【New Red Mansion】Perfect World

Jia's mother also moved to the kitchen. Yuanyang brought her teacup over, put a delicate coaster underneath it, and asked Jia's mother to sit on the high chair at the island, and put a pillow behind her back.

"Bring it here and let me see it." Grandmother Jia stretched out her hand, and Pin'er quickly handed it to her.

"This craft is really good now. I think it's used to decorate desserts. It looks like the candy slices made by craftsmen outside. The decoration inside the dessert box is made with this mold, right?"

"What you are talking about is Chinese dessert. This is a Western dessert, just for entertaining children. I think it was designed based on the inspiration of our sugar figurines. It is convenient to have this. This material can also be put into the oven."

Pin'er looked carefully and found that the pattern was indeed exquisite and complex.

"I asked, and it's simple. Just pour the liquid you use to make crackers into it, but pour a little less when pouring. Most importantly, use a spatula to smooth it out, otherwise it won't look good."

Yuanyang came over and interrupted, "Don't listen to her. She can't do it, but it will delay you. Butter chips and crackers are not the same batter. I will teach you later."

Wang Xifeng quickly smiled and said, "By the way, Yuanyang is the only one here who knows how to make these Western-style snacks. That's why the old ancestor brought her to you. If you have any questions, just ask her later."

"I haven't made it for a long time. My ancestors don't like Western-style pastries. The ones given to me by others are all bought from outside, and it's not my turn to make them, so I gradually fell out of love with them. But I can still make some simple ones."

"I'm relieved now. I'm still busy over there. Thank you for your hard work today. I'll come back to see you when I have time."

Pin'er thanked her again and again before sending Wang Xifeng out.

Yuanyang found a roll of oil paper, tore off two pieces and handed them to Pin'er and Qiaojie.

"What are you going to do? Have you thought about it?"

Pin'er quickly took out her notebook.

"Make some bread, cookies, and also want to make macarons. But I'm still short of food coloring."

"I see there are cherries in the refrigerator. I'll help you figure out a way. You guys start by carving patterns for me." Yuanyang spread the leaves flat on the worktop of the island counter, covered them with wax paper, and then used a plastic carving knife to trace the outline of the leaves.

"Like this, the more detailed the better. It's best to depict the texture and meridians, and be careful not to puncture the oil paper."

Pin'er and Qiaojie began to divide the work and work carefully.

Yuanyang took out a transparent sealed can from the insulation bag next to him, which contained white paste-like substance. Then he took out a food processor and weighed the flour according to the recipe on Pin'er's notebook.

"Sister Yuanyang, is the one in that jar the Polish variety?" asked Pin'er. She had seen the introduction in the video.

"Well, I made this especially for you last night. You'll be able to use it soon."

"Thank you, Sister Yuanyang. Can you teach me how to make it when you have time?" Pin'er's lips were as sweet as honey.

"I'll send you the recipe when I'm done." While kneading the dough, Yuanyang found some cotton string and soaked it in cooking oil in a small bowl. Yuanyang was very methodical and neat.

Shui Rong finished the work at hand, walked to the record player, turned it on and found the EP of Pin'er. Soon, lively guqin music floated over the living room and kitchen.

After hearing this, Pin'er's face gradually turned pink. When Shui Rong came in to pour coffee, she said to Shui Rong, "I find that every time I listen, I can find some small flaws. Although Professor Chen has done it perfectly, he can still hear my occasional glissando and lack of power."

Yuanyang heard them say this and asked, "Is this the record that Miss Lin released? I was surprised that it is different from the guqin music I usually listen to. This one sounds happier, with a hint of elegant playfulness and a hint of fairy spirit, as if it was played by a fairy."

After taking a sip of tea, Jia's mother smiled and said, "You are good at listening and praising."

Yuanyang was full of pride: "Following our ancestors, we have also seen some of the world. Thanks to our ancestors, I have also listened to some classical music and have been influenced by it. I am not bragging blindly, I really think it is good. I have listened to the guqin before, and the sound was either low, lonely, or passionate... After listening to this today, I feel a lot lighter."

