Food starts with noodles

Although the taste makes people feel complicated, it tastes good. In fact, the reason why cat ears can become a national snack is because of its changeable taste and crispy texture.

After stirring the brown sugar water evenly, the old man poured flour into another basin, then slowly poured the brown sugar water into it, first stirring it into flour flakes, and then kneading it into dough.

The next steps are the same as white dough, put it in a basin for proofing.

At this moment, the store has already started to be busy, washing and cutting vegetables and side dishes, everyone is hurrying up to do their own work.

And Cao Kun and the others have already washed all the ducks and marinated them, and they are boiling maltose at the moment.

"Brother Kun, I think we should clean the duck at night and marinate the duck before leaving get off work. Then we can marinate the duck as soon as we come the next day, so we don't have to get up early."

Cao Kun nodded: "Yes, yes, that's what we discussed, mainly because I didn't expect it to be so popular last night..."

With his hands behind his back, the old man walked around the back kitchen, pointing out the chefs and helpers who were working from time to time.

Time passed quickly, and two hours later, the old man started the second stage of making cat ears.

This step is simple. To put it bluntly, it is kneading and rolling.

Knead the proofed dough again, empty out the air inside, and then use a rolling pin to roll it into a thin dough sheet with a thickness of [-] mm.

In fact, there are no strict regulations on the thickness of the dough, but the thinner it is, the more layers of rolls will be rolled, and the more beautiful the cat ears will be.

After the two kinds of dough were rolled into thin slices, the old man spread the white dough piece on the chopping board, then took a brush and wiped a little starch water on the dough piece.

"This starch water is mainly used as an adhesive to make the two dough pieces stick together firmly, so as to avoid the phenomenon of falling apart when slicing."

In fact, there is no need for the old man to explain, Xu Zhuo already knew it, because he just got the fine skill of making cat ears.

Tsk, Xu Xiaochu's online shop has another snack.

However, when Xu Xiaochu will go online, Xu Zhuo is not too sure. He can only see the progress of Tang Xiaoying's framework and trademark registration.

After brushing with starch water, the old man spread the brown sugar dough piece on top, and then rolled it lightly with a rolling dough, so that the two pieces of dough are firmly combined.

After waiting for a few minutes, after the starch water had been absorbed by the two pieces of dough, the old man brushed another layer of starch water on top of the brown sugar dough, and then slowly rolled it up from one end.

This step seems simple, but it is actually quite difficult, because there should not be any gaps inside when rolling, especially the center of the roll at the beginning, so you must pay attention to it.

Otherwise, the cat ears made will become hollow, which will greatly affect the appearance.

After rolling the two pieces of noodles into strips, the old man cut them off in the middle with a kitchen knife, then rolled up the two strips with plastic wrap, and put them in the freezer for freezing.

Freezing is an essential step in making cat ears. Only after freezing can the long, soft strips be cut into thin slices and have the appearance of cat ears.

Otherwise, no matter how good the knife is, the cut cat ears will not be shaped, let alone beautiful.

However, freezing is also particular, and it should not be frozen too hard.

If it is frozen hard, not only will it be difficult to cut, but the key point is that the cut will not be in the shape of cat ears.

Only when it is slightly frozen, will it form an oval with sharp corners due to the extrusion of the knife edge when cutting.

This is the straight cat's ears.

After freezing in the freezer for about four to ten minutes, the old man took out the two dough pieces.

Squeeze the softness, and when you are satisfied, you will tell Xu Zhuo: "Get up the pan and heat the oil, I will start slicing now."

In the morning, the oil pan for frying sugar pancakes was not removed, so Xu Zhuo just turned on the fire.

As he was busy, Guo Xingwang came over again: "Why did you start burning oil again? What are you going to fry?"

"Fry some cat ears..."

"Yo, this is my favorite, I have to study hard.

Xu Zhuo, call me when you make pasta in the future, I just found out today that making pasta is so interesting..."

Chapter 909 Can you fry some shrimp crackers for me?

Guo Xingwang was interested in pasta, which made Xu Zhuo overjoyed. It seems that Feng Weiguo's task of accepting apprentices is really promising.

