A mouthful of fried rice at a sky-high price, Old Tang apprenticed on the spot

Chapter 439
"Oh! I know! It's called backsanding, isn't it?"

The sheep thought of something, clapped its hands, and exclaimed: "I used to boil sugar several times, so it's because the sugar grains haven't melted?"

"Yes, anti-sand means that the sugar is not boiled in place."

Li Yi observed the state of the syrup in the pot, and turned off the heat to the minimum: "The invert syrup used to make Cantonese-style mooncakes is best boiled with sucrose and fructose, so as to reduce the chance of sand inversion.

Anti-sanding is actually insufficient conversion of syrup. The most common reason is that the proportion of sugar is wrong.

It shows that the content of small molecule fructose and glucose is low, and the content of white granulated sugar is high, and it is easy to form crystals by backsanding.

Furthermore, the amount of citric acid is not enough, and the reaction is not thorough enough.

The amount of citric acid is added according to 0.06% of the amount of sugar, but note that it is citric acid, not lemon juice.

The citric acid content in lemon juice is about 5%. If you add lemon juice, you should calculate it according to this ratio. "

Hearing Li Yi's explanation, Yang Yang patted his forehead with a smile: "Well, it's good that you reminded me, otherwise I really thought it was 0.06% lemon juice.

I also said that you added so much just now, it must have exceeded 0.06%. "

"It's citric acid."

Li Yi explained: "Actually, using citric acid is better, it is safer and more controllable, and the difficulty is lower.

It is easier to mix lemon pulp or peel tissue with lemon juice, and these impurities are more likely to become crystal seeds, resulting in syrup backsanding.

Therefore, when using lemon juice, the requirements for the experience of the heat are relatively high.

If you try it at home, it is better to use citric acid, the success rate will be higher. "

"That's it! I see."

Sheep nodded and praised: "You are so meticulous in teaching! I feel that after learning from you, I will be able to open a mooncake factory."

"of course."

Wu Lei on the side smiled and said: "Brother Yi has always taught the truth. I saw a video that day, and some viewers have already learned how to make tofu from Brother Yi, and they have set up a stall to sell tofu."

The ball-headed girl also echoed with a smile: "I came here this time to learn technology from Brother Yi, and Brother Yi really has no reservations in teaching things."

Zhao Jinmai sighed: "I have no reservations, but even if I don't reserve it, I can't learn it!"

"As long as you want to learn, how can you not learn?"

As Li Yi said, he turned down the flame of the stove, and reminded the sheep: "By the way, there is one more thing to remind you, the stirring is just to speed up the melting of the sugar, but don't stir it too violently, and when stirring, the fire should not be turned on too high, it should be boiled on a low fire.

When you stir vigorously, air will be mixed into the syrup, forming air bubbles.

If the fire is too large, the air bubbles will also increase, and these air bubbles will also become seeds, resulting in anti-sand.

Therefore, remember the four words, turn the fire slowly, and there will be no back sand. "

"learn."

Sheep clenched her fists at Li Yi jokingly: "Thank you, Brother Yi, for teaching me everything! When I open a mooncake factory, I will definitely give you a big red envelope!"

"Only red envelopes, no shares?"

Li Yi laughed and joked.

"Yes! Of course! You are the major shareholder!"

Sheep joked: "Why don't you come to be the spokesperson and use your avatar as a trademark, the business will definitely be booming!"

"You are catching a sheep!"

Li Yi was talking and laughing, while looking at the syrup with small bubbles in the pot.

Pointing to the syrup in the pot, Li Yi said: "If the syrup is bubbling, it means it's not ready yet.

The syrup temperature at this stage is only 105°C and will last for a certain period of time.

When its color starts to turn slightly yellow, the bubbles start to become smaller, the number of bubbles becomes smaller, and the speed slows down, it is considered that the transformation is almost complete. "

"Slightly yellow?"

The sheep asked curiously: "Is it the state of drawing silk?"

"Almost, but a little thicker."

Li Yi explained: "The boiled syrup will be a bit like maltose, but it will be thinner, but it will be thicker than the state of silk drawing, because it has been transformed with citric acid, and the texture will be in between."

"Between..."

Sheep pondered, with no concept in mind.

Seeing this, Li Yi signaled: "You'll know when it's cooked. You're watching the fire here. I'm going to make the stuffing. Call me when you see the fire is ready."

After finishing speaking, he came to the oven. Liu Yifei was preparing the dried fruit for the five-nut stuffing, and the tray was already full for the table.

Seeing that she prepared so many fillings without making a sound, Li Yi stepped forward and pressed her shoulder: "Take a break! Get up and stand up, don't be too tired."

"It's okay, there is only a little left to finish the preparation."

Liu Yifei didn't take it seriously: "It's just some dried fruit, and I'm not tired. By the way, I asked Mai Mai to bake the first few servings. It's almost ready. You can take them out!"

Hearing this, Li Yi went to the oven, and sure enough, there were several trays filled with dried five-nut fruits.

Ding!
The 10 minute bake was just about time.

Li Yi put on insulated gloves and took out the tray.

The roasting of these dried fruits is to dry the moisture and moisture on the surface, stimulate the oily aroma of the dried fruits, and try to bring out the fragrance as much as possible.

The roasting effect was obviously good, and after opening the oven door, a strong aroma of dried fruits burst out.

The aromas of walnut kernels, almonds, melon seeds, sesame seeds, and olive kernels are mixed together to form a unique aroma.

This fragrant smell mainly comes from olive kernels, which are also the most important type of dried fruit among the traditional five kernels.

It has a high oil content and has a special aroma. Nowadays, it has been sold as high-end snack dried fruit, and the lowest price is two to three hundred one catty.

Therefore, many manufacturers of mooncakes with five kernels are reluctant to use olive kernels to make mooncakes with five kernels, and they all use peanuts instead.

But the aroma of peanuts is still not comparable to that of olive kernels, and the fragrance is a little worse.

Therefore, in order to restore the most traditional five-nut mooncake, Li Yi specially bought the best Xishan Terminalia to bake out this strong fragrance.

The aroma filled the air and quickly attracted the attention of everyone in the back kitchen.

Yang Shaoyue and the others had already smelled it and came over.

"What is this? It smells so good!"

Yang Shaoyue sniffed the aroma, and looked curiously at the dried fruit Li Yi brought out.

"This is the dried fruit for Wuren stuffing."

Li Yi explained casually.

"Is this stuffed with five kernels?"

Yang Shao was even more surprised: "The five-nut stuffing I have eaten is not so fragrant at all!"

"of course."

Li Yi smiled and picked up half a crispy roasted olive kernel from the tray, and threw it into his mouth: "There should be no olive kernel in the five-nut mooncake you ate.

Terminalia is the soul of Wuren mooncakes. Wuren mooncakes without terminal kernels are like oily noodles without chili peppers, and mapo tofu without peppercorns. They have no soul at all. "

Seeing that Li Yi was eating deliciously, Yang Shao reached out curiously and picked up half an olive kernel. He lowered his head and sniffed it, and exclaimed in surprise, "That's the taste! It smells so good! What is this? Olive kernels?"

She looked at the olive kernel, a little surprised: "I only know that there are olive vegetables, but I haven't eaten olive kernel yet!"

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