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Chen Food Diary

Chen Ze nodded.

The red bean paste filling is ready, and now we need to prepare the puff pastry.

【Red Bean Pastry】Whether the taste is good or not, both the filling and the pastry are very important.

The red bean paste filling is sweet and soft, and the pastry is crispy and fragrant.

The two complement each other.

Take out all the red bean paste filling from the pot and put it into a bowl.

To make [Red Bean Pastry], the filling must be cold and cannot be hot at all.

Otherwise it will greatly affect the taste.

At present, [Chen Shiji] has not purchased a refrigerator or freezer, so the bean paste in the bowl can only be placed aside and rely on time to cool down.

At this time, Niu Ermao had finished all the red bean paste in the bowl.

Stand aside patiently and watch Chen Ze make it.

At this time, Chen Ze brought another clean basin.

Add hot water to the basin!!

Water temperature is especially important when making puff pastry.

Any lower or higher will affect the making of the puff pastry.

Add a full bowl of flour to the bowl.

After adding the flour, Chen Ze scooped a few large spoonfuls of sugar and added it into the bowl.

Stir quickly.

Mix flour, sugar and hot water thoroughly.

While stirring, pour an appropriate amount of corn oil into the bowl.

Rub quickly and repeatedly.

With the addition of corn oil, the dough is smooth and has the right hardness.

The surface is full of luster.

Chen Ze put the dough aside, took a clean rag and covered the surface of the dough.

Wait for the dough to rise.

……

"Ermao, bring me another basin." Chen Ze rubbed his hands and said.

Niu Ermao didn't ask any questions, but ran to the side and got a basin.

Chen Ze took it from the former.

Add flour into the bowl.

At this moment, Niu Ermao was surprised and confused again.

As a chef, he knew nothing about making desserts.

Watching Chen Ze start to knead the dough again, a hundred thousand questions popped up in his head.

I saw Chen Ze pouring flour into the basin.

Drizzle corn oil over the flour again.

Unlike before, a large amount of corn oil was used this time.

Not even water was used.

Chen Ze poured corn oil into the basin and began to stir and knead it.

Over and over again, the flour becomes dough again.

“Are you confused when you see two basins of flour??”

It was not until the dough was made that Chen Ze spoke.

Niu Ermao nodded quietly.

"The first bowl of dough is the water-oil dough, which is between the red bean paste and the surface layer. This bowl of dough is the surface layer of the red bean paste, which you can call the oil-puff dough."

"During the baking process, the surface will become crispy, while the pastry will not be crispy, but it can perfectly lock the taste of the red bean paste filling. It plays the role of layering."

Niu Ermao nodded.

Although he still had some doubts about Chen Ze's explanation, he knew that Chen Ze's production steps would not be wrong.

You just need to follow this step, step by step, and there will be no problem.

Time passed bit by bit.

Thirty minutes later.

The temperature of the red bean paste in the other bowl dropped to room temperature.

Chen Ze took out a quarter of the red bean paste from the bowl.

Spread the red bean paste evenly on the chopping board and sprinkle dry flour on the surface.

Prevent the red bean paste from sticking together and make it form a better clumping shape.

then.

Chen Ze rolled the red bean paste into long strips.

Take a kitchen knife and cut the long strips into small balls the size of eggs.

Put these red bean paste balls into your hands one by one and rub them into round shapes.

At this time, the water-oil dough and the puff pastry dough have finished proofing.

Just like before, Chen Ze took out appropriate amounts of dough from two bowls.

Rub them one by one and divide them into equal small portions.

The red bean paste filling, water-oil skin, and pastry dough are placed one by one.

The chopping board is full.

Chen Ze took out a water-oil dough, rounded it up, flattened it with his hands, placed the pastry dough on it, closed it with his thumb and thumb, and flattened it again.

Use a rolling pin to roll the flattened dough into long strips.

Then put the red bean paste rolled into a round shape on top.

Chen Ze used the way of making dumplings to wrap long strips of pastry and water-oil dough on the surface of red bean paste.

The tiger's mouth tightens.

The round red bean pastry is ready.

that's it.

Chen Ze made all the ingredients on the chopping board into red bean crispy dough in one go.

Probably more than eighty.

"Take these red bean cakes and bake them!" Chen Ze waved his hands and said to Niu Ermao.

Niu Ermao watched the whole process intently.

After hearing Chen Ze's instructions, he immediately took out a stainless steel tray excitedly and placed the red bean crisps on the chopping board onto the tray one by one.

Niu Ermao was so excited because he was going to bake the [Red Bean Pastry] himself.

Second, the "oven" of [Chen Shi Ji] will come in handy! !

Because in the 1980s, ovens had not yet been introduced in China.

In order to meet daily baking needs, Chen Ze arranged for Zhou Jianguo to make a simple "oven".

Although it is an oven, it is more like an inverted pot.

The "oven" has never been used since it opened.

This "oven" is placed more than one meter high.

The big pot is turned upside down, and the bottom of the pot mouth is not much different from an ordinary stove.

In the center of the stove, there is an iron net for placing baked items.

Niu Ermao stuffed the stainless steel tray into the "oven".

Then add enough coal at the bottom.

After the coals are lit, plug the "oven" hole and start baking.

……

The short yet long twenty minutes passed by little by little.

After hearing the command from Chen Ze to open the "oven", Niu Ermao immediately ran to the "oven".

Open the "oven" and a fragrance mixed with heat instantly hits you.

“Smells so good!!!”

Niu Ermao smacked his lips and couldn't help shouting.

Niu Ermao excitedly held the tongs and carefully took the [Red Bean Crisp] out of the "oven".

On the tray, each [Red Bean Crisp] has a golden skin.

At first glance, it looks crispy and full!

"Boss, you are awesome!!"

"Do you know magic? You can make something so magical!!"

In Niu Ermao's impression, the only sweet snacks are sugar cakes and milk candies.

[Red Bean Pastry] It was the first time he saw it.

The boss Chen Ze is like a magician, always able to bring surprises.

Ordinary dough, some corn oil, and red bean paste can actually make something so great.

Niu Ermao didn't even dare to think about it.

As Niu Ermao took out the [Red Bean Pastry], everyone in the kitchen gathered around.

Everyone saw the production process just now.

How can I not look forward to it!

Placing the tray on the table, Niu Ermao couldn't wait to pick up a [Red Bean Crisp].

“It’s so hot!!!”

“Hot, hot, hot!!!!”

……

ten minutes later.

“Delicious, delicious, so delicious!”

"Crispy and sweet, how can there be something so delicious!!"

"The texture is delicate, the skin is golden, and the filling is soft, glutinous and sweet!! Each one is so perfect!!"

"The boss is so awesome! He is the only one in the city who can make this!"

[Chen's Food Diary] There were bursts of exclamations coming from the kitchen.

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