On this day, Su Lele woke up early in the morning and suddenly wanted to eat dumplings. I didn’t see any corn in Dayun Country, and the pickles were only pickles, and I didn’t see any sauerkraut, so I couldn’t make corn-pork stuffing or sauerkraut-pork stuffing.
Moving to the dining room and looking at the ingredients, Su Lele planned to make three flavors: leek and egg stuffing, shrimp and pork stuffing, and mushroom and pork stuffing.
Aunt Guan stepped in and helped knead the dough, while Su Lele prepared the fillings. When the fillings were ready, the dough had also woken up, and she began to roll out the dumplings. Everyone divided the work and cooperated, and soon they were all finished. Each dumpling looked like a crescent moon.
The dumplings with three kinds of fillings were cooked separately. When they were first cooked, my grandfather, father, mother, eldest brother, sister-in-law, and fourth sister were already gathered in the dining room waiting to eat.
Seeing the chubby, crystal-clear breakfast on the table, my grandfather swallowed his saliva and said, "Granddaughter, what delicious food did you make? Is there any filling in it?"
It turns out that there is no such thing as dumplings in Dayun Kingdom. It seems that in the future, in addition to opening a snack shop, we can consider opening a restaurant.
"These are dumplings. They come in three flavors: leek and egg, mushrooms and pork, and shrimp and pork. Eat them while they are hot." Su Lele said, pointing to the dumplings.
My grandfather couldn’t wait to taste a dumpling stuffed with chives and eggs: “It’s fresh and fragrant, tender and delicious, not bad, not bad!”
"This stuffed mushroom and pork stuffing is also delicious. The unique aroma of the mushrooms combined with the pork is wonderful."
“Shrimp and pork stuffing, sweet, juicy and delicious.”
Everyone's appetite increased greatly, and after a while, all three large plates of dumplings were eaten.
"Everyone likes to eat this. I will make more flavors for you next time." Su Lele is very patient when it comes to eating, especially when she sees everyone supporting her so much.
"My dear daughter, cook more next time and I will bring it to the court. Although the food in the palace is more delicious than the food cooked in restaurants outside, it is not as delicious as my daughter's cooking, and I will also get tired of it."
"Well, dad is right."
Seeing that his father and elder brother were still unfinished, Su Lele could only agree.
Pastries can be put on the agenda. Su Lele plans to make chicken cakes, milk buns, and hawthorn cakes to try three varieties.
"Mother Guan, are there any milk sellers in the capital?" Su Lele suddenly remembered that she didn't buy milk because she was afraid that it wouldn't be available in the capital.
"I haven't heard of one in the city, but there is a big village on the outskirts of Xicheng District. There are many cattle and sheep on the village, so there should be milk for sale."
Su Lele immediately ordered Uncle Chen to go to Zhuangzi to buy it, and reminded: "If there is no milk, goat milk will also work."
We haven't bought the milk yet, so we can't make cakes and buns, so Su Lele plans to make hawthorn cakes first.
The lard had been fried in advance, and now it has solidified into a white solid. To make hawthorn cake, you need to use hawthorn sauce. This is simple. Su Lele went to the place where the fruit peel was made, took some ground hawthorn juice, and started Boil the hawthorn filling. After a quarter of an hour, the hawthorn filling is ready.
Start making the dough, stir the lard and sugar until it becomes an emulsified paste, add flour and mix well to form a dough, leave it aside for about a quarter of an hour.
Then knead the large dough into small balls, flatten the small balls with a rolling pin, put in the hawthorn filling, place it with the seam facing down for a while, and then flatten it with the palm of your hand.
Several servants watched Su Lele's operation process to facilitate their subsequent operations.
Put the prepared small dumplings into several large iron plates, put them in the oven, and told the maid who was lighting the fire to put them on medium heat for a quarter of an hour and turn off the heat.
There are several secrets to making delicious hawthorn cake. The amount of lard should not be too much or too little, the hawthorn filling should not be too sweet, and the heat should be paid attention to when baking.
Next time I will get some mung bean stuffing and flower stuffing, there will be two more flavors: mung bean cake and flower cake.
