Food starts with noodles

So after Xu Zhuo thought about it, he used red yeast rice to knead the noodles.

Red yeast rice and the resulting dough are bright red in color and well-balanced, making them perfect for making dumplings.

After red and yellow, it's time for green or cyan.

Green dough is actually very easy to handle, just use spinach juice and noodles.

However, the spinach juice and the resulting dough have no fruity taste, but after careful tasting, you can taste the unique astringency of spinach.

So Xu Zhuo thought about it, and decided to try it with kiwi first, and if it didn't work, he would replace it with spinach.

As for the astringent taste, you can add some sugar when kneading the dough, it is not difficult.

After the red, yellow and green are done, the remaining purple is also very simple. After all, there are purple potatoes, the price is cheap and the effect is good, and it can also make the dumpling skin taste sweet like purple potatoes. This is definitely the best choice for purple. .

After the red, yellow, green and purple are done, the remaining colors are much more random.

Dragon fruit can be used to make rose red, or papaya can be used to make orange, with a high degree of freedom.

After Xu Zhuo got enough of the five colors, he began to prepare the fillings to be used.

Basically all fillings follow the principle of puree with diced pulp.

The puree must be thicker like bananas and mangoes, while the pulp is a little crisper, and the two flavors must be clearly distinguished, so that the taste and taste will be richer.

After the stuffing was ready, Xu Zhuo started to wrap it.

The dumpling wrappers of various colors look very beautiful, and with different flavors of fillings, even Xu Zhuo himself thinks the taste will be very good.

While making dumplings, Yu Keke brought Xiong Zai back from get off work.

As soon as she saw the colorful dumplings in the kitchen, she immediately came over with a cry of surprise.

"Wow, this is too beautiful, I can't bear to eat it."

Colorful fruit dumplings, not to mention the taste, the appearance alone is enough to make people salivate.

Yu Keke took out her mobile phone, and took five consecutive shots. In order to show herself, she deliberately leaned next to the dumplings and took a group photo with these neatly arranged colorful dumplings.

Then edit a copy, you can post it in Moments and groups to pretend to be aggressive.

Wow, colorful fruit dumplings, they will definitely be delicious when dipped in yogurt or jam.

Not only Yu Keke was excited when he saw the colorful dumplings, but even Xiong Zai climbed onto the stove by pulling Xu Zhuo's trouser legs.

Its tail stood up high, looking excited.

Especially when Xu Zhuo was pinching the dumplings, it jumped around even more, probably thinking it was a new toy Xu Zhuo made for it.

"Go away, Xiong Zai, don't make trouble here."

Xu Zhuo felt that this guy was in the way, so he let him go to play, but this time Xiong Zai quit.

It waved its paw at Xu Zhuo, and let out a low growl.

He expressed his dissatisfaction with Xu Zhuo's scolding just now.

After threatening Xu Zhuo, it moved to Yu Keke's side to ask for praise.

In the past, every time it threatened Xu Zhuo like this, Yu Keke would rub his head dotingly. This little guy's courage became bigger and bigger just like this.

But today, because he was anxiously waiting to eat the dumplings, Yu Keke didn't praise it: "Xiong Zai, go out and play, this is the kitchen, you can't come in."

Bear"……"

After being dazed for a few seconds, it lowered its head and walked towards the stove.

When it got to the edge of the stove, it suddenly raised its paw and patted the dumplings quickly, then jumped off the stove and ran to the living room.

Well, cats' revenge is so fast and direct, never overnight.

Xu Zhuo stared blankly at the clear cat paw print on the dumpling, and didn't know what to say.

Yu Keke, on the other hand, excitedly took a photo with her mobile phone, and happily posted it on Moments: "Our Xiongzi can make dumplings. Meowclaw dumplings. I don't know if we can increase our cuteness after eating them."

With the help of Xiong Zai's cat's paw prints, she "accidentally" showed Xu Zhuo's colorful dumplings, and the pretense was achieved!

Well, pretending to be forceful has to be so unconventional and moisten things silently. If you are too deliberate, you will fall behind.

Sure enough, as soon as the photo was posted, there were a bunch of comments below.

"Wow, this dumpling looks so beautiful, I really want to eat it!"

"The bear's paw print is so cute, I want to rua!"

"I just want to know if this dumpling is new? If it is new, will there be any cat paw prints of Xiongzi? If so, I will try it no matter what the price is!"

……

There are many comments of various kinds, but everyone revolves around dumplings.

This made Yu Keke proud, but also full of expectations for the cooked dumplings.

After cooking, you must take pictures in all aspects, and then send them out for everyone to see, so that everyone can envy themselves.

You have to enjoy such beautiful dumplings.

Alas, I can't lose weight again tonight.

But it doesn't matter, just start a new life from tomorrow.

After comforting himself with Ke Ke's familiarity, he left the kitchen and waited for the dumplings to be made in the living room.

It was finally quiet.

Xu Zhuo let out a long sigh of relief and continued making dumplings.

After making the dumplings, it was almost seven o'clock in the evening. He put the pot on the stove and started to boil the dumplings.

After the water boiled, Xu Zhuo put the dumplings into the pot one by one, then covered the pot and started cooking.

Because it is stuffed with fruit, you only need to cook the dough, and you don't have to worry about the filling inside, so after the water in the pot boiled again, Xu Zhuo poured some cold water into it and started filling the dumplings.

But when he scooped out a spoonful of dumplings with a colander, he was stunned.

Because the dumplings that are served, except for the red dumpling skin that uses red yeast rice, the color of the dumpling skin of other colors has become much lighter.

