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Chapter 796 A State Banquet Dessert with Special Significance——Chrysanthemum Cake!Simply art! 【Subscribe】

"Is it difficult to make chrysanthemum cakes?"

Shen Jiayue is now going hand in hand with the red and white dishes. The red case has made delicious tea-flavored chicken, and the white case has to follow up and learn a high-end dim sum.

Lin Xu smiled and said:
"There are many ways to make chrysanthemum cakes. There are difficult ones and simple ones. The chrysanthemum cakes at the Hangzhou state banquet are high-end snacks that have been improved and processed on the basis of Hangzhou lotus cakes. They are beautiful and elegant in shape, crispy and delicious, and are... "

While introducing, Shen Jiayue interrupted him:

"Just say no."

"But it's difficult to do it, and it's not something you can master."

Seeing the cute baby's expression changed, Lin Xu hurriedly said:

"I can teach you how to make relatively simple chrysanthemum cakes. The taste is still very good, and the shape is also very unique and beautiful, but it is not the same as the ones at the Hangzhou state banquet."

Shen Jiayue blinked:
"Really?"

"Really, there are many delicacies called chrysanthemum crisps all over the country. The simplest one is you take an onion and cut it up, dip it in some egg batter, and then throw it into the oil pan, and the fried chrysanthemum crisps will come out."

Put the sliced ​​onion into the hot oil and fry it, and it will open layer by layer, just like the petals of a chrysanthemum. With a crispy taste, it can be regarded as an entry-level chrysanthemum crisp.

In addition to onions, dumpling wrappers can also be made into chrysanthemum crisps. The method is to change the knife first and then deep-fry.

A little more troublesome, there are all kinds of chrysanthemum crisps with fillings. This pie-like dessert is more complicated than the onion version and dumpling wrapper version, but not too complicated.

Shen Jiayue supported her chin and said:

"No matter how you teach, anyway, I want to learn chrysanthemum cakes today, and I have to learn, otherwise I won't let you kiss."

Lin Xu raised his hand and pinched her face:
"Don't worry, I promise you can do it with your eyes closed."

He put away the bowls and chopsticks, first went to the back kitchen to check, checked today's work, and took a look at the order status of each private room today.

Now almost all private rooms in the store have to be booked in advance, and at the same time of booking, customers will also order the dishes that need to be ordered, so that the store can prepare in advance and customers can eat more comfortably.

"Today, two roasted whole lambs, five roasted suckling pigs, and about [-] catties of roasted pigs are all being prepared. There will be absolutely no delay."

No one would order a whole roasted pig. Basically, they would be bought by the catty. Usually private rooms would cost a few catties, at least two or three yuan per person.

If a large private room can seat more than 30 people, the amount of roasted pigs should be at least seven or eight catties, that is, four servings to start.

Now almost one pig is roasted in the store every day, and it is usually sold out before night.

Ginkgo Garden has a furnace pit, which is more convenient for roasting pigs. The restaurant does not have this condition. It uses an open hearth oven specially made for this kind of dishes. It can only roast one pig at a time, and cannot increase the amount.

After Lin Xu listened, he asked Wei Qian to assign the work well so that no accidents would occur.

After speaking, he went to the pastry department again, first looked at today's preparations, and then ordered Niu Chuang:

"Prepare me some fillings like flour, red bean paste, date paste, pumpkin puree, and some cooked flour."

"Okay, I'll start preparing now."

When Niu Chuang was preparing, Lin Xu took some ingredients suitable for the filling of chrysanthemum crisps, such as dried apricots and raisins, as well as cooked white sesame seeds, rock sugar, candied fruit and so on.

Everything was ready, and I took it to the small kitchen.

Shen Jiayue was replying to the comments of netizens. Seeing this situation, she immediately closed the computer and followed her:
"Haha, this baby is here!"

She pinched a piece of candied fruit into her mouth and asked curiously:

"Are these the ingredients for making chrysanthemum cakes?"

"Yes, it's stuffed heart, but stuffed heart is not the point, basically anything can be substituted. The reason why I prepare these is purely to restore the state banquet in Hangzhou."

The desserts used in the state banquet are all carefully selected. The reason why we choose chrysanthemum cakes is not only the elegant appearance and beautiful shape of this delicacy, but more importantly, chrysanthemums represent gentlemen in traditional culture.

Using snacks to euphemistically praise Nixon's visit to China is a gentleman's move, which is the same as the reason why the great man asked for a dish of braised water at the welcome state banquet held in Beijing.