But if Feng Weiguo accepts Guo Xingwang as his successor, what about Shi Lei?

The system didn't give any hints in this regard, so Xu Zhuo couldn't guess the subsequent development, so he could only take one step at a time.

As for whether Shi Lei is Feng Weiguo's apprentice or not, it doesn't really matter, because Feng Weiguo has always been kind to Shi Lei, and Shi Lei has always called Feng Weiguo his grandfather.

This kind of relationship between grandparents and grandchildren who depend on each other is actually stronger than the relationship between master and apprentice.

And with Feng Weiguo's shrewdness, even if he takes someone else as his apprentice, he will arrange Shi Lei well.

Let's finish the task first.

"Noodles are really interesting and meaningful, but I don't know much. You can talk to Grandpa Feng about what noodles you want to learn. He is an expert in this field."

After Xu Zhuo finished talking to Guo Xingwang, he walked up to the old man and watched him cut the cat's ears.

When cutting cat ears, the speed and strength of the knife are very important, because the standard cat ears have to be pointed at one end and oval at the other, which is all achieved by knife work.

Of course, if it is not cold enough to be soft and hard, no matter how good the knife is, it will be useless.

The cut cat ears should be laid out piece by piece, so that these cat ears will not stick together after thawing.

"Grandpa, let me do it, I think I have mastered everything."

Xu Zhuo was worried that the old man was tired, so he wanted to take over the rest of the work.

The old man didn't refuse, handed over the kitchen knife, and stood aside.

But when Xu Zhuo started to cut, the old man said earnestly: "This seems simple, but it is not easy to cut in place, at least for the first time, it is absolutely..."

He originally wanted to say that it was definitely not good to cut, but after seeing Xu Zhuo cut out a perfect piece of cat ears, the old man abruptly changed his words.

"It absolutely depends on talent. Back then, I knew it as soon as I got started, but your dad's level is a little bit worse. It took two or three days of practice to be considered a master."

Tsk, this sounds a bit fake.

Xu Zhuo didn't break it, he lowered his head and cut it on his own.

When cutting the cat ears, not only should the shape be taken care of, but also should be cut as thin as possible, so that the fried ones will be crispier.

And this thing will expand after being put in the oil pan. After all, there is yeast in it. It is no problem to double the expansion.

So don’t think it’s too thin when you cut it, this thing will get fat after taking a bath in the oil pan.

The old man was free and started to arrange the cut cat ears with Guo Xingwang.

"After cutting, the cat's ears will be slightly moist due to thawing. If you want to eat sesame flavor, you can also dip some sesame seeds on the cat's ears.

But you can only use raw sesame seeds, because the cooked sesame seeds will be mushy immediately after being put in the oil pan, and there will be a bitter taste when fried. "

While the old man was talking, he placed these cat ears on the tray.

When the oil in the pan reached [-]% heat, the old man put the tray on the oil pan, turned it down, and patted the tray, all the cat ears inside fell into the pan.

Under the action of the hot oil, these cat ears swelled rapidly and curled slightly, then dried and hardened, and gradually floated on the oil surface.

At this time, you can take it out to control the oil, because if you fry it again, the bitter taste of brown sugar will be stimulated.

Fried orecchiette is basically just that, no long frying required, very quick.

Of course, the fast speed is based on the high oil temperature.

If the oil temperature is low, the fried cat ears will not only be oily, but will even stick to the bottom of the pot, and finally the whole pot of oil will be full of bitterness.

The cat ears were fished out and placed in a basket to control the oil. Guo Xingwang came over and tasted one, and immediately gave the old man a thumbs up.

"Grandpa Xu, you really don't have any skills. You are much better than my second master."

Guo Xingwang's second master is Guo Shuying. He complimented the old man with these words, and the effect was good. A faint smile appeared on the old man's face immediately.

As a king, you have to put on airs at all times, but you have to respond when others praise you, so you use this kind of faint smile to perfunctory.

The meaning is very simple: it’s just basic exercises, don’t be six!

The taste of the cat's ears is delicious, the mouth is crispy, sweet and salty, and there are spices.

This kind of strange smell will make people resist just looking at the text, but after eating it, you will find that it is really addictive.

