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Chapter 323 The joy of harvest must be expressed with lotus cakes!Come on, let's draw a lottery! 【Subscribe】

From before the engagement to the present, it took nearly two months to finally complete the main task.

This made Lin Xu feel relieved.

For obsessive-compulsive disorder, it's such a relief after the task is completed.

Take stock of the rewards, one perfect-level lost dish, one perfect-level dry-pot dish, one perfect-level raw pickled dish, three perfect-level learning cards, a [-]-minute special props experience card, and a bonus lucky draw for perfect-level cooking techniques once.

No wonder everyone says autumn is the harvest season.

Now I really feel the joy of harvest.

Although the last time the hidden mission lottery was drawn, the pepper chicken was directly drawn.

But Lin Xu didn't dare to draw these rewards rashly today.

It is better to let Dundun draw.

This little guy seems to be able to directly pull out the most suitable dishes in the store, which is much better than trying his luck in a daze.

"Boss, we are number one in the hot search!"

While muttering to himself, Zhuang Yizhou came over and showed Lin Xu his mobile phone.

The first place in the hot search list in Yanjing area is followed by a crimson word "explosion". Obviously, this is a sign of a rapid rise in popularity.

Under the topic of Lin Kee Food, all kinds of netizens who watched the video poured in at a loss:
"Is it fake? Are cats really that smart?"

"Can anyone tell me if it's a cutout show?"

"It doesn't look like it, and the people at the meeting at the conference table chatted very naturally. It didn't look like acting, but it seemed that Dundun jumped out to make trouble when recording the minutes of the video conference."

"Baoyou, I'm not talking about making trouble."

"Yes, how could it be possible to cause trouble with such a devoted performance?"

"Let's just say, is it difficult for Dundun's acting skills to beat those so-called fresh meat?"

"After the rise of short videos, everyone said that personal acting skills are better than professional actors, and now even kittens can beat professional actors in acting."

"Don't let the professors of the Film Academy see it, otherwise Dundun will be listed as a textbook again."

"..."

On the Internet, some actors' brilliant scenes are often listed as teaching materials for film schools such as China Opera and Beijing Film Academy, which makes the schools unable to resist jumping out to refute the rumors.

If an actor's acting skills are a little more vivid, it will be listed as a teaching material.

Those film schools will not be able to graduate in eight years.

Lin Xu glanced at the discussions among the netizens, and thought about the unintentional efforts of the Fat Loss Squad and the Sand Sculpture Squad, and felt that it was time to reward them.

Heroes, you have to enjoy the food.

But what to do?
The entire crew except Dundun are all girls, and girls like beautiful food...

Presentation?

Lin Xu immediately thought of a dessert he got before the Mid-Autumn Festival - lotus cake.

In terms of presentation, there are not many dishes that can compare to lotus crisps, right?

Well, that's it.

I hope that the Fat Loss Squad will continue to make persistent efforts and continue to shoot super-short videos, so that the topic of Lin Kee Food will become even more popular.

At the same time, it also added a wave of attention to my personal account.

Relying on cute pets to increase attention is an old tradition of UP owners in the food area, and today we will carry forward this tradition again.

Now that you are making lotus flower cakes, let's start now.

The difficulty of making this kind of palace dessert is not very high, but it is quite cumbersome and needs to be prepared in advance.

The first is the stuffing part.

In order to make the filling of the lotus cake look more like the stamen of the lotus flower, the filling needs to be made yellow. Lin Xu brought butter, eggs, milk powder, sugar powder, and shredded coconut.

Take the yolk part of the egg and beat it with butter, sugar powder and milk powder into a thick paste.

The whipping must be in place, so that the powdered sugar, cream, and milk powder are fully melted, and the egg yolk must be fully stirred at the same time.

The color of the butter and egg yolk can make the stuffing have a color similar to that of a lotus stamen, but if you want to get closer to the real state, you need to add shredded coconut.

Shredded coconut can increase the consistency of the filling, and those white coconut shreds will make the filling look closer to the stamen.

Add shredded coconut and mix well, carefully knead into a ball, then divide into small doses of about 20 grams and knead into balls.

In order to prevent melting, it needs to be stored in the refrigerator freezer after kneading into small balls.

Once the stuffing is done, it's time to make the lotus dough.