Pao Shui is another name for fish tail, and eating Braised Pao Shui by name is to praise Nixon for taking the initiative to break the confrontation and deadlock like swimming fish, opening a new chapter in Sino-US diplomacy.

At the American thank-you banquet, the salted duck served as a cold dish and duck pieces in oil as the main dish also conveyed the meaning of breaking ice and stirring stagnant water.

People who are a little more particular about entertaining guests know that one ingredient cannot be served twice, which seems not to be particular about it.

However, at the American thank-you banquet, there were rarely two duck dishes. Even if they didn't understand, the accompanying Chinese staff would remind them kindly.

However, there are still two duck dishes, which also expresses the idea of ​​the United States: one duck alone is not enough to stir up stagnant water, and both parties need to work together.

The reason why the state banquet is high-end is that each dish has a different meaning. This is a silent mediation on the table, which has a symbolic meaning beyond food.

And this kind of mediation will eventually return to food, because only delicious food can accurately convey the meaning to the other party.

This is the implicit beauty unique to Chinese people, which is beyond the comprehension of most Westerners.

Lin Xu looked at the time, rolled up his sleeves and said:

"I'll make the state banquet chrysanthemum cakes first, and then I'll teach you how to make simpler ones. Is that okay?"

Shen Jiayue waved her hands generously, then grabbed the raisins and stuffed them into her mouth:

"No problem, no problem, even if you teach me how to make it with onions, as long as you can bluff the netizens...Xu Bao, does fried onion taste sweet?"

"No, it's usually tasteless, but after frying, a layer of powdered sugar will be sprinkled on top, and it will become sweet and crispy, and it's full of onion flavor, which feels pretty good."

After finishing speaking, Lin Xu brought a large bowl of pure white cooked lard, ready to knead the noodles.

The method of chrysanthemum pastry is exactly the same as that of lotus flower pastry. You need to open the pastry to make pastry and water oil skin. After combining the two, roll them into the shape of ox tongue, and then roll them up and fold them in three.

The only difference is that the lotus flower cake only needs to open six petals, while the chrysanthemum cake has a minimum of eighteen petals, usually 24 or 32 petals.

This can make the fried chrysanthemum crisps more beautiful and look more like a blooming chrysanthemum.

Lin Xu kneaded the dough with cooked lard and flour, which is the pastry.

Then use cooked lard, water and flour to knead into a water-oil skin, put it together with the pastry, and cover it with plastic wrap to relax a little.

Taking advantage of this time, Lin Xu chopped up the candied fruit completely, roasted the cooked sesame seeds and crushed them, and then also ground the rock sugar into fine noodles.

Put these ingredients on the chopping board, sprinkle some cooked flour, add some cooked lard, knead with one hand, and keep piling up the scattered fillings with a scraper in the other hand.

Soon, these scattered ingredients were kneaded into a slightly soft dough under the action of lard and cooked flour.

This is the filling of chrysanthemum crisps, which not only tastes rich, but also sweet and delicious.

Shen Jiayue asked curiously:

"Will it be sweet and greasy?"

The highest state of Chinese dim sum is that it is not sweet, and the dim sum that does not feel sweet is a good dim sum.

And the filling of this chrysanthemum pastry, on the premise of putting countless candied fruits, also put rock sugar, plus lard, must it be sweet and stinky?
Lin Xu said while busy:
"You have to understand that this state banquet is to entertain Nixon, and the taste must be taken care of as much as possible. Laomei likes to eat sweet and sweet food. The sweeter and more greasy, the more they like it. This chrysanthemum pastry is also delicious. exception."

Shen Jiayue is very familiar with American tastes.

Because a few days ago, Lucy, who was paid, went to the embassy area to buy a box of apple pie and brought it to the store for everyone to eat. She also said that it was her favorite when she was studying in the United States.

Everyone was full of interest at first, until they picked it up and took a bite, only to find that the taste of Laomei is so strange, sweet and greasy, with no other taste, and they feel panicked after a few bites.

Shen Jiayue said:
"Aunt Lucy should like it very much. Send her a message later to see if she has time to come over to eat. This is a dessert for Nixon. She should be very interested."

Lin Xu made the filling, kneaded the water and oil skin into long strips, and divided them into even noodles.

Then divide the pastry into small doses, wrap the pastry with water and oil skin, roll it into long strips like ox tongue, roll it up and put it under the plastic wrap to continue to relax.