This……

Xu Zhuo was a little confused.

Depend on!It's not going to roll over, is it?

Chapter 1325 The First Time... Overturning

How can it not be colored?

Xu Zhuo stared blankly at the dumplings in the colander, with a dignified expression.

When he made the colorful dumplings today, he was a little proud.

The dog system sets a task completion time of more than 20 days, but I only need one day to complete it.

What is this, this is the performance of hard power!

This has proved that even the dog system can bow before its own cooking skills.

Although I am not very good at orthodox culinary skills, dark cooking... Bah!It is culinary innovation,

I am still very talented in culinary innovation, this talent is so high that even the dog system can be fooled.

Just ask if you are awesome or not!

However, after the dumplings were cooked, Xu Zhuo felt the burning pain on his face.

Was slapped in the face.

The system gave more than 20 days of task time, so I really didn't underestimate my level.

But where is the problem?

Xu Zhuo couldn't figure it out, he didn't quite understand what was going on.

"The dumplings are ready... Huh? Why are the colors like this? Where are my colorful dumplings?"

Yu Keke was puzzled, and looked at Xu Zhuo suspiciously. She was still waiting to take pictures to pretend to be aggressive, but in this situation, if she forced her to pretend, she could only pretend to be a hole.

Xu Zhuo fished out the dumplings in the pot, and found that the later the dumplings were fished, the lighter the color.

Moreover, this color is not a real lightening, but a gray color, which seems to make people have no appetite at all.

This gray color, against the backdrop of the bright red dumplings with red yeast rice flour, looks even more ordinary.

Well, it can be said to be very bad.

Is it because this natural pigment is not resistant to cooking?

Xu Zhuo felt that there was only one answer.

The dumplings had already been made, and it would be useless not to eat them, and Yu Keke was still waiting to be photographed, so Xu Zhuo picked out the red ones and a few yellow ones, and put them on a plate for Yu Keke to take pictures.

Well, if a few dumplings are placed together, it looks okay. In addition to using snacks for styling, and using dipping sauces in small plates to set it off, and adding some filters when shooting, it can be considered very successful.

It's just that taking pictures can be deceptive, and you can't play like this if you are new.

Still need to study more about the usage of natural pigments.

Before launching a new product, we must resolutely get rid of the problem of discoloration when heated, otherwise it will become a stain on Sifang Restaurant, not to mention it will become a high-selling product.

Xu Zhuo's research on natural pigments is not much, and some basic knowledge is also found on the Internet, which is very unsystematic.

So in order to make good-looking and delicious fruit dumplings, he planned to ask someone for advice.

The skill that happened to be hard to learn has now been cooled down, and it's time to steal a new dish.

Xu Zhuo originally planned to ask the old man, but thinking about the traditional type of cook like the old man, he might not be too cold about fruit dumplings. Even if he asked him, he might not teach him with his heart.

After all, there are so many Shandong cuisines that I haven’t learned yet, and I suddenly delve into some fruit dumplings. In the eyes of the elders, I feel like I’m not doing my job properly.

So Xu Zhuo decided not to ask the old man for advice, but chose to ask Zheng Guangyao.

Among the eight major cuisines, if you want to ask the most energetic and pioneering cuisine, it is naturally Cantonese cuisine.

Moreover, Cantonese cuisine covers a wide range, from desserts to dim sum snacks, from small stir-fries to fresh seafood, and each of them is almost studied to the extreme.

In this case, asking Zheng Guangyao for advice became the best choice.

In addition, the reason why Xu Zhuo is willing to ask Zheng Guangyao for advice is...

Now Zheng Guangyao is in the provincial capital.

As the Chinese New Year is approaching, Xie Hailong, through his relationship, is preparing to shoot a series of short films related to the Chinese New Year with the provincial TV station. Through this short film, he will show the differences between Cantonese Chinese New Year and northern Chinese New Year. At the same time, it will also show the more popular dishes in Guangdong during the Chinese New Year.

This short film is naturally to enhance Xie Hailong's reputation and preparation.

In order to gain a higher reputation, Xie Hailong also invited Zheng Guangyao to film together after the year when he successfully obtained the qualification of a visiting professor.

Although shooting southern dishes in the northern region may not necessarily have ratings, it can show the eating habits and customs of different regions, and it can also arouse the curiosity of the public to some extent.

So they took the film very seriously, and even planned to invite Xu Zhuo to show his face.

Under such circumstances, it was natural for Xu Zhuo to ask Zheng Guangyao for advice.

At the shooting scene of the short film, Zheng Guangyao wrapped himself in the big goose down jacket, and did not ask Xu Zhuo to go home, but patiently said: "Xiao Zhuo, do you know that you made a mistake in your approach?"

Mistake?

Xu Zhuo thought about it, and felt that he didn't seem to have made any mistakes except that he had neglected the fact that natural pigments would fade quickly under heating, right?

Is natural pigment fading not only related to temperature?

Seeing that Xu Zhuo couldn't answer, Zheng Guangyao said with a smile, "You made a mistake."

Xu Zhuo was stunned for a moment, not understanding what it meant: "Grandpa Zheng, don't be fooled, teach me quickly."

Zheng Guangyao smiled, took a sip of tea from the thermos cup, and then said: "Not all natural pigments will fade when exposed to heat.

For example, the yellow of pumpkin, the orange of carrot, the blue of purple cabbage, and the bright red of red amaranth are all stable, depending on whether you can use them. "

Ok?

Countless question marks flashed in Xu Zhuo's mind.