self-improvement as a cook

Chapter 11

It is said to be scones, but it is actually sesame seed cakes. The method is similar to that of scallion rolls, but the scallion rolls are steamed, but this one needs to be baked.The reason why I thought of this was because I just heard from Lian Er that Miss Yue wanted to eat crispy ones, which was just right, but there was no oven with precise temperature control, nor a special oven, which made An Ran a little embarrassed.

In the end, Defu stumbled and said, "Can you put an iron plate in the stove?" Then he reminded An Ran, yes, put the iron plate in the stove, put the green onion pancakes dipped in sesame seeds, even if it can't reach By the standard of the oven, at least it can be baked.

Because it was difficult to control the heat, it was baked several times before picking out a few pieces that could pass the eye, let Lian'er take it away, and the rest were packaged separately, and the godmother, Ma Dazu, and Aunt Jiao, each took them home. Bao, let Liu Xier and Defu take the rest back. When you are hungry, you can save yourself from carrying it.

An Ran knew that such a big boy was no better than himself, and it was time for him to eat. Isn't there a saying that a half-sized boy eats a poor old man? of.

But I didn't think that these two were gluttons, took the scones, and ate them as snacks while doing their work, which made Aunt Liu scold me a lot, and the two boys just kept silent and ate themselves Yes, An Ran was so funny watching it.

Thinking of what Defu reminded himself, he walked over and asked him: "How do you know that you can make sesame seed cakes by putting an iron plate in the stove?"

Defu stuffed the scones in his mouth all at once, and laughed twice: "My father sells sesame seed cakes. When I didn't have this job before, I made sesame seed cakes at home every day. My father made a plate of sesame seed cakes at home. Stove, the inside is ground with mud, burnt out, put an iron grate on top, roll out the dough, first stick it in the stove, and then put it on the iron grate to bake, the biscuits made are crispy and fragrant, delicious .”

It was the first time for An Ran to hear Defu talking so much, and she couldn't help asking, "You miss home?"

Defu's face darkened, but he shook his head: "I don't want to."

An Ran was stunned, and Liu Xi'er said: "Sister An Ran has only been here for a short time, I don't know, Defu can come here to work as a handyman, but his father dragged the money for favors, expecting him to learn how to cook and go out. Earn money to support the family, but I don’t know how we have such an opportunity in our kitchen, how can we have the face to go out without learning anything.” He also drooped his head: “My father is the same, he sent me in because he hoped that I would become famous, In the future, I will be able to help the family, and my brothers and sisters will not have to suffer from hunger or cold, but..." He blinked and raised his head.

Although it passed by in a flash, An Ran still saw the tears flashing in his eyes, and couldn't help feeling a little sad. No matter what time it is, there are always people who are struggling to live at the bottom. For the little hope in their hearts, they are struggling suffering.

An Ran stretched out her hand and patted Liu Xi's shoulder to express comfort, then turned her head to look at Defu: "Liu Xi'er wants to get ahead, I can't help, but if you talk about cooking, if you want, you can learn from me in the future."

Defu looked at An Ran stupidly, and didn't respond for a long time. Seeing his stupid look, Liu Xier was so anxious that he kicked him over: "Silly, if you don't ask for a master, just rely on Sister An Ran's skills, if you can learn Half-baked, what are you going to worry about in the future, if you go out tomorrow, you will be able to honor your ancestors, and your parents may be very happy."

Only now did Defu come to his senses, knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times, calling An Ran a master.

An Ran accepts it calmly. Since ancient times, their chefs have paid the most attention to teacher etiquette. The beginning of An Ji's food list is to respect teachers. Grandpa always said that in the old days, there were not so many various technical schools, and many professions depended on them. It is the heart-to-mouth transmission between master and apprentice that makes the fires of various professions continue, especially for chefs.

Even in modern times, it is extremely solemn for chefs to accept apprentices. Accepting apprentices is not just a matter of name as an apprentice, but must be taught with heart. Therefore, the ancients also said that once you become a teacher, you will be a father for life. Being a master and apprentice is equivalent to father and son, which shows the importance of the ceremony of apprenticeship.

Even now, there are no formal ceremonies here, but since he said he would accept Defu as an apprentice, he is his successor, even if his surname is not An, so he must accept these three heads.

After he kowtowed, An Ran helped him up: "If you want to be a qualified chef, you must first practice the basic skills. The basic skill of a chef is knife skills. Starting tomorrow, I will teach you how to use a knife." Defu nodded hurriedly, eyes What is shining inside is joy.

Liu Xi'er is really jealous of Defu, even if he is not good-looking, he can still tell that An Ran's cooking skills are definitely at the level of a chef, and it is not as good as that chef Zheng who was an imperial chef in the big kitchen. The chef's two apprentices are similarly few, and what I said just now are all truthful, if this kid Defu learns to fight, he won't have to worry about anything in the future.

Seeing that Defu has hope, but I still have to endure this, I am really jealous, but this kind of thing is useless. Although I do odd jobs in the kitchen, I know nothing about cooking, and I have no interest in cooking. Don't expect to be a cook.

Suddenly remembered something, rolled his eyes, leaned close to An Ran and said with a grin, "Sister An Ran, if you catch Minger's sister, don't forget to promote Liu Xier."

Seeing his cunning appearance, An Ran couldn't help but ponder inwardly. Seeing Xing'er's viciousness, An Ran felt that Liu Xi'er was not a bad-hearted kid. Kindness has a bottom line.

