Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. There are two versions, one is the poor version and the other is the luxury version.
What Li Qi wants to do is naturally the deluxe version.
Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is much more difficult to make than the boiled water song leaves. There are eighteen kinds of main ingredients alone, and there are countless ingredients. They can swim in the water, fly in the sky, run on the ground, and the main ingredients are all muddy. Taste, the characteristics of each ingredient are so obvious. I want them to penetrate each other without losing their own flavor, so that they can be soft, tender and moist, rich and fragrant, fat but not greasy, and have a taste. Easier said than done.
As for the cooking method, it’s even more complicated. Buddha Jumps Over the Wall doesn’t just boil the eighteen main ingredients together. It must be cooked separately to bring out the original taste of each food, including frying, stir-frying, boiling, and deep-frying. All the eighteen cooking skills are indispensable, and then they are cooked together.
For this dish, almost all cooking methods have to be used. It really combines the essence of thousands of things.
Even in later generations, if you want to eat an authentic Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, it will be hard to find.
I would like to ask if a dish made in this way would not be delicious?
It’s no wonder that the Queen of England, who grew up eating Western food, was very fond of this Buddha Jumping Over the Wall.
Li Qi is very knowledgeable about Buddha Jumping Over the Wall, because this Buddha Jumping Over the Wall was the last dish he cooked for his father as an apprentice when he was a disciple, and it was also the most perfect dish.
If you use one dish to measure a chef's ability, then this Buddha Jumps over the Wall is perfect, because if you are not proficient in one cooking technique or don't understand the taste of one of the main ingredients, then you can make it The taste of the dishes will naturally be greatly reduced.
Naturally, Li Qi handles difficult-to-handle materials such as sea cucumbers, abalone, shark fins, scallops, and fish lips himself.
Simple materials such as chickens, ducks, hams, and pig's trotters were handed over to Wu Xiaoliu and others.
The four masters and apprentices were very busy. The kitchen knife in their hands was like the racket in Song Huizong's hands. They couldn't put it down. Li Qi's face also showed the long-lost smile and beads of sweat.
Unknowingly, more than two hours had passed, and the Buddha Jumping Over the Wall had reached the final step. Li Qi, sweating profusely, put the cooked ingredients into the jar layer by layer, sealed it with lotus leaves, and sealed it. After not even a trace of fragrance could escape, he placed the jar on the stove. He chose white charcoal that was heavy and non-smoking as firewood. He took a long breath and said to Wu Xiaoliu: "Liuzi, what are you doing today?" Don't do anything in the afternoon. Watch the fire for me. Remember, after boiling on high heat, simmer on low heat for two or three hours. Don't let me mess it up."
Wu Xiaoliu nodded and said, "Hey, I remember."
Li Qi gave them a few more instructions, and then went downstairs to ask Song Huizong to move to the Qin Mansion.
A group of people came to Qin Mansion in a mighty manner.
If the ancestors of the Qin family knew that the emperor was visiting their home, they would probably jump out of the coffin. This was a great honor in ancient times.
Song Huizong seemed to only want to know the secret of Tianxia Wushuang, and did not want to show off. So when he came to the Qin Mansion, he went straight to the wine shop without even alerting Mrs. Qin. Even to the servants, Song Huizong did not reveal his identity. .
At first, Li Qi expanded the winery once in order to increase the amount of wine he could drink. Anyway, the Qin Mansion was a small place with a small number of people. Now in the winery, there are about twenty winemakers working around five stills.
These twenty or so winemakers, the parents of the bartenders, were all trained by Li Qi.
"Wow! What a strong aroma of wine!" As soon as Song Huizong entered the wine shop, he smelled a strong aroma of wine and exclaimed. This was the first time in his life that he smelled such a strong aroma of wine.
When the winemakers saw Li Qi and Wang Zhongling coming, they stopped one after another and saluted them: "Master, Master Li."
Wang Zhongling said hurriedly: "Come quickly and pay homage to Mr. Zhao."
Song Huizong hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No need, you can continue your work. I just want to come and take a look today."
Wang Zhongling said to the winemakers again: "You continue to work."
The winemakers glanced at Li Qi at the same time. After all, they only listened to Li Qi.
After Li Qi nodded, they continued working.
At this time, Song Huizong was like a child with a strong thirst for knowledge. He quickly walked to the side of the alembic. He walked around the alembic that was transformed from an alchemy furnace for several times, looking left and right.
He said to Li Qi: "Li Qi, are they practicing elixir?"
Refining elixir?
Li Qi was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said: "Master, this is not practicing elixirs, but making wine. This guy's name is a distiller, and the unparalleled wine I brew is also called distilled wine."
"Oh? What is distilled wine?" Song Huizong asked curiously.
Just as Li Qi opened his mouth, he suddenly saw Gao Qiu's eyes flashing sharply from the corner of his eye, like the expression on a profiteer's face. He paused and briefly explained to Song Huizong. What he said was only superficial and core things.
He didn't say it, but even if he did, Song Huizong probably wouldn't understand it.
Song Huizong listened half-understanding, then turned around again, smelled the fragrance and came to the edge of the cold tank. When he saw the water-like liquid dripping from the tube, he asked curiously: "Is this wine?"
Li Qi hummed.
"Can I have a taste?"
Li Qi shook his head and said: "Master, this wine has just come out of the still. It is strong, spicy, and easily intoxicating. It is best not to taste it, Master."
