area51novel Chapter 192
Chapter 192
"Master Liu, when the dough is fermented, you ask people to prepare everything. Move it to the square, where we will make buns." Su Chen said, and left the kitchen temporarily.
"Yes, Master! The dough will be fermented for another quarter of an hour, and it can be used to knead the dough." Old Liu replied.
It is summer now, and the sky is not completely dark even at seven o'clock.
There is even sunlight.
Making buns outside has better light than indoors.
"Ma Han, you arrange for people to move a few eight-immortal tables to the square, and go find Li Ke and Xue Rengui and others."
At lunch today, Jin'er told everyone that they would not cook dinner tonight, but eat barbecue.
Xue Rengui and others are not seen until dinner time.
When they came to the living room, Princess Changle was not there, and Su Chen planned to ask Princess Changle to arrange a few palace maids to learn how to make buns.
Girls are dexterous, and they should be able to learn how to make buns quickly, but Su Chen can't make buns.
"My Lord!" Su Chen came to Princess Changle's residence, and a maid bowed slightly and saluted Su Chen.
"Where is your young lady?" Su Chen smiled and nodded, asking.
"My Lord, the young lady is in the room!" The maid replied respectfully, and was about to knock on the door to report to Changle.
"Su Chen, what do you want to see me for?" Princess Changle heard Su Chen's voice outside the door and walked out of the room and asked.
"I would like to ask your Highness to make buns. I wonder if your Highness is interested?"
Su Chen bowed respectfully and replied.
"Okay, okay! Let's go now!" When Princess Changle heard that they were going to make buns, she immediately pulled Su Chen and ran.
"Li Zhi, take the three of them with you, it will be faster with more people." Su Chen suggested.
If the buns were made successfully, Su Chen planned to send them to the palace immediately for Empress Changsun and the old man to taste.
Su Chen didn't know that Li Shimin and others were already having dinner at this time.
"You three come with me!" Changle turned and said to the three palace maids.
"Yes, Miss!"
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When Su Chen and Princess Changle arrived at the square, the chefs had already set up the grill and other preparations.
Let's have an open-air barbecue in the square tonight.
Not long after, Master Liu came to the square with the dough and bun stuffing.
Su Chen stepped forward to help take the bun stuffing, "Master Liu, has the dough fermented?"
"Master, this dough is the same as the dough for making small fried dough sticks, but I don't know how effective it is for making the buns you mentioned."
Master Liu didn't dare to say too much, after all, he had never made buns.
"It doesn't matter. If you can't do it well the first time, just try a few more times." Su Chen said with a smile.
"I'll demonstrate it to everyone first. Remember what I said first, and don't worry about how well I do it." Su Chen knew that he couldn't do it well, so he made it clear in advance.
Grab a handful of flour from the basin and sprinkle it on the Eight Immortals Table to prevent the dough from sticking to the table.
Take a ball of dough and knead it into a round strip. Then use a knife to cut it into dough pieces of similar size.
"Master Liu, roll this dough into a dough that is thick in the middle and thin around the edges." Su Chen didn't know how to roll dough, so he asked the master to do it directly.
Sure enough, Master Liu's movements were very smooth, and he rolled a piece of dough in just a dozen seconds.
Su Chen picked up the dough, held it with his left hand, and used a spoon to pick up the pork filling and put it on the dough.
"Master Liu, wrap it like this, you watch. Press the meat filling slightly with the thumb of your left hand, and cooperate with the thumb and index finger of your right hand, push with the thumb, and retract with the index finger."
Sure enough, as Su Chen expected, he used to watch others wrap dumplings.
He learned it by looking at it, but it was useless when he did it himself.
After Su Chen wrapped a bun, Princess Changle and three palace maids stared at the bun in Su Chen's hand in amazement.
"Uh... Don't worry about the effect of my wrapping, just remember the method I said." Feeling their strange eyes, Su Chen explained.
"Master, the buns you mentioned seem to be similar to the steamed cakes we made before."
Master Liu did not look down on Su Chen's method of making buns. It was normal that he could not make them well because he had not learned it and did not make them often.
"Master Liu, you try to make one. If this bun is well made, it will have eighteen folds." Su Chen looked at the buns he made and said to Master Liu.
The bun he just made had seven folds, and the hem was still crooked.
"Okay, Master!"
Master Liu immediately started and rolled out a new piece of dough.
According to the method Su Chen said, a bun was made in less than half a minute.
This surprised Su Chen. This craftsman was awesome.
Su Chen gently picked up the bun and placed it in his palm. He counted it carefully and found that there were exactly eighteen folds.
"Master Liu, you are awesome!" Su Chen gave a thumbs up and praised.
"Uh... Master." Master LiuI was stunned.
"Master Liu, Su Chen praised your great craftsmanship!" Princess Changle explained with a smile.
"Thank you, Princess, for clearing up my doubts!" Master Liu bowed to thank them.
"Master Liu, let's do it this way, you teach them. Let's work together to see how many buns can be made with this three pounds of flour. After making twenty buns, let someone steam a pot first." Su Chen said immediately.
"Okay, Master!"
Master Liu quickly rolled out twenty dough sheets, demonstrated and explained, and taught Changle and the other four to make buns.
As expected, Princess Changle was clever, but she didn't know how to make buns.
The three palace maids learned well. The appearance of the first few buns was not very good, but after they became proficient, they could make buns similar to those made by Master Liu.
After a while, the four of them made more than thirty buns, and Su Chen immediately asked someone to steam the buns.
Whether it was successful depended on this pot.
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In less than half an hour, the first pot of buns was steamed and a waiter brought it out.
This steamer is a bit like a steamer, and one layer can hold more than 30 buns.
Three pounds of flour made a total of 63 buns.
The output is very large, but this three pounds is equivalent to 4.5 pounds in later generations, and it is more than 5 pounds with the starter.
Su Chen opened the steamer, regardless of whether it is hot or not, picked up the bun and pinched it.
"Good, not bad! It's quite soft." Su Chen tore the bun in half and took a bite.
"Well, not bad, not bad!" The buns just out of the pot were a little hot, and Su Chen's mouth was crooked by the heat.
Handed the other half of the bun to Changle, "Lizhi, try it!"
Changle carefully took the bun, blew a few times, turned around, opened her cherry mouth, and took a bite.
"It smells so good!" Changle exhaled and said.
"Give me another bun." Changle turned and said to Su Chen.
Su Chen took a bun from the steamer and handed it to her, "Be careful, it's hot!"
"Master Liu, you guys try it too, you're welcome!" Su Chen took one and said to Master Liu and the three palace maids.
"Thank you, Master!"
"Thank you, Lord!"
The four of them were not polite either, they took a bun from the steamer and turned around to taste it slowly, the first time they made it themselves.
"Master Liu, do it this way in the future. Eat buns for breakfast, and the filling doesn't have to be pork! Have someone steam all the buns."
After they finished eating the buns in their hands, Su Chen said to Master Liu.
"Yes, Master."
From then on, Datang had one more kind of food.