meaning.
It can be said that this is the best dish I have encountered in recent years.
This little friend is not simple!
However, what he didn't know was that when Lin Xu made this dish just now, he went through a lot of thoughts, consumed a lot of brain cells, and spent 200,000 system points.
Today I have spent 400,000 points, squandering all the points I saved after redeeming the Ruthless Iron Hand. Now there are not even 5,000 points in the system.
It’s really like going back to before liberation!
When you want to lament that your points are not spent.
The system prompt sounded in Lin Xu's mind:
"The host used the techniques he mastered to create the perfect dish "Home", and received a perfect dish redemption reward once. The host can redeem the dishes in his memory. Do you want to redeem it immediately?"
Dishes in memory?
Which one should I exchange for?
Lin Xu thought for a moment and suddenly remembered a dish that his senior brother had cooked in the store...
It’s you!
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