Stop pretending, I am the God of Cooking and I am showing off my cards! - Chapter 811

c811 It’s delicious food, but it’s also an amazing artistic flower.

Chapter 811 It’s delicious food, and it’s also an amazing art—flower basket and cold dishes! 【Please subscribe】

“The flower basket cold dish is not easy to make, Xiaoxu, please keep an eye on it.”

Uncle Gao packed up the large yellow croaker, but he did not change the knife immediately. Instead, he first rubbed a layer of salt on the fish skin, and then poured onion, ginger and cooking wine.

Lin Xu looked a little confused, marinating without changing the knife. What kind of operation is this?

Xie Baomin, who was busy at the side, said:

“The meat of croaker is easy to taste, but the skin is not so good, so you need to marinate the skin first and then change the knife later… This dish uses fish fillets to form a flower, with white fish meat as petals and golden fish. The skin is rimmed, so I don’t know whether it tastes good or not, but the presentation is impeccable, which is probably why I chose the flower basket cold dish as the main course.”

Damn, after saying that, Lin Xu also thought this dish was pretty enough.

Simply arranging fish fillets in the shape of a flower is enough to become the main dish at the banquet. Unfortunately, the chef did not do this and instead made a flower basket.

This not only shows a high level of cooking skills, but also expresses the theme of the flower basket symbolizing peace.

Such a chef is of a really high standard and is really awesome.

Uncle Gao marinated the large yellow croaker and went to do other things. Lin Xu had already fried the herring and put it into the smoked fish soup to soak it.

In addition, cucumbers, radishes, jellyfish and other dishes have been pickled and ready to be plated and served at any time.

As for the duck liver, Lin Xu also deliberately put it into the boiled salt brine and soaked it over low heat.

Dishes such as salted duck liver cannot be marinated over high heat, as this will make the duck liver old and hard. It must be cooked slowly by soaking to allow the salty flavor to gradually penetrate into the duck liver.

The duck liver produced in this way is not only softer, but also has a richer umami flavor.

For foreigners who like to eat foie gras, it is definitely a delicacy not to be missed.

The eight-flavored small plate was ready, and the chicken was almost marinated. Lin Xu took the marinated rooster, stuffed the chicken feet into his stomach, and pierced the wings into his throat. He also stuffed some tangerine peel, tea leaves, Put the ingredients such as shallots and ginger slices on the soaked dried lotus leaves and start wrapping.

Apply some lard on the dried lotus leaves to facilitate disassembly and make the chicken more fragrant.

Wrap it in two layers of lotus leaves, and then wrap it in two layers of tin foil, so that the flavor can be thoroughly immersed in the chicken.

The chickens were wrapped one by one, placed one after another in the old-fashioned oven burning charcoal, and began to roast.

Uncle Gao said:

“The chicken wrapped in lotus leaves is directly cooked in the braised soup, or steamed directly in a steamer. The result is the famous lotus leaf braised chicken and lotus leaf steamed chicken… There is no difference between these dishes. As long as you learn one thing, you can learn them all.”

Regardless of steaming or roasting, the only difference is the heating method. Essentially, they are both for cooking the food, so this is a one-stop process.

Lin Xu adjusted the fire on the stove and saw that his senior brother was making ham and Sichuan scallops, so he picked up the prepared white-striped duck and started making crispy duck.

The so-called ham and Scallops are actually ham and Scallop soup.

Cut the Jinhua ham into shreds and boil it into soup. After the umami flavor comes out, thicken the soup. Immediately after taking it out of the pot, soak the scallops thoroughly and then tear them into thin shreds and sprinkle them into the pot.

The ham itself is full of umami, and when garnished with dried beets, this cooking method of overlapping umami flavors makes the soup more delicious and the umami flavor more intense, making people unable to stop drinking after one sip.

This was the only soup dish in the entire banquet. Compared with the hibiscus and bamboo fungus soup and bean sprouts and pigeon egg soup at the two state banquets in Yanjing, they were both much more high-end.

It can also be seen from here that the talks at that time had basically been finalized, so both the host and the guest needed a grand banquet to relax and unwind.

It is said that at this banquet, Nixon’s toasts were all impromptu, unlike the two state banquets in Yanjing, where the words were written in advance and submitted to staff from both sides for review, and they were confirmed to be correct before delivering the speech.

Lin Xu removed the duck’s paws and wing tips, cleaned it carefully, and marinated it with onions, ginger, salt and other condiments.

