The cooking of the mandarin duck soup base is just the beginning of this dish.
It takes three or four hours of preparation, and naturally other methods are needed to provide some slight assistance.
On the one hand, the high-power cooking box is on the one hand, and on the other hand, Zhao Fuyu has recently mastered the method of resonating with the ingredients, using his own gourmet cells to accelerate the release of all aspects of the flavors of the ingredients.
This is also an ability that he has only just acquired after practicing for a long time.
Now it's time to do some actual combat.
The time for boiling the soup was shortened to one hour, which was a great effort.
At least after resonating with the gourmet cells and the healthy red color all over the body faded, Zhao Fuyu's face was obviously much paler, and his forehead was even more covered with beads of sweat.
However, the effect was also extremely noticeable, and a distinct aroma permeated the soup that had just been simmered.
After distinguishing for a while, Zhao Fuyu showed a relieved smile, then turned around and started processing the first part of the ingredients.
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'This smell? '
I separated a part of my mind and was still collecting information about the changes in the world, but then I was suddenly hit by a scent.
Even with Yang Taizhen's determination, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
There was a hint of surprise in his eyes.
'Pigeon soup?' Medicinal food? still...'
Recalling the dishes I had tasted, I began to speculate on various possibilities. I have to say that just the appearance of the aroma made this noble concubine start to look forward to Zhao Fuyu's cooking next.
And Qingqiuin Ena, who had been feeling uneasy, felt a sense of relief after the aroma wafted out of the kitchen.
Because no matter what, when Zhao Fuyu's cooking is completed, it seems that all the troubles can be solved.
This was a subtle effect after the contract was made, or it was something Zhao Fuyu showed during this period that gave her such confidence. Even Qingqiuin Ena herself didn't know.
But she knew very well that even if he was a god, His Majesty Yang Taizhen would look forward to his master's cooking.
that's enough...!
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Zhao Fuyu in the kitchen didn't care about the changes outside.
After the mandarin duck soup was finished, what was left was the five delicacies, camel paws, fish lips, and deer tendons. These eight delicacies had been prepared long ago, so naturally they were not a problem.
After blanching them separately, the next step is to take out the palms of the camel palms, add green onion and ginger cooking wine, and stew them once to make them soft and waxy in advance. The same method is used for making deer tendons.
But the time is different, one takes twenty minutes, but the other takes a full half hour.
After blanching the fish lips, just soak them in cold water.
The remaining puffer fish tail and flying dragon meat are deboned and set aside for later use.
Next, you only need to wait for the mandarin duck soup to be completed, simmer these five ingredients in soup water, and steam for forty minutes, then you can declare that you are done.
But...that's only half of the dish!
The five delicacies of the mandarin duck (kuai) are not the stew of the five delicacies of the mandarin duck (hui)!
The five delicacies are used as soup, which brings together the most delicious food; the five delicacies are used as dishes, which bring together the essence of mountains and seas.
This is the true face of Zhao Fuyu, the mandarin duck with five treasures!
Just when half of the dish was finished, Zhao Fuyu directly took out the other ingredients that had not been used before, Kyoto chicken, Inari duck, Naruto sea bream, Yunnan matsutake and the most special ones, as if they were brought with him as soon as they appeared. A touch of milky white luster of ivory vegetables, also called 'grass sprouts'!
These five ingredients are the protagonists of Five Treasures.
It is also the five treasures that represent the original taste of mountains and seas!
No chicken is fresh, no duck is fragrant. Kyoto chicken and Inari duck will provide aroma and rich deliciousness. The elegant and juicy meat texture of Naruto sea bream will be the most exciting linking passage, leaving a long aftertaste.
The appearance of matsutake and ivory vegetables will make people feel the true charm of the five treasures of mountains and seas.
At that time, the "Mandarin Duck and Five Delicatessen" dish that Zhao Fuyu constructed was actually almost on the verge of super cuisine.
But what's missing is...the taste of gently soothing these five precious ingredients and encompassing them all!
After trying several times, Zhao Fuyu could not find this flavor until he had a flash of inspiration today.
Since one kind of two flavors cannot balance these five treasures, what about the fusion of five flavors? What about a perfect framework? !
Without any preconditions for trying, Zhao Fuyu had already confirmed the perfect match between the two almost as soon as the idea came to his mind. It was a match made in heaven.
What he wants to do now is to reunite the two lovers who have lost contact for a long time.
Holding the knife in hand, cut off the most delicious chicken thigh meat of Kyoto Chicken, remove the bone fascia, and make thin and dense cuts on the chicken part to prevent the chicken from curling up and affecting the cooking process. Along with the taste, there will also be a difference in ripeness.
Then clean the knife and cut off the breast of the Inari duck. This time it is not the duck meat side.
Instead, cut the duck skin a few times, just enough to cut through the fat of the duck skin and see the duck meat without cutting into the duck meat.
The same goes for Naruto sea bream, after removing the meat from the back and making cross marks on the skin.
The matsutake mushrooms and the wild rice-like ivory vegetables can be torn into pieces with one hand, and broken into small sections one by one with the other hand.
It can be said that the key to this dish actually lies in the combination of these ten ingredients. The cooking and seasoning are the simplest.
This is the most popular method in the world, which is to reduce seasonings and use the flavors of the ingredients to create recipes.
For Zhao Fuyu, this method is a bit monotonous, but occasionally cooking such a dish does give him a completely different experience.
Of course, Zhao Fuyu still has his own little thoughts when it comes to not seasoning.
For example, when paired with chicken, a supplement of green onion and galangal will be made, duck meat will be paired with a little red wine vinegar, snapper will be paired with yuzu vinegar, chopped green onion and white radish puree, matsutake will be paired with butter sauce, and the final ivory dish will also be paired with chicken. Will be served with pepper sea salt.
In this way, when tasted individually, the flavors of the respective ingredients will be highlighted. But when all the flavors are dissipated and the aftertaste remains, the flavors of the five ingredients will be more intense.
The meaning of seasoning is to highlight and leave more aftertaste of the ingredients.
From this point of view, Zhao Fuyu's technique is an art and skill that can amaze many people.
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The steam was billowing, and Zhao Fuyu seemed to never have a moment of leisure in the kitchen.
When the Taizhen Empress observed Zhao Fuyu's cooking process, she was also surprised to find that there seemed to be many steps, as if she was cooking two dishes.
But the unified aroma made her clearly feel that this was a dish, a cuisine.
This kind of gap is even more exciting for this noble concubine who has tasted countless delicacies.
Looking forward to what kind of surprise Zhao Fuyu will give her!
At this time, the morning light has arrived and the sky is bright.
It has been put into the steamer for the second time, and the pure mandarin duck and pigeon soup has been filtered out, and the soup with fish lips, camel palms, deer tendons and other five treasures has been added, and it is almost done.
A fragrant aroma that seemed both elegant and rich began to linger in the restaurant.
Even faintly, it has spread beyond the small dimension locked by Yang Taizhen!
