Nongmen ruffian concubine: ploughing the fields, planting buns

Chapter 756 Transforming Some Dishes

When Empress Xu looked at Zhao Jian and Ding Shitou, her expression softened significantly, and her tone became more cordial.

"Yes, Empress Mother, let's rest." Zhao Jian said hastily.

"...Yes, Queen Mother."

Ding Shitou wanted to suggest that Empress Xu not go to lie down, but after glancing at the few women who hadn't left yet, she swallowed her thoughts again.

She only entered the palace the morning before yesterday, and the two sister-in-laws were very perfunctory at the court banquet yesterday, and they started to find fault with her early this morning.

If she acts too high-profile, it will only attract people's envy.

Ding Shitou didn't go to the kitchen immediately, but helped Zhao Jian back to Yaxin Pavilion first.

The Crown Princess looked gloomy at the woman who was able to live in the middle palace and accompany her mother nearby.

Princess Han couldn't help but sneered when she saw it, she turned her head and went out of the central palace gate first.

The four princesses were the last to leave. They were Empress Xu's own daughters, and they accompanied their mother and chatted a few gossips before leaving.

"Master, Madam, the kitchen is here to report that all the ingredients have been delivered." Li Kan came to report.

"I'm going to get busy first, you are not allowed to find me over there, and heal my eyes properly, and you will take me to ride a horse in the future."

Ding Shitou kissed Zhao Jian on the cheek, preventing him from getting up.

"Yeah." Zhao Jian smiled lightly and had no choice but to agree.

"Also, don't untie the cloth belt when writing. You can write with your eyes closed as before. If you try hard to read the handwriting clearly, your eyes will hurt instead."

Ding Shitou gave another warning before leaving.

In the kitchen, all kinds of meat, vegetables, melons and fruits are neatly arranged on the table.

Ding Shitou had nothing to praise about the variety of ingredients except that the table in the imperial kitchen was huge, because she didn't have many of the things she wanted.

But it doesn't matter, with limited ingredients, she can still modify some dishes.

First, I made a carved wax gourd cup, in which a medicinal pigeon was stewed.

Take another twelve pigeon eggs, beat them on top of fresh shiitake mushrooms and steam them, and then arrange them with cucumber slices and carved tomatoes, and there are two dishes here.

Then I peeled off the early summer melon that King Hami paid tribute to. Without a sharp small iron spoon, I cut out a semicircle with a knife and put it on a plate. Add red dates and wolfberries to make a plate of fruit dishes.

Then fry a plate of sweet potato leaves, these four dishes are suitable for Queen Xu to eat.

As for Emperor Yongle's preference for meat?

Ding Shitou looked at the various meats on the table and quickly drew up a menu.

Spicy chicken, braised duck, braised pork and braised pork, green pepper stir-fried beef, cumin lamb skewers.

Although Empress Xu said that Emperor Yongle liked to eat large pieces of meat with heavy taste, and did not like the delicate snacks in the south, Empress Xu also said that it was when he was fighting in the north all the year round.

Now I am sitting on the dragon chair, it is impossible to deal with all the northern rough food.

Therefore, except for the slightly fatty braised pork and braised pork, other meats are not greasy.

But the taste is heavy.

So it was paired with a light crucian carp soup.

Thinking of Emperor Yongle's message, Ding Shitou counted the quantity and began to match new meat dishes.

Instruct the chef to roast a leg of lamb in honey sauce, and make a plate of braised lion head.

After counting, soak red beans in water, mix fish meat with soy milk to make tofu skin, wrap red beans and meat paste, steam and then fry.

The empress's dishes add up to ten dishes, Ding Shitou thought about it, and told the kitchen to make two more dishes and four complementary foods.

These don't need her to do it herself, people in the kitchen can make it.

For the crystal siu mai, lotus rice balls, and glutinous rice cakes made yesterday, you can add a small steamed soup dumpling.

(End of this chapter)