It will be boiled for a while, then steamed to add flavor, and finally the bones will be removed and fried in batter. The whole production process is very tedious, but the taste and texture of the duck are very outstanding. Not only the foreign guests will never forget it, but also the domestic accompanying staff in charge of the reception will mention it. Also full of praise.

It was busy until noon, and everyone started to have lunch.

“Chef Cheng, what are you eating today?”

Although there is a lunch box every day, the dishes are different every day, which makes many people look forward to the lunch box.

Cheng Jianshe, who came over to say hello, heard everyone’s questions and said with a smile:

“Today I’m going to eat rice with a handful of meat. In the past few days, I’ve been eating rice from the south. Today I’m going to try the rice from the north.”

Just as he was talking, several helpers came in carrying large thermos basins.

After opening it, a strong fragrance immediately came out. Lin Xu looked at it and saw a large pot of meat and a large pot of vegetables stewed in broth, including green peppers, eggplants, etc.

The other pot contains a variety of soy products and meat dishes, including dried tofu, large meatballs, fried rolls, sausages, tofu skin, vegetarian sausages, large intestines, etc.

In addition, two more helpers came and brought packed lunch boxes, each with a spoonful of meat broth poured in advance.

Lin Xu felt that with this spoonful of broth, even if he didn’t eat a bite of food, he could still eat two boxes of rice.

Broth is the essence of Baozi meat, and it is also the reason why Shandong Han people never tire of eating this delicacy.

He loaded up a piece of meat, two green chili peppers, two meatballs, a fried roll, and a strip of tofu skin. After serving, he poured a spoonful of dark broth over it and started eating.

He sat down next to Shen Jiayue and ate rice with a handful of meat on the table.

The meat is stewed until it is soft and tender, and has the unique freshness of cattail.

Take a bite, the aroma is rich, and take another bite of rice, and the joy of eating rice comes back.

People from Happy Media and CCTV were chatting while eating:

“In the past, when I went out to film programs, I not only climbed mountains and waded in rivers, but also wasn’t used to eating and drinking. I almost lost a lot of weight every time. I didn’t expect that this time when I went out on the field, instead of losing weight, I actually gained a few pounds.”

“Me too, my girlfriend has always wondered if I made a mistake in adjusting my work in the CCTV canteen.”

“I tried on the newly bought pants yesterday and they were a bit tight. I wasted hundreds of dollars on them.”

“No wonder those people who used to take photos of the tip of the tongue liked to go out. It seems they have tasted the sweetness of taking photos of delicious food.”

“You Happy Media has signed so many chefs, can you usually eat the food they cook?”

“We usually eat lunch boxes from Lin Ji. The company has signed an agreement with Lin Ji. As for the craftsmanship of the chefs, we can occasionally take a bite or two while filming a food show.”

“Damn, I’m so jealous that you can eat Lin Ji’s lunch box…”

In front of the dining table, Shen Jiayue was reading the hot issues being discussed in Lin Ji’s food topic:

[Why hasn’t Boss Lin updated the video for several days]

At first, a fan counted the update frequency of Lin Xu’s accounts and found that although it was claimed to be updated weekly, Lin Xu actually updated at least four vlogs every week. He didn’t understand that he had not updated for several days in a row.

Some netizens analyzed that they were holding back some big move, some said they were preparing for pregnancy, and some even mentioned traveling abroad or something. Everyone made random guesses, and also asked Aitlin Xu and Shen Jiayue to know what was going on.

Just when Shen Jiayue was about to answer, a netizen named “Mysterious Person” secretly sent a picture of the state banquet shooting scene:

“Boss Lin is cooperating with CCTV to shoot a large-scale documentary. The specific content is confidential. Anyway, everyone will wait and see. It will be absolutely wonderful!”

Although there was only one picture, Lin Xu, who was wrapping the chicken in lotus leaves, Uncle Gao, who was playing with the large yellow croaker, and Xie Baomin, who was holding a ham knife, all took pictures.

The three of them are all wearing chef uniforms embroidered with the national emblem, which is not simple at first glance.

Netizens immediately became excited:

“Wow, our teachers are in the same class!”

“Master and apprentice cook together, this battle is quite powerful.”

“Can’t this mysterious person reveal the inside story?”

“I’m so anxious. What program are you talking about? Even if it airs at 3:30 in the morning, I will still wait in front of the TV.”

“Hey, hey, hey, are you sure the food program broadcast at 3:30 in the morning is for living people?”

“…”

Shen Jiayue clicked on the mysterious person’s avatar and found that there was no information or any answer record. It seemed to be a newly registered account.

