Chapter 657 657 The eldest lady who doesn't want to be a cook is not a good princess
Chapter 657 657 A young lady who doesn’t want to be a cook is not a good princess
If Ji Yunkai knew what the emperor was thinking, he would definitely nod his head.
She knew how much the emperor hated her. It was normal for the emperor to find fault with her and make trouble for her. Now...
It's really abnormal.
However, after thinking about it in his heart, Ji Yun still said respectfully: "No, that's fine. Thank you, Your Majesty."
No matter what the emperor's plan was, it was a good thing that he would not punish her. After all, she couldn't guarantee that she could do it.
With the emperor's words, the pressure on Ji Yunkai suddenly dropped, and his steps became a little lighter.
The emperor looked at Ji Yunkai's back, smiled and shook his head: "She is still a little girl after all."
Halfway through his laughter, he suddenly stopped and looked at Ji Yunkai with a strange expression. Unfortunately, no one saw it at this time. The eunuch beside the emperor accompanied Ji Yunkai to the imperial dining room.
In the imperial dining room, the chefs are making final preparations for tonight's palace banquet.
In fact, there isn't much to do at this point. All the main dishes are ready, and the pastries have been steamed early. It just needs to be reheated and served to the table when the time is up.
When Ji Yun came over, the imperial dining room was busy but orderly, with no trace of clutter. When they saw the eunuch beside the emperor bringing Ji Yun over, all the cooks were startled and hurriedly put down their work and stepped forward.
Salute to the great eunuch.
However, before they knelt down, they heard the eunuch saying in a sharp voice: "This is Princess Yanbei, please be careful and don't hit the noble lady."
"Slave, please see the princess. May the princess be blessed." The eunuchs, maids and chefs in the imperial kitchen were all startled. They did not expect that a noble person would come to the kitchen. They were all embarrassed, whether they were kneeling or saying hello.
Uneven.
Fortunately, Ji Yunkai didn't care about this. After letting everyone get up, he said: "I need a few masters who are good at making pastries and carvings. If you are free, step forward and do what the others should do.
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After Ji Yunkai finished speaking, no one dared to move. It was not until the eunuch next to the emperor coughed: "You do as the princess said," that someone stepped forward.
There were hundreds of people in the imperial kitchen, but only three people came forward at this time, all of them cooks. Ji Yunkai had to ask again: "Is anyone else free? I don't need a big kitchen, you helpers can do it."
As soon as these words came out, dozens of young eunuchs immediately stood up.
"Very good, you come with me." Those who can enter the imperial dining room are all very capable. Ji Yunkai is not worried about these people fishing in troubled waters. He picks people and brings them directly to the room she had previously prepared by the eunuch.
In the empty palace.
The hall is filled with fruits. From the outside, these fruits are bright and colorful, but if you smell them carefully, you will find that these fruits have no fragrance at all. If you cut them with a knife, they will be rotten or dry inside.
If such fruits were placed at palace banquets, used to offer sacrifices to ancestors, or given as rewards to ministers, the emperor's face would be completely lost.
"You cut all the bad parts of these fruits, dig out the good ones, puree them, and re-make them into fruits. Can you do it?"
"Here, how do you do this?" The three chefs were dumbfounded when they heard Ji Yunkai's words.
"Can't you break the food into pieces and reassemble it?" Ji Yunkai was talking about molecular cuisine.
Of course, she didn't understand this gimmicky cooking technique. She only knew that this method could present food in another form.
Molecular cuisine can turn lychees into caviar-like shapes, with the texture of caviar and the taste of lychees. What she wants to do is to use the intact parts of the fruit and add other ingredients to make new fruit-flavored dishes.
of food.
This is very complicated to say, and of course it is even more complicated to do, especially for a woman who is not good at cooking.
In order to make these imperial chefs understand, Ji Yunkai took Shoudao as an example: "You can make cakes in the shape of Shoudao, but... what I want is not just the appearance, but also the texture and taste."
"This..." The three chefs who are good at making pastries were confused. How to make Shouting peaches that have the texture and taste of peaches?
Ji Yunkai had no choice but to think of a way: "I remember there is a kind of transparent cold cake, right?"
"Yes." The three imperial chefs nodded hurriedly, fearing that Ji Yunkai would be a step too late and ask strange questions again.
"Try it. Add crushed fruit pulp to the cold cake to make it look like fruit." No matter how advanced Ji Yunkai is, she can only do it this simple.
She had only heard of such a fancy thing as molecular cuisine and had never tasted it. Even if she was asked to make it, she couldn't explain it clearly.
Ji Yunkai's request was very simple. The three royal chefs worked at the same time, and in less than a quarter of an hour, they made a pastry that looked exactly like a snow pear. It also smelled like a snow pear, and even the stem in the middle of the pear was there.
"It's so similar." Looking at the "pastry pears" placed on the plate, which were no different from real pears, Ji Yunkai couldn't help but praise that the chefs who can enter the imperial dining room really have real talents and skills.
"Let me try it." Ji Yunkai cut off a piece with a knife.
Although pears made from pastry look no different from real pears, you can still tell them apart.
There was no way around it, time was limited, and Ji Yunkai was not good at cooking, so she had already worked very hard to achieve this point.
"It tastes good, but a little bland." I don't know what the chef added. This pastry has the crispness of pear and fruit, and has an excellent taste.
"You guys should try it too." Ji Yunkai motioned to the three cooks who were working on it to try the taste one by one.
After the three cooks tasted it, one of them frowned and whispered: "Princess, can I try it with white radish? There is an ancestral method in my family that can remove the taste from radish."
"Okay, you try." Ji Yunkai was only afraid that these imperial chefs would have no ideas, but was not afraid that they would think more: "You can all find ingredients and give it a try, without worrying about failure or waste. I don't blame you if you don't make it, but if you do
There will be great rewards if you come out."
With Ji Yunkai's words, the remaining two cooks, as well as a dozen or so young eunuchs who came forward later, also received the ingredients and pondered on the side.
The royal chefs in the palace are all carefully selected, and their skills have been passed down from generation to generation. Everyone has one or two unique skills.
Soon, the imperial chef who experimented with radishes made a plate of cut, snow-white and tender big white pears, which looked just like the real thing.
Ji Yunkai tasted a piece, and it was juicy and sweet in his mouth. It was much more delicious than the snow pears that had been preserved through the winter using special techniques.
"This is good, let's give it to the emperor to try." After Ji Yun tried it, he pushed it in front of the eunuch.
"Is this really edible?" The chief eunuch was a little confused. He had scoffed at Ji Yunkai's words before, thinking that Ji Yunkai was being whimsical.
How is it possible to make fruits that are just like fruits and have a similar taste?
Fruits are meant to be eaten, and are not as easy to fool as flowers.
However, the "pear slices" placed on the plate told him that it seemed like it could really be done.
"You'll know if you try it." Ji Yunkai knew that when food was brought to the emperor's mouth, the eunuchs would taste it first.
The eunuch was waiting for these words. He immediately forked a piece and put it into his mouth... (To be continued)