"I do not believe."
Song Huizong shook his head and said to Liang Shicheng: "Liang Si, go and try."
He and Liang Shicheng paid private visits incognito. When there were people around, they usually called Master Liang "Liang Si."
"ah?"
Liang Shicheng looked stunned, but he immediately reacted, nodded and said: "Yes, senior official." But he thought depressedly, why is it me again?
This emperor is really a loser. Li Qi secretly laughed in his heart, scooped out a small ladle from the barrel, handed it to Liang Shicheng and said: "Fourth Master Liang, you only need to take a sip. Don't drink more."
Seeing Li Qi's serious look, Liang Shicheng felt even more frightened, but under the pressure of Song Huizong, he still took the ladle. As soon as he put it to his mouth, he was almost choked by the strong smell of wine.
He paused, held his breath, took a sip, and immediately exclaimed: "It's so spicy, so spicy, Mr. Daguan. It's really spicy, water, water."
Li Qi hurriedly asked someone to pass him a cup of tea.
Liang Shicheng picked up the drink and drank it in a slurp.
Song Huizong looked at him like this. Then he believed Li Qi's words and nodded.
He said to Li Qi: "You said that the delicious Tianxia Wushuang is made with this kind of hard-to-eat wine?"
Li Qi nodded and said: "Yes, sir, please come to me."
Li Qi took Song Huizong to a room behind a wine shop, which was filled with wine barrels.
Li Qi asked someone to bring some juice, egg white, milk and other ingredients.
"Master, in fact, this unparalleled secret is the same as cooking. It is made by mixing various ingredients together." Li Qi explained.
"oh?"
Song Huizong frowned, pointed at the materials and said, "What do you mean, mix these things with wine? Can this be drunk?"
"Of course. How dare I lie to you."
Li Qi smiled slightly, poured a glass of wine from the bucket at will, and it was like boiling water, and said: "This is the wine that Fourth Master Liang drank outside just now. Do you want to try it again?"
Several people shook their heads at the same time. Especially Liang Shicheng, he shook his head and said: "No, this wine is really terrible."
A sly smile flashed in Li Qi's eyes. In fact, the wine he was pouring had been blended and was only about 40 degrees. The wine outside was at least 60 degrees. Moreover, the wine was not that spicy.
He did this just because he was afraid that Song Huizong would be in trouble if he was curious to see how the wine was blended. He was not worried about Song Huizong, he was naturally guarding against Gao Qiu and Liang Shicheng, and the secret blending recipe, but
Priceless, how could Li Qi tell them so easily.
"Hurry up and do it." Song Huizong urged.
"yes."
Li Qi nodded and saw that he took out five bowls, five cups, and a special iron cover.
Song Huizong saw him randomly mixing milk, egg whites, and juice, sometimes shaking, sometimes stirring, and even the way he shook the wine was so beautiful that several people were dizzy.
Soon, like magic, Li Qi made five glasses of wine with different colors and pleasant aroma.
But I saw five glasses of wine, one was fiery red, one was light green, one was pink, and the other two were colorful and dazzling. Just looking at them, they were all so pleasing to the eye.
Song Huizong and others gasped in unison, staring at the five glasses of wine, and kept swallowing their saliva.
Li Qi looked at the expressions on their faces, twitched the corners of his mouth a few times, poured out a small cup from each bowl of wine, and then said to Song Huizong: "Master, please have a taste."
Song Huizong was startled and said, "Can this be drunk?"
Li Qi smiled confidently: "Of course."
"Then I'd like to try it."
Song Huizong coughed lightly, picked up the first glass of fiery red wine, took a sip, smacked a few times, nodded and said: "Good wine, good wine, rich, fragrant and mellow. I only took a small sip, and my body felt..."
It’s just a little bit hot, it’s really comfortable.”
Then he picked up the second glass of light green wine, took a sip, shook his head, and said with a look of enjoyment: "It's fragrant, delicious, sweet and smooth. It's completely opposite to the taste of the last glass of wine. This is really amazing."
He shook his head in disbelief, couldn't wait to pick up the third glass of pink wine, took a sip, and praised: "It's sweet and delicious, just like a sweet spring."
After tasting the third cup, Song Huizong was completely convinced. The next two cups made him even more addicted. He didn't know how to describe it. His face was full of shock and he said: "Li Qi, these wines are called
What's the name? Is it one of the unparalleled ones in the world?"
Li Qi smiled lightly and said: "The officials are laughing at me, but in fact these five glasses of wine are just my improvisation."
"What?"
Song Huizong was stunned. After a while, he finally realized what he was doing. His voice became trembling, and he said, "You mean, you can make many kinds of fine wines like these."
Li Qi nodded and said: "As long as there are enough materials, it should be possible."
Song Huizong suddenly realized and said: "Is this the kind of novel wine culture you mentioned?"
"good."
Li Qi nodded and said: "But if you ask me to make the same wine as these five glasses of wine now, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it, because the amount cannot be exactly the same every time, and the strength of each stirring and shaking
It can't be exactly the same, and the taste of the juice will be different if it has been stored for a long time. These can directly affect the taste of the wine. As long as you taste it carefully, you can distinguish it. This is the meaning of unparalleled in the world, that is to say,
No glass of wine tastes exactly the same.”
"No wonder you said at first that there is no secret recipe for this wine."
As Song Huizong said, he suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, "Unparalleled in the world, what a unparalleled person in the world, haha."
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