Do it all again, divide the filling into small doses, and knead it into a ball suitable for filling.

Everything is ready, according to the practice of lotus cakes, wrap the filling balls with puff pastry, with the seam facing down.

Lin Xu took a kitchen knife, first cut into six pieces diagonally according to the lotus cake method, and then cut each piece into four pieces diagonally.

Cut and place on a plate, ready to be oiled.

Seeing that this step is relatively simple, Shen Jiayue wanted to try it, but felt that such a diagonal cut was a bit dangerous.

Girls should stop playing with knives. If you hurt your hands, you won’t be able to learn the simple version of chrysanthemum cakes.

Lin Xu took a knife and cut the dough pieces one by one, and then came to the most critical step of the chrysanthemum cake dish, which is also the most prone to overturning - frying!
Unlike the lotus cakes, the chrysanthemum cakes cannot be fried one by one, as the petals will not bloom uniformly, and the frying temperature will also be different.

So fry them at the same time.

Put them on the plate in this way, so that the heat is the same, the shape is the same, and it looks more beautiful.

Lin Xu didn't know how the chefs at the state banquet in Hangzhou did it. Anyway, he found a clever way to prepare an aluminum grate and tie three wires on the edge of the grate in an isosceles triangle.

The wires are about half a meter high and come together at the top so they can be lifted with one hand.

After finishing this step, he set up the oil pan, put lard in the pan, and set it on high heat.

While the oil was burning, he placed the chrysanthemum crispy noodles on the aluminum grate at intervals. When the oil reached [-]% heat, he turned it to medium-low heat, and carefully put the grate into the oil pan with a wire.

The reason why iron wire is used is to facilitate the adjustment of temperature and heat. When the oil temperature is too high, the grate can be lifted from the oil pan to cool down at any time to prevent frying.

The reason for using an aluminum grate is that aluminum products conduct heat faster and it is easier to fry the chrysanthemums.

Soon, the petals cut out with a kitchen knife on the dough began to lift under the action of the hot oil, looking like a chrysanthemum blooming little by little.

Shen Jiayue held up her camera and took pictures on the side.

Although she knew that this video could not be uploaded online, she could post it in the group to seduce everyone.

Hehe, the chrysanthemum pastry looks so elegant, if you don’t believe me, you won’t be tempted!
As more and more petals bloomed, Lin Xu grabbed the wire and slowly lifted up the grate so that the position of the petals was flush with the oil surface.

Shen Jiayue asked curiously:

"What does it mean?"

"Use the tension of the oil surface to make the petals bloom more thoroughly, so that the shape of the chrysanthemum will be more beautiful."

Sure enough, after lifting it, the petals not only bloomed more quickly, but also bloomed more widely, especially the outermost layer, like a chrysanthemum in full bloom, bloomed straight outward.

When the petals were almost blooming, Lin Xu put the aluminum grate back into the oil pan, then picked up a spoon, scooped up the hot oil in the pan and poured it on the chrysanthemums.

Although the chrysanthemum crisps were completely immersed in the hot oil at this time, Lin Xu's pouring made the hot oil flow quickly, and the core part of the chrysanthemum bloomed suddenly, and all the petals seemed to come alive. Shen Jiayue exclaimed miraculously.

After watering one by one, all the petals turned light yellow, which meant that the heat was about the same, and after frying, these petals turned burnt yellow, not like chrysanthemums.

Lin Xu took out the grate, put it on the oil pan and shook it a few times to control the oil on it, and then put the grate on a round tray.

Take a white porcelain plate again, put the fried chrysanthemum cakes on the plate with chopsticks, arrange them in a flowery shape, and then sprinkle some powdered sugar, the dessert on the state banquet is officially completed.

"Wow, super beautiful!"

At first glance, the whole dish looks like a bouquet made of chrysanthemums, each chrysanthemum blooms perfectly, and the pale yellow petals make the chrysanthemums look very noble.

Shen Jiayue also forgot to use the camera, took a few photos with her mobile phone and sent them to the group of good sisters.

The group that was originally dead and silent suddenly exploded!

Xiao Qing: What's the situation?Is this something to eat?Ahhhhhh why are you greedy for me?

Dou Wenjing: It looks delicious.

Chen Yan: After eating yak meat for several days, do you know how much I miss the snacks in Beijing?Yueyue, you are finished, if you don't have this dim sum when you arrive in the capital, I will bully Dundun!
Chen Yuanyuan: What's the name of this snack?
Zeng Xiaoqi: Is this chrysanthemum cake?Nixon Hangzhou State Banquet had this dish.