She looked at the scene again, and when she was curious about who this mysterious person was, she suddenly noticed that Chen Yan was looking at her phone with a mysterious smile.

Could this mysterious person be Yan Bao?

Shen Jiayue tentatively sent a private message to the mysterious person:

“Yan Bao?”

Chen Yan, who was looking at her phone, suddenly stopped smiling and looked over with some horror:

“How do you know it was me?”

“Tsk, one look at this kind of mysterious person and you can tell that this is a method that media companies like to use. They use trumpets to release specious news, and at the same time, they hype it up and stir up the topic… In recent years, almost all celebrities are similar. Routine, we have become resistant to it after eating melons.”

However, this method of secretly releasing inside information is a good way of promoting things, otherwise those celebrities would not persist in using this method to promote things.

After the meal, Uncle Gao officially started making the flower basket and cold dishes.

He first took a piece of beef and stewed it with sugar-colored dark soy sauce and other condiments.

Then cut the beef into petal-shaped thin slices and fry them in a pan to make Dengying beef slices.

I brought another rainbow trout, steamed the fish, and cut it into thin slices like petals.

Then there are carrots, Xinmei radish, tomatoes and other ingredients, which are either carved or sliced ​​into the shape of petals, all in preparation for making flowers.

Lin Xu was surprised:

“Master, do you want to use all the ingredients to make flowers separately?”

“Flowers are the decoration, but the most important thing is the shape of the flower basket. You need to use fish rolls and cucumber slices as the edges, and you also have to add the handle of the flower basket, which is quite troublesome.”

Since you want to convey the message of peace, you have to make the flower basket lifelike so that although the guests pay attention to the flowers, they should pay more attention to the flower basket itself.

Because flowers are a symbol of peace only if they are placed in a flower basket.

Uncle Gao prepared the ingredients for the flowers, took a kitchen knife, cut two cucumbers into thin strips, and marinated them in sweet and sour sauce.

Obviously, this is the border for the flower basket.

After finishing all this, Uncle Gao finally remembered the big yellow croaker.

He sliced ​​off one side of the large yellow croaker, cut the knife at an angle, and made petals of different sizes. He put the fish fillets into a basin, mixed them with seasonings, and then added egg whites and a little dry starch. Continue to mix.

Set up the oil pan. When the oil is 50% hot, put the fish fillets into the pan and fry the specially cut petals to make the shape more obvious.

Remove from the pan and set aside.

The other half of the large yellow croaker is cut into evenly sized fillets with a diagonal knife, rolled with shredded onion, candied ginger, ham and other ingredients, and steamed in a pot.

This kind of fish roll is relatively easy to cook, and it only takes about seven or eight minutes to steam.

Wait until all the ingredients are ready and set aside.

Uncle Gao took two more tender cucumbers, split them in the middle, and cut them into three millimeter thick slices, each slice was four centimeters long. Then he laid the cucumber slices flat and cut them from the middle. Stop when you are about to cut the cucumber slices. Come down.

Fold the two slices of cucumber toward the middle to form a heart.

Fold the pieces in this way and place them on the plate one after another to form the outline of the flower basket.

Arrange the flower basket, then place the fish roll at the bottom to shape the bottom of the flower basket.

Then cut the pickled cucumber strips and place them on the fish roll next to the skin of the large yellow croaker. Then add mushroom slices, sea cucumber slices, sweet and sour carrot slices, seaweed slices and other decorations to decorate the fish rolls into sections. Colorful borders on flower baskets.

The bottom edge is done, and then the colored edge of the upper half of the flower basket is made.

Then take out the pickled long cucumber strips and arrange them staggered on the side of the flower basket to form a diamond grid. Place a fish roll in each grid, which is both beautiful and very tempting.

After the flower basket is ready, it’s time to carry the handle.

Uncle Gao soaked cucumber strips in sweet and sour sauce and served them with carrot strips. Fish skin rolls and beef strips were rolled together to make colorful rings and placed on top of the flower basket.

The part where the handle connects to the flower basket was decorated with flowers carved from tomato peels and carrots respectively.

Then put the petals made of different ingredients together to make flowers.

These flowers vary in size, some are in full bloom, and some are in bud. They not only look realistic, but also very beautiful, especially the deep red roses made of dengying beef, which are exactly the same as the real ones.

Dot all these flowers around the flower basket and handles, and the whole dish looks like a cross section of the flower basket, but it is also very three-dimensional.

When Shen Jiayue saw this, she couldn’t help but take a deep breath.

Yan Bao is right, I really can’t even understand this dish…

No wonder Chinese and foreign reporters at the time praised it. If you hadn’t seen it with your own eyes, it would be hard to believe that it was actually made of various ingredients for its appearance.

