Regarding the possibility of being summoned by His Majesty later, Xiao Nianzhi nodded obediently.
Seeing that the little girl was not afraid of this matter, Yu Jijiu felt relieved.
Everyone had almost finished talking, and it was getting late at night. Xiao Siye suggested that they go back to their respective houses to rest first. If there is anything else, they could talk about it tomorrow.
Xiao Nianzhi took the opportunity to say that he was going to make mooncakes.
After hearing this, Xiao Siye frowned: "Let's do it tomorrow. It's too late. Go to bed early."
In this regard, Xiao Nianzhi explained softly: "The mooncakes need to be reoiled overnight to make them taste better."
If you make it tomorrow, you can eat it the day after tomorrow.
When Xiao Siye heard this, he smiled and nodded: "Then call the cook and the others. Don't work alone. If you need anything, let Lao Zheng go and buy it..."
Looking at the weather outside, it is obviously unrealistic to go shopping at this time.
Xiao Siye also thought of this possibility and quickly added: "Let Lao Zheng think of a way to see which store nearby has it. You can also borrow it first."
Xiao Nianzhi responded repeatedly.
When discussing business matters, no one would feel tired, but once they had some free time, both Xiao Siye and Yu Jijiu felt that their physical strength was a little weak.
Therefore, the two of them quickly went back to rest. Xiao Zhou didn't feel reassured by anything, so he followed Xiao Nianzhi to the kitchen.
Although they were brother and sister, in order to avoid suspicion, Xiao Zhou called the cook Aunt Niu and the three of them together.
As long as you have all the ingredients, making mooncakes is not difficult.
In modern times, many materials are ready-made and do not need to be prepared freshly, and they are easier to operate.
Nowadays, some materials are troublesome to operate, but there are no alternatives.
You can also substitute honey for the invert syrup. There may be a difference in taste, but not too much.
Because honey also has another sweet taste.
Xiao Nianzhi plans to make two types of mooncakes, one is traditional black sesame mooncake and the other is snowskin mooncake.
The two kinds of dough are completely different, so it will take more time.
Xiao Nianzhi first made black sesame mooncakes, which required a small millstone, a baking room, or a baking cellar.
Fortunately, Xiao Siye’s Zhuangzi has all these infrastructures.
Xiao Nianzhi also brought the alkaline water extracted before, and it can be used now.
The black sesame filling is not all black sesame. In order to enhance the taste, a certain amount of red beans needs to be added.
Red beans are difficult to cook, so she cooked them first.
Sugar also needs to be added, but you can add it later when grinding it into a powder.
After the red beans were cooked, Xiao Nianzhi went to adjust the dough for the snowskin mooncakes.
The skin of snowskin mooncakes is not baked, but steamed. Glutinous rice flour is the main component, supplemented by starch, so that the effect will be better.
Crystal clear, soft and fragrant.
Therefore, after Xiao Nianzhi adjusted this, he put it directly on the pot to steam.
Then it’s time to prepare the fillings for the snowskin mooncakes. This requires milk, which tastes milky and has a good texture.
Fortunately, Uncle Zheng got it all.
Xiao Nianzhi and others were busy in the kitchen for most of the day, making snowskin mooncakes. She also made a pattern, extracted food coloring from green amaranth, kneaded a very summery pink color, and put Enshi Grind the gyokuro into powder, sift it, and make another matcha-colored one.
Xiao Nianzhi felt that the two colors were enough, so he stopped.
The tools for making mooncakes were made by Manager Qiu before, and she took them with her when she went down the mountain this time.
The only consideration is that it can be used when making mooncakes in Xiao Mansion.
By the time Xiao Nianzhi started cutting the ingredients and preparing to press the snow-skin mooncakes, the traditional black sesame mooncakes had already been sent to the baking cellar.
However, the roasting cellar here in Zhuangzi is smaller and cannot bake too much in one pot.
However, Xiao Nianzhi was not in a hurry. He paid attention to instructing Aunt Niu to control the heat while busy with the matter at hand.
In order to make the final color of traditional mooncakes look good, they need to be brushed with a thin layer of egg wash before being put into the oven.
The amount of egg liquid must be controlled well, otherwise the baked color will be unsightly and affect the appearance of the mooncake.
Moreover, before brushing with egg wash, you also need to spray a layer of water to prevent the pie crust from cracking due to excessive temperature during baking.
When the first original snowskin mooncake was pressed out, the aroma of the traditional black sesame mooncake also wafted out.
There is enough sugar in the black sesame filling. After being roasted at high temperature, the aroma of wheat comes out first. It seems calm and has a light taste, but in fact it is soft and long, constantly hooking the string of delicious food. It moves and makes a sound from time to time.
The aroma of the fillings inside, sesame, red beans and white sugar, slowly came out later.
Different from the gentle and long fragrance of wheat, these fragrances are intertwined together, almost unreasonable and overbearing. They float forcefully in all directions, impacting the nerves of every sleeping person.
After Xiao Siye returned, he didn't sleep well because he was worried about Xiao Nianzhi.
When I smelled the fragrance, I couldn't help but sigh: Hey, who would have thought that at such an age, he would still be so greedy that he couldn't sleep at night!
I didn't sleep well at first, but now I can't sleep.
However, he felt a little embarrassed.
Moreover, after eating it late at night, it is not easy to digest. In the end, I am the one who feels uncomfortable.
It's just that I can't sleep with all this tossing and turning!
Yu Jijiu slept well, but the fragrance was too overbearing, especially the sweet fragrance in the air, which seemed like the hand playing the piano, playing back and forth on his soul.
Yujijiu was also embarrassed and ran to the kitchen in the middle of the night to ask for food.
In the end, I could only calm down, close my eyes, and start to memorize the knowledge in the book silently, and think about things in the academy.
The result after thinking about it is...
Appropriate amount of sugar, the taste is sweet, eat it...
After realizing what he was carrying, Yu Jijiu wiped his face with a wry smile, laughing to himself that he had lived a long time, so why did he become more and more embarrassed as he lived?
People in the distance were being aroused by the various fragrances, and Aunt Niu nearby had already raised her hands to cover her mouth.
Nothing else, it was so fragrant that she couldn't control her saliva.
A steady stream of incense wafted out from the roasting cellar and sprayed directly towards her, the nearest fire burner.
Just ask, who can withstand this?
Aunt Niu almost covered her mouth and burst into tears.
Xiao Zhou himself wasn't doing much better. He was helping Aunt Niu light the fire. He was not only tempted by the aroma in the oven, but also by the snow-skin mooncakes in front of him.
The aroma of snowskin mooncakes is the kind of sweetness that interweaves the light aroma of wheat and milk. It smells light and faint, but it has full stamina and continues to linger, leaving people with nowhere to escape.
There is a strong fragrance approaching in the distance, and a light fragrance in front of you is tempting you.
Xiao Zhou felt that his soul was flying to an unknown place.
There are several villages nearby, and there is no way to avoid the attack of this sweet fragrance.
Xiao Nianzhi didn't notice this, he just lowered his head and worked seriously.
There were still two people accompanying her, so she couldn't waste time and finished the work as quickly as possible.
At the moment, she is happily pressing the snow-skin mooncakes.
This production process is healing and stress-relieving, and the more you do it, the more addictive it becomes!
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