Because it was the first time to use this oven made of soil and green bricks, Su Lele paid close attention to the heat.
When the hawthorn cake was about to come out of the oven, bursts of fragrance floated to every corner. My grandfather was drinking tea in the garden, and my mother and sister-in-law were chatting in the main hall. They were all attracted to the dining room by the fragrance.
"Okay, you can turn off the flame." Su Lele wore an insulated hood and was about to take out the hawthorn cake.
"Miss, I will do this heavy work! My skin is very thick." The lady's smooth and tender little hands were burned. Qiu Yu quickly took the gloves and put them on.
When the hawthorn cake comes out of the oven, the aroma becomes even stronger. Grandfather Su Dong couldn't help it anymore. He stretched out his left hand towards the hawthorn cake. It was so hot that he immediately took his hand back and touched his ear: "Oh, it burned me to death!"
"Grandpa, I can't eat the hot tofu in a hurry. Let it cool down for a while before eating it."
"Can we eat it?" Su Dong felt like a century had passed.
"Let's eat." As soon as Su Lele's voice fell, several hands reached out to the hawthorn cake impatiently.
"It's so crispy and fragrant, sweet but not greasy. It's much more delicious than the pastries from Daoxiang Pastry Shop."
"Yes, the crust is so crispy that the pastry I ate before wasn't crispy enough and was a bit greasy. It's delicious."
"It's delicious. Don't eat so much. I'll make chicken cakes and buns later. Save your appetite!" Su Lele reminded.
Everyone responded obediently, except for the gluttonous grandfather. Fortunately, the fourth sister went to school, otherwise there would be another glutton.
Su Lele ate two pieces of hawthorn cake and rested for a while before Uncle Chen came back.
"Miss, I bought the milk. It was produced fresh today. Not many people who drink it think it smells bad, so it is sold relatively cheap. I bought two barrels for 100 Wen a barrel."
"Okay, Uncle Chen, thank you for your hard work. Let's take a break and eat some hawthorn cake. It's fresh out of the oven."
"Okay, miss, I'll eat as soon as I bring it down." The miss was still so considerate and treated her servants like her own family.
It was time to make the milk buns. Su Lele put the flour, eggs, sugar, a little oil, and milk into a plate, and started kneading the dough. Add a little water as appropriate according to the situation, and continued kneading. After kneading for a while, he started to feel a little tired. Replace with Qiu Yu and continue kneading the dough until a thin film forms.
Let it rest for a while to ferment. When the dough doubles in size, knead the dough into dozens of small balls, roll them into balls, put them on a baking sheet, let them rest for a while, put them in the oven, and bake on medium heat for 20 minutes.
The soft buns and rich milky flavor conquered everyone's taste buds again.
For the chicken cake, Su Lele plans to use steaming method, which is not so easy to get burned and is softer. The preparation of ingredients is similar to that for making milk buns, except that the amount of milk is less and more eggs are needed. Beat the ingredients into a paste and pour it into a small bowl. Don't pour it too full, as it will expand and expand during steaming.
Instruct the Xia Zhi cauldron to boil water. After the water boils, put in the chicken cake and steam it for 10 minutes.
The chicken cake was soft and delicious, with a strong egg flavor. Su Lele watched everyone eating with gusto and ate two of them. I'm so full that I probably won't be able to eat at night.
During the process, some problems were also discovered. Su Lele always had a vigorous and resolute work style, so he immediately ordered Chen Dali to go to the grocery store to buy a batch of small bowls. If he didn't buy them, go to the ceramic shop to customize a batch. The bowls at home were too big.
"Uncle Chen, can the place that sells oil paper customize it?" Su Lele planned to put Su Ji's name on the oil paper to let everyone know that these snacks were produced by Su Ji, which would serve as a publicity.
"It should be possible. The oil paper at Daoxiang Pastry Shop also has his mark. I'll ask the owner of the oil paper shop."
[Also, find a carving master and make some seals with "Su Ji" engraved on them]
"Okay, miss."
Su Lele always felt as if there was something left unfinished until she saw her mother.