Finally, Uncle Gao also took a strip of Xinmei radish soaked in sweet and sour water and tied a bow on the handle.

After the entire flower basket was finished, everyone in the audience stopped what they were doing and couldn’t help coming over to watch.

It’s so beautiful, it’s too beautiful to be a dish.

Even if the flower basket is real, it may not be so exquisite.

Not far away, Wu Chunjiang, who came to join in the fun, held up his mobile phone and used the telephoto mode to observe the structure and decoration of the flower basket at close range. He couldn’t help but sigh:

“This is more beautiful than the flower basket in the expansion pack… Lao Gao’s craftsmanship is truly unparalleled.”

Although the cooking circle likes to favor the past over the present and stick to the old traditions at all times, as far as this flower basket cold dish is concerned, Uncle Gao’s recipe is neater and more beautiful than the one at the state banquet that year. The shape of the flower basket is more prominent and the flowers are in better condition. .

Dai Yuefeng put down the telescope in his hand and couldn’t help but muttered:

“You guys think, why don’t Lao Gao’s hands shake? He can actually piece together roses with tweezers. If it were me, I guess none of the petals would be complete.”

Although the other elderly people didn’t speak, they basically felt the same way.

When Dai Jianli saw the appearance of these uncles, he couldn’t help but said:

“What’s the state of Chef Gao? He’s still covered in tendon meat. He can run ten kilometers without panting. His physical fitness is better than that of Lao Xie. If you want to be like him, you have to exercise more. It’s not like being an ancestor with just your hands behind your back… …Oh uncle, why did you hit me?”

Dai Yuefeng put down the crutch in his hand and said angrily:

“Who are you kidding about with insinuations?”

Dai Jianli rubbed his shoulders and said helplessly:

“I was talking about Uncle Qiu, but I wasn’t talking about you.”

The other old men were immediately happy. Qiu Yaozu didn’t come today, so the brat of the Dai family didn’t grow up or grow up.

I have to tell Lao Qiu later that this guy is lawless and has either ruined the reputation of Diaoyutai or is on his way to ruining it all day long. It’s time for Lao Qiu to clean up his act.

In the venue, Chen Yan took her mobile phone and took a photo of the flower basket and cold dishes on the preparation table:

“I will use this dish as a screensaver from now on. It’s so beautiful and artistic.”

Shen Jiayue also took a photo and said with a smile:

“When your child is born later, I will ask Xu Bao to make you a flower basket and cold dishes to celebrate.”

“Really? Then give me a written statement!”

Chen Yan was not polite to her cousin at all. Instead, she actually took out a pen and paper, started writing the receipt, and then asked her cousin to sign it.

But then she thought about it, she couldn’t eat such cold food just after giving birth, at least she had to wait until the confinement period before eating it. Thinking of this, she took a pen and paper and wrote:

“I, Shen Jiayue, promise to urge Lin Xu to make a flower basket cold dish when Chen Yan’s child is one month old. If there is a breach of contract, Dundun will gain three pounds.”

After writing it, put the note in front of Shen Jiayue:

“Sign, press fingerprints!”

On the other side, by the reservoir, Dundun, who was lying on a folding chair and taking a nap, opened his eyes, with a trace of surprise in his eyes.

You are such an aunt, but you secretly cursed me. Let’s see how I will retaliate against you in the future!

At this time, the water surface not far away stirred, and a fisherman on the shore suddenly shouted:

“It’s hit, it’s at least fifty pounds! Come on, come on, help me, my fishing line is a little thin today, I can only pull about thirty pounds, so I have to take my time.”

When Lao Suntou saw this scene, his eyes were full of envy.

He actually caught a lot of fish today. He has caught at least 20 kilograms of fish so far, but they are all three to five kilograms, and none are particularly big.

Almost all the other fishermen around him knew each other. After seeing this, he asked Lao Suntou:

“Uncle Sun, why don’t you catch fish? Aren’t you always the first?”

Lao Suntou said with a smile:

“Fishing is about cultivating one’s character. Competing for ranking is boring. You catch yours and I catch mine. There is no need to compete…”

Lao Suntou, who was preparing to promote friendship first and second place in the competition, suddenly felt a huge pulling force from the fishing rod in his hand. He immediately clenched the fishing rod with both hands, stood up and laughed loudly:

“Haha, I’m sorry, my big fish is here too, definitely over fifty kilograms!”

Dundun: “…”

According to my many observations, the faces of fishermen all look like this…

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