Siheyuan starts from a good life

"I wonder how the two chefs feel?" Jiang Yan asked when he saw the two chefs finishing their meal.

"It can be done. It's not difficult to make these things. It's just a relatively compact cookie at best."

Jiang Yan nodded after hearing what Master Li Kang said.

"My requirements are relatively high. I require that it can be eaten even at minus 30 or 40 degrees. Is there anything you can do about this?"

As soon as Jiang Yan said this, the expression of Master Li Kang, who was still a little calm at first, became serious.

He refused to give up and said, "Can the food you gave us achieve such an effect?"

"Okay," Jiang Yan replied with absolute certainty.

Then Jiang Yan spoke again: "I have a recipe here, you can take a look."

As Jiang Yan spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his pocket. On this paper, Jiang Yan wrote down the recipe according to the ingredient list of compressed biscuits.

"That's it, that's it." Master Li Kang looked happy when he saw the formula handed over by Jiang Yan.

"Can it be done?" Jiang Yan asked again.

"Okay, I was still having a headache just now about how to ensure that it remains crispy at minus 40 or 50 degrees Celsius. It turns out that it is made with Peng Hua powder. This is not difficult. But I also need to hire a pastry master, you see."

"You can just go and ask for it. The price is easy to negotiate. As long as it can be made, nothing else matters."

"OK" With Jiang Yan's guarantee, it obviously gave Li Kang a reassurance. He quickly nodded in agreement.

"Master Li still has research on puffed powder?" Jiang Yan asked.

"Actually! This thing is very simple, but you just didn't pay attention. Let's put it this way! Do you know popcorn?".

"I know!" Jiang Yan was a little confused by Li Kang's words, but he still answered honestly.

"To put it simply, after the rice becomes popcorn, it is a simple puffing process."

Hearing this, Jiang Yan seemed to understand, but he still nodded.

"It's just a few more experiments. It's okay. Leave these things to me. I will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation. It's just that you need to find a way to deal with these raw materials."

"It's easy to say, easy to say. As long as you do it, I won't treat you badly. In addition to the normal reward, how about I give you a set of knives like Uncle He's."

“The young man is grand”

"I don't deserve to be called master, you can just call me Xiaoyan like Uncle He."

"Xiaoyan, I don't know what I, Lao Peng, can do." Master Peng Huahai, who couldn't interrupt, quickly asked.

"Xiaoyan, Senior Brother Peng is a serious master of Shandong cuisine and the chef of Zhengyang Tower."

Hearing He Daqing's words, Jiang Yan's eyebrows jumped and he felt happy, "Chef Lu Cuisine, this is great, I am very lucky."

This Shandong cuisine is one of the eight major cuisines. The dishes are mainly fresh, crispy, tender, original, salty and fresh.

Representative dishes include sweet and sour carp, nine-turn large intestine, and sea cucumber roasted with green onion. Thinking of this, Jiang Yan couldn't help but salivate.

In his previous life, his hometown was central Henan, and Shandong cuisine originated from Fushan District, YT City, SD Province, and KF City, HEN Province. It is almost the only cuisine among all cuisines that originates from across provinces.

This Henan cuisine can actually be said to belong to the same family as Shandong cuisine and is included in Shandong cuisine. The dishes of the two places are 80% similar or even completely overlapping.

Therefore, Jiang Yan is used to eating all the major cuisines in the north, so it is good to have a bite of hometown cuisine.

Now I have met a Shandong cuisine chef who has no more than a set of knives.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yan rolled his eyes and spoke to Master Peng Huahai.

"It's an honor for me to meet Master Peng. He's just a set of knives. Don't talk about money. Since you are Uncle He's senior brother, this little six is ​​my elder. We are a family, so even if I’ll see you off, junior. Please don’t refuse.”

"This, how can I be so embarrassed? I didn't say anything. From now on, Xiaoyan, whenever you need my help, just tell me, Lao Peng, I don't have any errands."

When Peng Huahai said this, he beat his chest loudly.

After a while, several people exchanged greetings somewhere before saying goodbye and leaving. When leaving, Jiang Yan naturally presented him with two sets of knives.

"Xiao Yan, this time Mrs. You is giving Uncle He some face. Don't worry, Xiao Liuzi, I will teach you carefully."

At the door of the courtyard, He Daqing looked at the two masters leaving and said something to Jiang Yan next to him, but his face was very happy.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, half a month had passed since He Daqing accepted his disciple. There was another figure in front of He Daqing's room, holding a wok and practicing spooning.

In the past half month, Jiang Yan's small courtyard has been very lively. Master Li Kang has brought Master Zhu, a dim sum master from Zhengyangzhai (a fiction).

Master Zhu's craftsmanship is really good, especially the Saqima he makes is excellent, and the Jiang Yan is very enjoyable.

In addition to the unique skill of Saqima, he is also particularly good at making eight pieces of meringue.

"Jingbajiao" in Laosijiucheng is also called "Dabajiao", which are eight kinds of Beijing-style pastries with different shapes and flavors. They were court pastries in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and later spread to the people. They are made with date paste, green plums, raisins, roses, and bean paste. It is filled with eight raw materials, including sugar, banana, salt and pepper, and lard, water and flour are used to make the skin, and the skin is used to wrap the stuffing and bake it.

There are a total of 25 patterns in the eight major pieces, which are subdivided into three types: first row, broken skin, and puff pastry.

In order to make these things, Jiang Yan really spent money and built a baking oven specifically for making snacks outside the kitchen.

With this thing, it is of great use. With Jiang Yan's begging and heavy money, the two masters also used all their skills.

They made all kinds of snacks and pasta. Although the chimney in Jiang Yan's courtyard kitchen was specially modified to disperse most of the smell, the sweet aroma of making various snacks was still leaked. come out.

Therefore, Jiang Yan's small courtyard has become a favorite place for children. In order to avoid being targeted by interested parties, Grandma Lu endorsed all of this.

In order to preserve these things, Jiang Yan also specially set up a room on the third floor of the space to store them.

While several people were studying how to make compressed biscuits, they also made a lot of good stuff. Needless to say, biscuits, in just half a month, they produced more than 300 kilograms of various sweet or salty flavors. .

If it weren't for the support of the things in Jiang Yan's space, it would probably be difficult to replace so many materials.

Not only did they make so many biscuits, they also made bread under Jiang Yan's guidance.

Although Jiang Yan doesn't know how to make bread, he has a lot of handmade food columns in later generations. He has never eaten pork and has never seen a pig run away.

After half a month of careful research by the two masters, this compressed biscuit was successfully produced. However, its taste was slightly different from those produced in batches in later generations, and the taste was better than later ones.

Among them, not only compressed biscuits made from white flour have been produced, but also compressed biscuits made from whole grains have been developed. In terms of taste alone, those made with wheat flour have a better taste.