Planar Garbageman

Chapter 215 Making Moon Cakes

The bright soul rises in the sky, the precious mirror rises, and the fairy sounds among the clouds are silent;
Evenly divided autumn is full of rounds, and it is always accompanied by clouds and thousands of miles of light;
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It was the Mid-Autumn Festival again, but the family could not be reunited together, the father was away, the younger sister was still out of town, and there were only Wang Dong and mother Liu Xia at home.
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Fortunately, Li Na and Gao Yuanyuan were also there, so it was quite lively.Especially Gao Yuanyuan, twittering, running before and after running, although it didn't help, or even helped, but it brought a lot of laughter.
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Gao Yuanyuan originally planned to go to the town to buy a few catties of better mooncakes, but Liu Xia refused.
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Anyway, I'm fine at home, so I might as well make a few boxes of mooncakes myself.When he was a chef, Wang Dong also learned how to make moon cakes, as well as pasta such as bread, fried buns, fried dough sticks, etc. from pastry chefs.
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"Dongzi, can you do it, don't do it so hard you can't swallow it."Li Na laughed and teased Wang Dong when she heard that she wanted to make mooncakes by herself.
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"Hmph, your husband, why don't I know how, mere moon cakes, can you still stump me?"Wang Dong snorted angrily, he dared to underestimate me.
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"Hey, shameless, who are you husband!"Li Na's face turned red with just a swipe. This dead Wang Dong doesn't care about the occasion, and he has no one to tell the truth.
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"Hee hee, Dongzi, teach me how to make moon cakes, okay?"Gao Yuanyuan was watching TV alone in the living room, feeling so bored, when she heard that Wang Dong was preparing to make moon cakes, she came over to join in the fun.
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My mother, Liu Xia, didn't object either, and let the group of people mess around, and turned to the kitchen to prepare dinner for the evening.
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"You want to help, well, let's prepare the materials first."Wang Dong first took out the oil, salt, sugar, egg yolk, jam, bean paste, edible alkali, and flour, then put the oil, syrup, alkaline water, and salt in a container, and heated it in the microwave for tens of seconds until the syrup became thinner.
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"Yuanyuan, you sift in the flour and mix well with a rubber knife. The mooncake skin is as soft as an earlobe."
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"Nana, go and push out our little oven."
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Then Wang Dong covered the dough with plastic wrap and left it at room temperature for a while.
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Afterwards, Wang Dong soaked the salted egg yolk in wine for 10 minutes to remove the fishy smell, then put the egg yolk in a baking tray and baked it directly in the oven without preheating the oven for 7 minutes.
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When the egg yolk was cold, Wang Dong began to divide the mooncake skin.The skin of this mooncake also has proportions, otherwise, if you make big ones and small ones, it will not be symmetrical at all, even if they are delicious, they will look awkward.
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Start weighing with Wang Dong, to make a big moon cake, divide the moon cake skin into 8 parts, 40 grams each.For small moon cakes, each serving is 15 grams, a total of 20 servings.
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The moon cake filling also needs proportions.After Wang Dong divided the mooncake skin, he began to divide the mooncake filling.For large mooncakes, divide the mooncake filling into 8 portions, each portion is 110 grams, each portion is wrapped with egg yolks and rolled into balls; for small moon cakes, each portion is 30 grams, a total of 20 portions, each portion is wrapped with half an egg yolk, and balls are formed.
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"I come, I come".Seeing Wang Dong's familiar work, Gao Yuanyuan stared at him with eager eyes, so he stretched out a pair of chubby little hands and started to rub the balls.
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"I'm coming too, I'm coming too."Li Na's eyes were also shining. Unexpectedly, this mooncake is quite fun.
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"That's okay, you guys are watching. I'll do it as I talk. Next, let's start making mooncakes. First, put a piece of mooncake skin in the palm of your hand, press it flat with both hands, put a piece of mooncake filling on it, gently push the mooncake filling with one hand, and gently push the mooncake filling with the other hand." Gently push the mooncake skin with the palm of one hand, so that the mooncake skin slowly unfolds until the mooncake filling is completely covered. Pay attention, this technique is very important, it can ensure that the mooncake skin and filling will not separate after the mooncake is baked. Finally, the mooncake model Sprinkle a little dry flour in, shake well, and pour off the excess flour".Wang Dong demonstrated while doing, teaching very carefully.