The lotus skin is divided into water-oil skin and pastry. Wrap the pastry with water-oil skin and fold it repeatedly, and the effect of layer upon layer of lotus petals will appear.

This is a general procedure for making puff pastry. Almost all Chinese dim sum, as long as there is puff pastry, must be made in this way.

Compared with ordinary puff pastry, the dough of lotus puff pastry needs to be pigmented to make it pink like lotus, which looks more realistic.

There are many choices of pigments, you can choose more stable artificial pigments, or you can use natural pigments such as red yeast rice flour.

Lin Xu uses red yeast rice flour, which gives a beautiful light pink color when diluted with flour.

Put low-gluten flour in the basin, then add appropriate amount of lard and powdered sugar, and finally use a seasoning spoon to scoop half a spoonful of red yeast rice flour into the basin, add warm water and knead into a moderately soft and hard dough.

The step of making meringue is called Kaisu in Chinese pastry making.

Lard is indispensable for all crisps.

It can even be said that the main source of "crispy" in Chinese dim sum is lard, without lard, most of the puff pastry will disappear.

Although some bakers dislike lard and use butter commonly used in Western pastries.

But one thing to say, butter is far less effective than lard.

"Those who make pastries on the short video platform now, when it comes to lard, they hate it. It is high in calories, greasy, and all kinds of recommended butter are really enough to watch."

Wei Gan, a staunch supporter of lard, immediately came over when he saw Lin Xu kneading noodles with lard.

Seeing the light pink dough in the basin, he was a little surprised:

"I rely on you, what kind of snacks are you going to make again? This pink and tender color is too in line with my aesthetics."

your aesthetic?

Lin Xu glanced at this guy, no wonder Tiantian raised you as his wife, a big man actually likes pink, tsk tsk tsk...

"Men, you have to use pink."

Wei Qian also found that there was something wrong with his words, so he quickly used the stalks of macho fans to make amends for himself.

"I rushed to the top of the hot search list today, and I'm going to make some lotus flower cakes to celebrate."

"I rely on you. This is really ingenious. I am confused when I see the dough. Relatively speaking, the red case is more suitable for me."

Lin Xu kneaded the light pink dough to make it smooth, and then started making dough.

Each dose is 25 grams, divided and kneaded into small balls.

He had prepared forty stuffing balls before, and he divided out forty small balls from the dough. After kneading all of them into small balls, they covered them with plastic wrap and began to relax.

I was busy with work just now, and forgot to calculate the amount of flour, which resulted in more pink dough.

"Let's put it aside for now. If you can't do it later, make some stuffing."

He sealed the dough in the basin with plastic wrap, and then started making pastry.

The ingredients of pastry are relatively simple, that is, lard and low-gluten flour.

But the material is simple, but the practice is quite difficult.

Lin Xu wiped the workbench clean, then poured the prepared flour on it, and used a spatula to dig out a shovelful of solidified lard and put it on it.

Then grab the flour and press it on the lard, and press down on the flour with the palm of your hand.

Then use a scraper to scoop up the lard that sticks to the workbench, and press it with flour again, so that the flour and lard are fused together a little bit.

In this step, neither water nor other ingredients can be put in. It is to use the solidified lard to knead the flour into a dough little by little. The softness and hardness of the dough must be the same as that of the pink water oil skin.

For novices, this step is very difficult. If you are not careful, you will get a lot of lard, or because of the low temperature, lard cannot be mixed with flour at all.

Don't be afraid of lard sticking to your hands, just rub it off with dry flour.

However, if it sticks to your hands, it means that the lard has melted. You should try to touch the dough and lard with your fingertips as much as possible to prevent the temperature of the lard from being too high and continue to melt.

In the case of low temperature, rub the palm in the basin as much as possible, and use the temperature of the palm to melt the lard.

Once melted, the dough is much easier to knead.

The finished pastry is a dough with a moist surface.

Like the water and oil skin, the pastry also needs to be divided into small doses.

Lin Xu made [-] grams each and divided them into [-] pieces. After dividing them, he kneaded them into small balls with his hands, placed them on a corner of the workbench, and covered them with plastic wrap to prevent water loss.

As for the remaining pastry, put it in a basin, cover the mouth of the basin with plastic wrap, and send it to the refrigerator for storage.