Shu Yun: Can I go up and try it for everyone?
Geng Lele: Save one for me! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Chen Yan joined the group before she got married, but Shi Wenqing, who had never spoken much, was also very excited at this time:

"Wait for me, wait for me, I'm cleaning up my daughter's diapers, I'm taking my child to Linji to eat at the big family today, if you don't give me the food, I will let my daughter cry for you!"

Shen Jiayue opened her mouth, as if she had stabbed a hornet's nest.

Seeing that Lucy didn't speak, she thought the aunt hadn't seen it, so she sent a private message:

"Aunt Lucy, are you busy?"

It took a while before the other party sent a voice, which was a blunt Mandarin sentence:

"I'm cycling to the store, leave me a chrysanthemum!"

Tsk, you have to be a foreigner in terms of straightforwardness, not so many beeps, and you can directly pedal your bicycle from Peking University to eat at the restaurant.

"Okay, be careful on the road."

After Shen Jiayue replied a message, she put down her phone and began to look at the blooming chrysanthemums on the plate.

At this moment Shu Yun also came up, and when he saw it, he snapped again and again.

Lin Xu reminded:
"This is a pastry made with lard, and it is also fried with lard. It is best to eat it while it is hot, because it will feel greasy when it is cold."

Upon hearing this, Shu Yun and Shen Jiayue hurriedly picked up the small plates, each of them picked up a flower with chopsticks, brought it to their mouths and bit it lightly, and there was a crisp, crackling sound from their mouths immediately.

This voice is very attractive, as if it rang directly from the bottom of my heart, and my brain became happy.

The petals are very crispy, with powdered sugar sprinkled on them, it's sweet, Shen Jiayue thinks that eating this way for a year will not make you feel tired.

But eating the petals alone is just for fun, the most delicious part has to be the stuffing, she opened her mouth and took a bite, the fat and syrup in the stuffing, served with various preserved fruits and candied fruit, plus the crispy petals , all kinds of flavors and textures are mixed together, it is simply invincible and delicious!
"Wow, this filling is so delicious. Although it is a bit sweet, the taste is really worth mentioning!"

Shu Yun also agreed:
"Yes, yes, it's really super delicious."

After finishing speaking, she took her mobile phone and sent a voice message to Song Tiantian:
"Sneakily come to the small kitchen and taste the chrysanthemum cakes made by the boss. Don't make a fuss, I don't make much."

Lin Xu has already started to blow up the pot now, he said with a smile:

"Today is just to try something new. If you want to eat it, just ask the pastry department to make more."

Although this kind of pasta looks complicated, it is not too difficult for a professional white case master. Basically, a skilled person can make it, but he is not as proficient as Lin Xu.

Soon, the tall and big Song Tiantian sneaked in with Xiao Dong.

"Boss, can we have a taste?"

"Okay, eat it, if it's not enough, I'll fry some more."

Lin Xu didn't expect that just practicing the dim sum at the state banquet in advance would attract so many people's attention.

He fried the remaining two pots, re-opened the crispy noodles, and prepared to fry the simple version of chrysanthemum crispy.

Compared with the state banquet version of chrysanthemum crisps full of petals, the simple version is much easier.

Wrap the pastry noodles with water and oil skin, roll them into ox tongue-like layers, and roll them into cakes after stacking, and wrap the prepared red bean paste filling inside.

Wrap it well, turn the seam down, and press it again to form a cake.

Then pick up a kitchen knife and start cutting from the center third of the dough, all the way to the sides.

Then keep cutting at intervals of one centimeter.

Always cut the whole cake into the shape of a chrysanthemum, and then twist it with your hands so that the red bean paste at the cut is facing the top. After all the twisting, the feeling of the chrysanthemum will come out.

But this chrysanthemum is a cartoon version, and it actually looks like a sunflower.

Lin Xu finished them one by one, put them in the oven to bake, and when they were baked, this simple version of chrysanthemum cakes was done.

After watching the whole process, Shen Jiayue couldn't help but say:
"Don't tell me, it's really simple. I don't need deep frying. I'll learn this later. When Yan Bao comes back, let her have a good taste of Chef Shen's cooking skills!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Lucy rushed in excitedly, wearing a riding cap on her head, and her eyes lit up when she saw the chrysanthemum cakes on the table:
"Buy Karma! It's so beautiful, it's amazing oriental food, I love China! I Love Chinese Food!"

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