Now I don't have a chance, if I get the chance, I might really be able to stand out, this is a talent, maybe I can use it in the future, after all, I can't be a girl in this Anfu for the rest of my life, I have to do something to make ends meet when I go out It shouldn't be difficult for him to make a living with his own abilities. If he can take this kid out by then, it will save a lot of trouble.

Thinking of this, she nodded: "As long as you are not afraid of suffering with me." Liu Xi'er suddenly became happy, and hurriedly said: "My poor family is almost naked, I have never suffered, I am not afraid of suffering."

After talking, it was time for lunch, and the maids and servants who came to cook came and went, and it took half an hour to finish their work. Aunt Liu saw that An Ran's face was a little bad, and she couldn't help but said distressedly: "In the morning I told you to go back and rest, but I don’t want to, one thing after another, so I don’t have time to be free.” Going over to take over the work in her hand: “I’ll do this, you go there first Stare for a while, wait a while, I will call you."

An Ran shook her head: "Today is happy noodles, I should make it, it's a bit of An Ran's filial piety, this kind of work is not tiring, godmother, don't worry about me."

Seeing that Telford over there finished his work, he called him over, told him to wash his hands, fasten his apron, and planned to teach him how to make dough.

An Ran wants to make stretched noodles. One is Ximian. It is auspicious if it lasts for a long time. The stretched noodles can grow continuously, which can be auspicious. In addition, in terms of taste, the stretched noodles are smooth and chewy, and the texture is better than other noodles.Another one is to teach Telford to learn the same pasta first.

Aunt Liu knew that Defu asked An Ran to be her master, and she agreed with her in her heart. If Defu could learn a few things, she would not have to rely on Anran for everything in the future. This girl is weak, if she does this every day Tossing, how can I bear it, it is also good to have time to rest and recuperate.

In the past, I felt distressed if I didn't recognize her as a daughter, but now that I have become my own daughter, I have to plan everything for my daughter. Aunt Liu is still thinking that this kitchen is not the place for this girl after all. Her skills are ruined here. If you can go to the big kitchen, you will have a better opportunity, maybe you can entrust the old sisters to look at it, if you really have the opportunity, don't worry about asking money for favors, you have to get the girl there anyway.

As he was secretly counting, he suddenly smelled an alluring smell of meat, which made him swallow his saliva, looked up, and saw that An Ran was frying something on the small stove, and a strong smell of meat wafted out, greedy Ren Halazi wished it could be three feet long, and couldn't help saying: "Girl, what are you doing, this scent is really addictive."

An Ran: "It's the meat stew that will be eaten later in the noodles."

An Ran saw that there were still some braised pig's trotters left from yesterday, so she thought that the stir-fried pork scorpion is the most suitable for mixing noodles. I think everyone will like it, and the method is also simple. Peel off the meat from the pig's trotters and cut into small pieces , sauté minced ginger until fragrant, put minced meat in it and stir fry continuously, wait for the oil in the pot to return to clear, add scallions, if there is five-spice powder, it’s better, if you don’t have it, you can only make do with it, add vinegar when it’s almost done, and stir evenly , and then put an appropriate amount of salt, it can be out of the pot, but unfortunately there is no chili, otherwise add it in, and boil a layer of red spicy oil, and the noodles will be fragrant.

After frying the minced meat, Defu also reconciled the noodles. An Ran found out that Defu is really a material for learning how to cook. Don't look stupid, he can remember what he taught himself in just one pass. , the softness and hardness of this noodle is moderate, definitely above the passing line.

The reason why the stretched noodles are so strong is because of the addition of alkali salt. However, it is easy to say, but it is not easy to make the noodles well. Especially, Defu can mix the noodles to this level for the first time, which is already extremely rare.

Ma Dazuo came over and said, "Girl Anran, let me roll this noodle. You are weak, and this noodle is hard, so it's not easy to roll it."

An Ran shook her head: "No need to roll it out, let's make stretched noodles today."

As he spoke, he sprinkled dry noodles on the chopping board, glanced at Defu, and told him, "Watch carefully how I stretch it." He stretched out his hand and grabbed a piece of dough, kneaded it into a long strip, hooked both sides and lifted it off the chopping board, and slowly slipped it , shake up and down, close together, let the noodles into a twist...

Repeat this six or seven times. When the thickness of the noodles is uniform, roll them evenly in the dry noodles on the chopping board, lift the two ends off the table and throw them into long strips, then put them back, remove the two ends and fold them in half, hold the two ends with one hand, and hold the two ends with the other. Put the fingertip on the other end, hang it in the air, and pull it outward at the same time. Repeat several times according to the thickness of the noodles required. Pull off one end, throw it into the large pot that is rolled aside, turn it over, and use long chopsticks to scoop it into a large bowl. , pour a spoonful of hot meat saozi, and a bowl of improved and combined version of meat ramen is ready.

Seeing that Defu's eyes were bright and eager to try, An Ran asked him to try stretching it himself. Defu tried more than a dozen times before he could make a decent bowl of noodles.

An Ran nodded secretly, this kid is indeed a talent to make, anyway, he eats for himself, so he doesn't need to be particular about it, just let him practice, but Aunt Liu muttered: "Let this kid Liu Xi'er give me a meal, why don't you come here for a long time?" Come back, could it be that you ran somewhere to hide from laziness."

Just as he was talking, he saw Liu Xi'er rushing in, and as soon as he came in, he yelled, "Guess, who is the girl who attacked the third master in the west aisle last night?"

Ma Dajiao's eyes lit up: "What's the matter, I found someone so soon, who the hell is it? It's in the hands of the big housekeeper. I'm afraid I won't be able to save my life."

An Ran's expression changed, and she heard Liu Xi'er say, "It's the willow from the big kitchen."

(End of this chapter)