It is indeed a national snack that people from all over the world like, and it is really extraordinary.

But this morning the old man was just teaching, so he prepared this flavor.

Xu Zhuo planned to develop a few more flavors while he was free, and asked the store employees to taste and evaluate them, and selected a few typical flavors to promote as the main snacks of the online store.

But this matter can't be rushed, we have to wait until everything is settled.

If things about Xu Xiaochu were revealed right now, maybe the trademark would be preempted.

In addition to the trademark, it is necessary to design the packaging and the style of the online store, and build an online sales channel. It will not be completed in a short period of time.

After the cat's ears were fried, the old man didn't stay long, and went back with a pack.

In the afternoon, when Xu Zhuo had nothing to do, he fried cat's ears in several other flavors. After packing, he took a dozen sweet-skinned ducks and drove to Linping City.

The reason why I went to Linping City in the evening was naturally to stay overnight...

Cough, it's to spend more time with Yu Keke. After all, the final exam is coming soon. This girl is under a lot of pressure from studying, so she needs to relax.

After arriving in Linping City, Xu Zhuo first went to a small Sichuan restaurant to let Wei Junming taste the sweet-skinned duck, and then had dinner there with Yu Keke, Sun Panpan, Li Hao and others.

Everyone likes the taste of the sweet-skinned duck very much. After learning that it will be sold online in the future, I can't wait to place an order to buy it.

And Zhou Wen also said that when it goes online, it will shoot a live broadcast of food tasting to help Xu Zhuo advertise.

In the evening, in a five-star hotel in Linping City, Yu Ke, who had just taken a shower, was nestled on the sofa, eating delicious cat's ears while listening to Xu Zhuo explain the production process.

When Xu Zhuo said that the frying process of cat's ears is very similar to that of shrimp crackers, and that they swell when put into the frying pan, this girl had a new idea.

"Then can you fry some shrimp crackers for me?"

Xu Zhuo: "..."

Damn it, I just went straight to bed and slept, what are you doing to show off with this girl, isn't it just looking for trouble?

Yu Ke could see that Xu Zhuo didn't agree, so he put down the cat ears in his hand aggrievedly, and wrapped up his half-uncovered pajamas.

"I've been so busy with my studies recently that I'm so tired, my head is buzzing all day long, alas, no one feels sorry for me, hug my poor self..."

Seeing this pitiful appearance, Xu Zhuo couldn't help but sigh.

"Okay, okay, I'll fry it for you tomorrow. Anyway, I won't go back tomorrow, so I'm fine here. It's just a shrimp cracker. Why are you like this?"

Yu Keke got into Xu Zhuo's arms with a smile: "I knew that my dear husband is the best for me, but... can you make shrimp crackers?"

"will not."

Xu Zhuo pinched a piece of cat ear and stuffed it into her mouth: "But... godfather will definitely know, just let him teach me."

Chapter 910 Shocked!The production of shrimp crackers is so…

Like cat ears, shrimp crackers are also a popular snack.

When some gourmet anchors can't find the material, they will buy some dried shrimp chips online.

Then burn a pot of oil, and show the fans fried shrimp crackers, a cooking activity with little technical content but a lot of noise.

When Yu Keke talked about shrimp crackers, Xu Zhuo actually wanted to buy some plastic-looking dried shrimp crackers online and fry them for her.

But this always feels a little perfunctory, and Xu Zhuo really wants to know how the shrimp crackers are made.

So, he came to Sichuan Restaurant early in the morning.

"Godfather, how about making shrimp crackers? After Ke Ke ate the cat ears I made yesterday, he suddenly wanted to eat shrimp crackers again.

I thought there was nothing wrong with the provincial capital, so I just stayed here for two more days and made some shrimp crackers for her so that she wouldn't have to worry about it. "

Wei Junming said with a smile: "Shrimp crackers are not difficult to make, and there are fresh shrimps in the store, so we can start making them now."

After finishing speaking, Wei Junming explained the whole process of making shrimp crackers to Xu Zhuo.

Shrimp is mixed with water to make a puree, added potato starch and made into a dough, cooked and dried, then cut into thin slices and then fried.

After listening, Xu Zhuo asked in disbelief, "It's so simple?"