Food starts with noodles

Xu Zhuo didn't care too much, and said to Zheng Jia who was packing lunch, "Go and see whose takeaway is, if it's from our store, sign for it directly."

Not long after Zheng Jia went out, she returned to the back kitchen.

"I can't carry it. The package says it's an electric stone mill. Who bought this?"

When Xu Zhuo heard this, he quickly wiped his hands.

Unexpectedly, the electric stone mill has been delivered, so I can make sesame paste by myself.

In the past two days, Wei Junming has found several stores that make stone-ground sesame oil and stone-ground sesame paste, but without exception, the sesame oil and sesame paste they make are not pure.

There are other things in it.

So Wei Junming didn't buy it.

He didn't understand that sesame oil and sesame paste were sold so expensively, yet they were still adulterated.

Can't you make money safely and steadily?

They use peanut oil or other oils, blend them into sesame oil, and add some sesame essence, so the taste is very strong.

But this kind of sesame oil just smells good, and it doesn't taste good.

Moreover, the added essence is easy to volatilize, so when you buy this kind of sesame oil, you may lose its fragrance when you eat half of it, and it becomes the same as ordinary cooking oil.

As for sesame paste, it is basically made of sesame waste residue that has been refined with sesame oil, and then mixed with thickeners, flavor enhancers and other raw materials, and stirred.

This kind of sesame paste not only tastes average, but also has a poor texture, and it doesn't feel oily at all.

Now that the electric stone mill is in hand, Xu Zhuo doesn't plan to open a shop.

However, it is not a problem to make some sesame paste and supply several restaurants.

From now on, at least three restaurants, Sifang Restaurant, Sichuan Flavor Restaurant and Xujia Restaurant, no longer need to purchase those sesame pastes that are hard to distinguish from the real ones on the market.

Xu Zhuo and Jianguo went out, and with difficulty lifted the tightly wrapped electric stone mill off the small tricycle of the courier.

It's not very heavy, but it's a little difficult to handle.

After moving to the store, first remove the packaging, and after confirming that all parts are complete, start assembling.

The heaviest accessories on the electric stone mill are the two grinding discs.

The two tossed and tossed for half an hour, and finally assembled it.

"Xu Zhuo, what are you doing with this thing? Are you going to sell rice rolls?"

This electric stone mill is widely used. It can grind soybean milk to make tofu, rice milk to make rice rolls, and sesame paste to extract sesame oil.

Jianguo was very curious, what did Xu Zhuo spend thousands of dollars on this thing for?

Xu Zhuo is very calm: "It is used to make sesame paste. Recently, the sesame paste on the market has been exposed to use moldy sesame seeds. There are also cases of adulteration in other stores, so I just buy a stone mill and make it myself. It tastes better. Let's eat it." Take it easy."

Jianguo felt that Xu Zhuo's words were a bit whimsical: "Can you make it? Sesame paste is very demanding, can you do it?"

Xu Zhuo smiled: "Let's try it, it's easy anyway."

After assembling, Xu Zhuo plugged in the electricity, and the electric stone mill started to spin immediately.

Very good, the next step is to dismantle it, clean the two grinding discs and the stone tank carefully, and then grind it with the cleaning bag provided by the store. This stone mill can be used to make sesame paste.

"Huh? Stone mill? What are you buying a stone mill for?"

When the two were studying how to clean the stone mill, Wei Junming opened the door and walked in.

Xu Zhuo said without turning his head, "Make sesame paste!"

"What? Make sesame paste? Is it real or not?" Wei Junming looked at Xu Zhuo with an incredulous expression on his face. No one cares about him recently, this kid is going to let himself go again?

Chapter 414 Making Sesame Sauce

Wei Junming came to look for Xu Zhuo today, mainly because he heard that there was an old oil workshop in a nearby county that had been open for decades.

So he wanted to invite Xu Zhuo to go and have a look together, and if possible, he would order a batch of sesame oil and sesame paste.

Solve the embarrassing situation that the two restaurants do not have sesame oil and sesame paste.

It's just that I didn't expect that when I entered the door, I saw Xu Zhuo boasting that he would make sesame paste.

Do you think this is a play house?

Making tahini is a very delicate job.

The requirements for all links are very high, but it is not something you can do if you want to.

For example, when frying sesame seeds, the aroma will not come out when the fire is low, and it will become mushy when the fire is too high. Many master chefs who have been in the oil workshop all their lives will still miss it.

I really don't know where Xu Zhuo watched a video of making sesame paste, so he used his own brain to make it.

If it was really easy to make, I would have done it myself, so why go around looking for good sesame oil and sesame paste?

Xu Zhuo smiled at Wei Junming: "Let's try it. I've been researching how to make sesame paste recently. If it succeeds, we won't have to be controlled by others in this regard. You can't buy good sesame oil at a high price. Where is this going?" Reasoning?"

Wei Junming nodded helplessly: "Okay, since you want to try, then give it a try, just in case."

Even though he said that, he didn't believe that Boss Xu could do a good job at all.

Xu Zhuo is indeed talented in cooking, but making sesame paste and cooking are two different things.

So he didn't like Xu Zhuo at all.

But as Xu Zhuo's godfather, even if he doesn't like it, Xu Zhuo has to give it a try.

Otherwise, before someone even made a move, he would be sarcastic as a godfather, what kind of words is that?