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"What's more, lightly spread a layer of dry flour on the surface of the wrapped moon cake, put the moon cake ball into the mold, flatten it gently, the force should be even, and then knock it up and down, left and right, and it can be easily released from the mold ".Wang Dong also emphasized a few key points.
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"Hee hee, it's really interesting."Gao Yuanyuan was grinning, even though there were streaks of white fingerprints on her face, she didn't care.The same goes for Li Na, with flour sticking to her delicate face in several places.
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"Dongzi, take a quick look, is it right, okay?"Li Na was dexterous, and quickly made one. Although it looked a bit ugly and not round, it looked decent.
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"Well, that's right, it's even better if I'm trimming my appearance."For his girlfriend, Wang Dong certainly did not hesitate to praise him.
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"What about me, what about me".Gao Yuanyuan also finished one later, but it seemed that there was too much stuffing, and it was a bit bulging.
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"It's like that, that is, it's a little bulging, and there are too many stuffings."Wang Dong pointed out the problems that occurred one by one.
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"Hey, the next one will definitely be better."Gao Yuanyuan was very confident, and soon started making the second one.On the contrary, Li Na's small white hands are very dexterous. Now, the second one has been wrapped, and it looks better than the first one.With two beauties making mooncakes, Wang Dong started baking mooncakes.
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Wang Dong first preheated the oven to 350F, then lightly sprayed a layer of water on the surface of the mooncakes, put them in the top shelf of the oven and baked for 5 minutes.When the time is up, take out the mooncakes, brush with egg yolk, and turn down the oven to 300F.
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Put the mooncake in the oven and bake for 7 minutes, take it out and brush it with egg yolk, and bake for another 5 minutes until it is golden brown.
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Soon, Wang Dong baked a lot of mooncakes.Golden yellow, but also exudes a tempting fragrance.However, Wang Dong then took out red bean paste, nuts, dried fruit, etc., and prepared to make mooncakes of other flavors. After all, mooncakes of one flavor, no matter how delicious they are, would get boring. Eat a few more pieces.
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"Ah, why are there so few mooncake skins, Yuanyuan, hurry up and make some, I'll make stuffing here."Li Na and the two were very interested. Seeing that there were not many mooncake skins and fillings, they began to prepare.
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"Why".Wang Dong originally wanted to remind a few words, but seeing the high emotions of the two, he was too embarrassed to disturb them. It was rare for the two of them to be so motivated.
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"Hey, forget it, the big deal is to give it to the big guys to eat."Wang Dong shook his head, walking and talking, let the two girls do it, even if they can't eat it, they can give it to the children in the village, anyway, it won't be wasted.
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Soon, Wang Dong left, anyway, the two girls already know how to do it.Mom was busy in the kitchen alone, so Wang Dong went to take over.
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"Mom, go and rest for a while, I'll do it."Seeing that his mother had washed the vegetables, killed the fish, and chopped the chicken, Wang Dong started cooking.
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Although it was only past six o'clock, there was already a trace of darkness, and the round moon also came out.
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Wang Dong first stewed time-consuming dishes such as grass carp, crucian carp, and spicy chicken, before starting to cook vegetables.
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"Ah, it's not good, Yuanyuan."Li Na suddenly exclaimed, and Gao Yuanyuan was taken aback.
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"What's the matter, Sister Nana, well, what are you yelling at?"Gao Yuanyuan was very dissatisfied, because Li Na yelled loudly, and as a result, the moon cakes were broken.
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"Hey, Yuanyuan, look, how many mooncakes we have made."Li Na flustered, and pointed to the moon cakes on the table in front of her, feeling a little embarrassed.
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"Ah, why are there so many?"Gao Yuanyuan turned around and took a look, ah, really, there are probably hundreds of moon cakes behind her.
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"There are so many moon cakes, we can't finish them"!Li Na counted carefully, good guy, 120, now there are four people in the family, one thirty, ha, how scary!
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"I won't eat so much, I will get fat."Gao Yuanyuan said that she can eat up to three.
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"Don't worry, Yuanyuan, I'll tell Dongzi later, he must have a solution."Li Na thought of the look in Wang Dong's eyes when he left just now, and she understood that Wang Dong had already guessed this situation.

(End of this chapter)