The pastry that is not used temporarily needs to be refrigerated or frozen, and cannot be placed at room temperature, otherwise the lard will melt and seep out of the pastry, causing the pastry to become dry and hard.

Next, use the palm of your hand to press the loosened water and oil skin into a round pancake, and then carefully wrap the pastry ball in it.

Wrap it and knead it into a ball again, put it under the plastic wrap and cover it to continue to relax.

For each next step, you have to do one step and relax for ten minutes, and you can't do it continuously.

The round pink balls are placed on the workbench, attracting the chefs around to take pictures.

"Let me just say that macho men like pink. Which man can refuse this pink and tender color? I have to taste it when it's ready."

Wei Gan came over to take a photo, and then posted it on Linji Food:

"In order to celebrate Lin Kee's gourmet topic rushing to the top of the hot search list, the boss cooks the food himself. Can you guess what kind of dim sum this pink and tender color is?"

As soon as it was posted, netizens who were discussing Dundun gathered together:

"I lean on lean, it looks so tempting."

"Isn't this the color we boys like?"

"Just curious, is Dundun really that smart?"

"Whether that video is staged or real, can you Lin Ji make it clear?"

"Why do you have to make it clear? Is the video a violation of the law or something?"

"That's right, these newcomers seem to have grown up eating fish, otherwise why are they so picky? As the Holy Master of Miaomiao Sect, I, Dundun, is it normal to be smart?"

"..."

Wei Gan originally wanted to reply, but when he saw some netizens arguing under his feed, he wisely shut his mouth.

He was also very puzzled watching that video, and had no idea how it was filmed.

If Dundun was really so smart, wouldn't he wink at Tiantian when he went up and down the stairs, wouldn't he be watched by a cat from beginning to end?
Thinking of having a bystander on such an occasion, Wei Gan wished he could dig out a three-room and one-living room with his feet.

He flipped through the topic of Linji Food, and some new netizens questioned the authenticity of the video, but the number of likes on the video increased quite quickly.

According to this progress, it is estimated that the [-] likes requested by Lin Xu will be reached tomorrow.

When the time comes to post the second half, maybe you will be able to find a clever answer.

In the villa on the West Fourth Ring Road, the video of Dundun playing billiards has been filmed. Now everyone is gathering in front of the piano in the corner of the living room on the first floor, planning to shoot Dundun playing the piano.

"Can Dundun play?"

"It's enough, but it's enough to put on a posture, and you don't need to play it."

"This is Steinway. There are millions of pianos just for cats to play with. Are you afraid of breaking them?"

Baby Shen came over with the nail scissors for cats, pinching Dundun's claws and cutting off the tips of the toenails one by one.

A cat's toenails will continue to grow, and the tips of the toenails need to be cut off regularly, otherwise, if they grow too long, they will easily penetrate into the meat pad and cause inflammation.

And cats with too long toenails are uncomfortable.

Baby Shen squatted next to the piano bench and cut his nails with his sturdy paws. The little guy cooperated obediently. After cutting, he retracted his claws and showed his toenails to see if they were cut too short.

Such obedient cooperation made Dou Wenjing and Zeng Xiaoqi completely dumbfounded.

A few minutes ago, the two were still watching a video posted by a pet UP host who cut a cat's nails and was scratched and bled, and the comment area was full of messages from netizens who dare not cut a cat's nails.

At that time, the two also said that with Dundun's petty temper, it would take a few people to hold down their nails.

As a result, Dundun was very cooperative and very patient.

Crying with pet UP owners as if they are not a species.

"Our Dundun is really different from other cats."

Geng Lele said with a smile:
"Of course, we are the Holy Lord of Miaomiao Sect, how can we be compared with ordinary kittens."

The toenails are cut, the lighting equipment is set up, and the camera is adjusted to the best angle.

Everyone was busy, Zeng Xiaoqi took out her mobile phone, and wanted to see if there were any illegal comments under the topic of Linji Food, and if there were any, they should be deleted as soon as possible, so as not to cause adverse effects.

Then she saw Wei Qianfa's movement.

The pink round ball suddenly made the chief photographer of the crew lose interest in working:

"Hey, Boss Lin is preparing delicious food in the store, should we go and have a look?"

After speaking, she took her mobile phone and turned it on to everyone.

A few girls who originally planned to take pictures until it was dark were immediately attracted by this snack.

"I think the National Day is seven days, we can combine work and rest."