So soon, Xu Zhuo and Jianguo became Xu Zhuo and Wei Junming next to the machine.

The two carefully cleaned the stone mill, the funnel and other accessories, and then reassembled the stone mill.

Then Xu Zhuo opened the cleaning bag as a gift, only to find that there was actually sawdust inside.

After pouring it into the funnel, Xu Zhuo turned on the power.

The stone mill began to rotate slowly, and the sawdust gradually entered the graphite, and finally came out from the edge of the stone mill.

After this kind of cleaning, the stone mill is completely clean.

After disassembling and cleaning the sawdust, Xu Zhuo went to the utility room and found the white sesame seeds that Chen Guifang sent two days ago, preparing to make sesame paste.

"Xu Zhuo, are you really going to do it?"

Xu Zhuo nodded: "Try it, it won't take long anyway."

After speaking, Xu Zhuo brought a basin and poured half a basin of white sesame seeds into it.

Then, he added half a basin of water to the basin and stirred it with his hands so that all the sesame seeds were completely covered with water.

Then put it aside and wait quietly for the sesame seeds to soak.

This step is very important, not only related to the thickness of the sesame paste, but also the effect of cleaning and screening the sesame seeds.

When the sesame seeds are soaked in water, some of the shriveled sesame seeds and impurities inside will float up, just take the opportunity to clean them out, so as not to affect the quality and taste of the final product.

In addition, after soaking in water, the dust on the sesame seeds will also settle at the bottom of the water.Makes the sesame more pure.

These are the experiences given to Xu Zhuo by skills, otherwise Boss Xu would not understand these.

When the sesame seeds become swollen, the step of soaking in water is over.

Xu Zhuo used a fine sieve to clean up the sunken sesame seeds and hollow sesame seeds floating on the water surface.

Then carefully remove the sesame seeds from the water.

Rinse twice with clean water and set aside to drain the water.

After the moisture dries up, Boss Xu puts the frying pan on and prepares to fry.

From Xu Zhuo to now, the old man has been paying attention to him, but he has not spoken.

Neither supported nor opposed.

To put it aside, he might say a few words to Xu Zhuo.

But since he discovered that Xu Zhuo's talent was no less than his, he no longer cared about Xu Zhuo's interests.

Cooking together leads to the same goal.

It is not necessary to let the child go his own way.

He has his own life and his own plan.

Let him do whatever he wants. At this time, interest is more important than talent.

Maybe the kid figured out something interesting.

For example, to make sesame paste, since he spent thousands of dollars to buy the machine, don't stop him.

Let him try, what if he succeeds?

Besides, with Xu Zhuo's character, if he was not sure, would he buy such a thing?

After the pot was heated, Xu Zhuo poured sesame seeds into it.

Turn up the heat and start stir frying.

At the beginning of stir-frying, because there is a large amount of water on the surface of the sesame seeds, no matter how big the fire is, it will be fine.

The greater the fire used, the faster the water in the sesame can be evaporated, and at the same time, this rapid frying can also stimulate the aroma of the sesame.

After Xu Zhuo stir-fried for a while, he felt his arms start to feel sore.

People's oil workshops use special drums to fry. The fried sesame is not only fragrant, but also can be heated evenly by using a drum.

Unlike now, when the sesame is not turned over a little bit, the heating of the sesame becomes uneven.

Fortunately, he has skills in his hands. Although Xu Zhuo's technique of frying sesame seeds is not very good, at least there is no problem in terms of even heating.

After frying the moisture on the surface of the sesame seeds, Xu Zhuo turned down the heat.

If you use a high fire, it is easy to turn the sesame seeds in the pot into black sesame paste, so it is safer to turn off the fire.

Use a low heat to slowly release the aroma of sesame seeds, so that the taste of sesame paste will be more intense.

Wei Junming stood aside, looking at Xu Zhuo's skillful operation, he already faintly felt that this kid might really be able to make sesame paste well.

This solves the most pressing problem of the moment.

As for the sesame oil, don’t worry too much, because the step of pouring sesame oil in the dishes can be replaced by scallion oil or other types of oil.

On the contrary, it is tahini, and there is no other substitute except peanut butter.

When the sesame seeds in the pot turned slightly yellow, Xu Zhuo turned off the fire, then poured the sesame seeds in the pot into a fine mesh sieve.

After taking it outside, he found a place with a downwind wind and shook the sesame seeds in the sieve.

Use the power of the wind to blow out the debris inside, and at the same time cool down the sesame seeds to prevent the residual temperature from causing the sesame seeds to have a burnt smell.

After the temperature of the sesame seeds dropped completely, Xu Zhuo brought the sesame seeds to the side of the stone mill, ready to grind the sesame paste.

Wei Junming has found two water-free and oil-free glass jars for sesame paste.

He has already seen that this kid has definitely learned how to make sesame paste somewhere, otherwise this technique would not be so sophisticated.

I really don't understand how his brain grows.

How can you do everything so well?

Xu Zhuo closed the spout on the funnel to avoid incomplete grinding of sesame seeds.

Then pour the sesame seeds in, turn on the switch of the motor, and the stone mill starts to rotate slowly.

Soon, at the junction of the two grinding discs, a viscous liquid flowed down the stone mill.

At the same time, a strong fragrance began to permeate the surroundings.

Tahini, it's done!

Chapter 415 This Is Sesame Paste