Pin'er felt embarrassed by the praise, so she quickly changed the subject and talked about something else.

Yuanyang was about to fold the dough, and called Pin'er to come over and learn. Shui Rong naturally sat down where Pin'er had sat, picked up the small plastic carving knife, and continued carving along the lines that Pin'er had not finished. He liked doing these meticulous things the most, because when doing these things, he could relax and think about some problems.

After Pin'er folded the dough, she was left to make the butter liquid. After the butter liquid was done, she was assigned to prepare the cherry juice.

Yuanyang gave her a pair of chopsticks and asked her to remove the cherry pits. Then she squeezed the cherry juice, filtered it, and let it stand for sedimentation.

"Let's make macarons." Yuanyang taught softly, then gave her a bag of almond powder and taught her how to sift it.

"I usually don't weigh it when I do this, I just go by feel. But if you're new to this, it's best to weigh it so you can go by feel next time."

Then Yuanyang took five eggs, separated the egg whites, and saved the egg yolks for making the filling later.

Beat the egg whites with an electric whisk, then pour in the sifted almond powder and sugar mixture, and add some cherry juice for coloring. Pin'er also did the tossing and mixing, and Yuanyang just said a few words on the side.

When the batter became as smooth as a ribbon, Yuanyang found the macaron mold, which was sent by Old Lady Li. She just squeezed the batter into round grooves.

"It's much more convenient now with this mold. Before, I squeezed it with my eyes, and sometimes there were big and small differences."

After the butter crisps come out of the oven, they save the preheating process and put the mold into the oven. Then they start preparing the fillings. The fillings are put directly into the macarons after they come out of the oven.

"Make the biscuit dough now. You made the crispy ones in the morning. Let's make the cookies in the afternoon! Once the filling is baked, we'll also finish ours and can bake them." Yuanyang folded the dough for the European bread and took out the low-gluten flour.

Grandmother Jia had been watching them. The arrangements were clever, one thing after another, and they connected just right.

After the cookies were put into the oven, they began to assemble the macarons. The finished products had just cooled down. First, they squeezed a circle of butter inside the macaron skin, and then sandwiched the baked and cut fillings in the middle to make an open macaron. After it was done, they were neatly placed on a rectangular dinner plate.

"Grandma, do you want to try one?" Pin'er asked playfully.

"In a moment, I'm going to sit in the teahouse over there and drink tea while appreciating the scenery. That's going to be fun."

Qiao Jie couldn't help herself, she quickly raised her hand: "I want to try it."

"Then you can cut off the carved leaves and I will prepare them for you. You should finish what you start."

Pin'er found a nice little cake plate. Beautiful food should be paired with a nice plate, which is the best use of it. She also picked a golden dessert fork and placed it aside.

The butter chips were also dried, so Yuanyang found a soft cushion and placed it on the plate. Pin'er and I each pulled a corner, one, two, three times, and turned them over at the same time. The butter chips fell off, one or two of them had a broken corner, but most of them were intact.

When the cookies were out of the oven, Pin'er had already prepared scented tea. Then they went to the tea room over there.

Qiaojie tasted two macarons. She was chewing cookies at this moment. There were two plates of cookies, one with raisins filling and one with hazelnuts.

Pin'er asked them to drink tea and chat, while she found three small bamboo baskets, put beautiful oil paper underneath, and then placed macarons, cookies, butter chips, and finally a few crackers she made in the morning. After the decorations were arranged, she covered them with transparent plastic paper and tied them with a ribbon and a bow.

After being ready, I went to check the dough for the European bread, put on gloves, sorted it and folded it a few times, and then went to the teahouse to sit and drink tea and taste the desserts I made.

After tasting them, Grandmother Jia still likes the raisin cookies the best. Although macarons look good, they are not easy to eat. Maybe children like them!

"I've also ordered a record player, and I'll come over to install and debug it in a few days. Buy me a few more of your records, I'll keep them for myself, and give the rest away as gifts."

Pin'er nodded quickly. It seemed that her grandmother liked her records very much!