"Yes, it's okay to be a bit tired, the key is Dundun. It's too hard for the little guy to shoot all the time."

"I think so too. Felines are inherently explosive and poor in endurance. Let's go back."

"Well, even if we come back to shoot tomorrow, we can't just think about the progress of the shoot, but also consider the physical condition of the child."

"..."

After finding a bunch of reasons for themselves, everyone began to pack their equipment.

I won’t bring it back this time, so I don’t have to pull it back and forth.

But it has to be packed, especially the fill light, which is quite delicate and needs to be stored in a special bag.

After tidying up, Baby Shen planned to go upstairs to change clothes, and brought a few sweaters suitable for autumn by the way.

Others went to the bathroom, and some went to the kitchen to find water, all preparing to go back.

In front of the piano, Dundun straightened up, pressed his paw on the key, and then pressed the key next to him. The speed was very slow, and the sound of the piano was incoherent, which seemed very jerky.

But if Han Shuzhen was here, she would definitely be able to hear that this was the "Blessing Lovers" she played when she was familiar with the environment at home for the first time with Dundun in her arms.

In the shop.

Lin Xu flattened the slack noodles with his hands, then took a small rolling pin and rolled them into long strips of ox tongue.

After rolling, fold up the lower half of the ox tongue-shaped long strip, and then fold down the upper half to form a standard triple fold.

Fold it well and put it back under the plastic wrap, and continue to relax for ten minutes.

After the relaxation is complete, take it out, and use a chopping board to roll the three-folded dough into a cow tongue shape again. After rolling, continue to fold in three and continue to relax.

In such an operation, the dough will be pressed a little bit thinner than paper, and the pastry will gradually mix with the water and oil skin, separated by only a little fat.

After this layer of oil is heated, the skin will be uncovered layer by layer.

This is how the puff pastry came about.

Once the dough is cooked again, roll out the three-folded dough to make it as round as possible, then take out the stuffing from the refrigerator and wrap it in a pale pink dough.

Receive the cuff below to make the front a spherical shape.

Then use a thinner knife to cut three times on the top, so that the front ball is divided into six equal parts.

After dividing, take some red yeast rice flour and mix it with water, then take a small brush dipped in water and brush evenly on both sides of the knife edge.

This allows the blooming petals to have a deep red stroke, which looks fairy-like with the light pink petals.

After finishing all of them, Lin Xu added vegetable oil to the pot, heated it to [-]% oil temperature and turned to low heat, then put the prepared lotus flower crisp embryos in a shallower dense mesh, and gently sent them into the oil pot.

Under the deep-frying of low-temperature hot oil, the petals bloom little by little, and the outermost layers even fully bloom, and are slightly wrinkled in the hot oil, really like a lotus flower on the verge of withering.

The pale pink petals with deep red strokes look alluring even when they are not out of the pan.

This is by far the best-looking dessert made in the store.

It's too high to bear.

You have to be patient when frying lotus flower cakes, and keep frying them in low-temperature hot oil, so that the petals can gradually bloom.

When the frying is almost done, take it out carefully with a leak-tight drain, and put it aside to control the oil.

At this moment, the petals have been completely fried, and they are so crispy that they will break when touched, so be careful with every step, and the flowers may break if you use a little force.

"Wow, what a beautiful lotus!"

While he was busy, Baby Shen's exclamation came from the kitchen door.

She did not expect that as soon as she returned to the store, she saw Xu Bao bring out a pink lotus flower with strokes from the oil pan.

Is this the delicacy to be made today?
The face value is too high, right?

"You guys made such a good video, so make some lotus flower cakes as a reward. This is what I promised Lele before, and today I have fulfilled my promise."

Lin Xu brought out the fried lotus flower crisps, and this high-value dessert immediately attracted bursts of praise.

Everyone took out their mobile phones and cameras and began to take pictures of these flowers.

"beautiful!"

"Just like the real thing."

"This stroke is so vivid that I don't even want to eat it."

"I'm not willing to eat, why don't you eat mine and I eat yours?"

"Yeah, if you change your son and eat it!"

"..."

Lin Xu went back to the kitchen and fried all the remaining lotus flower crisps.

When everyone was admiring the beautiful dim sum, he tied down his apron and walked down the stairs.

Come on, it's time to draw a lottery!
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