[Pride and Prejudice] Rich Lady

But increasing the sweetness is by no means a simple solution by adding more sugar. Doing it blindly will only destroy the original fusion and coordination of deliciousness, lose all its characteristics, and become the same sweet and greasy taste.

Chefs have to readjust the entire recipe, which requires experienced chefs and willingness to try and improve traditional recipes.Fortunately, the two head chefs in the pastry shop are both good at white recipes. They used to be good at improving recipes-even Master Lu Suo was framed by someone because of this, and he left his hometown and traveled across the ocean.

Elizabeth specially bought some of the most popular desserts from the most expensive French dessert shop in London, and invited them to taste them.

The chef and the assistant chefs seemed to be in slow motion, chewing the delicate products little by little, and the assistant chef frowned, obviously not used to this kind of sweet pastries.

On the contrary, the two chefs were more accepting. Mrs. Li pointed to the soufflé first and said, "It's so fluffy and soft, it melts in your mouth. It's rare for such a fluffy shape to remain intact."

Laura nodded excitedly, "I heard that this is almost the most difficult dessert to make, and it is the signature of the French royal chef. Its biggest advantage is that it will not make the ladies belch indecently because they are full, especially when they are used up. When the main course tastes the dessert. And the taste is also very good.”

Master Lu can't speak English, and usually relies on the help of the cook and Mrs. Li to translate, but now the foreign employer can understand Daming Mandarin.Master Lu was surprised and said to Elizabeth: "Compared with Daming's dim sum, the ingredients are relatively simple, mostly soft and crispy. The taste is strong and sweet. Although the sweetness is heavy, it does not cover up other characteristics. Our Do you want to make desserts reach this level of sweetness?"

Elizabeth whispered to Laura to translate, and when Master Lu finished speaking, she pondered for a while before telling the chefs what they thought: "Actually, we hope to have a choice of sweetness, such as heavy sweet, normal and semi-sweet. "

Now sucrose is just coming off the tables of nobles and high priests and becoming an occasional delicacy for ordinary people.There are plenty of people, even from upper-class backgrounds, who are so enamored with the deliciously satisfying taste that they're willing to add powdered sugar, honey and chocolate sauce to just about anything they can.

It was not at all surprising to Elizabeth to think of it, it was so common in her old days.But Laura felt that this idea was wonderful, and she put down the airs of the baroness outside rarely, and excitedly explained to the chefs: "Heavy sweetness, even sweeter than these French desserts, it doesn't matter if you lose some other flavors. Normal sweetness, like these French desserts, the sweetness most people in England are used to. Semi-sweet, oh, that's a beautiful word, referring to the desserts we have in the window now, a small number of people think it's just right, like me and Lizzie."

The two chefs had already tried out some adjusted new recipes after receiving a letter from their employer. Mrs. Li's daughter held out a three-layered food box carved in the shape of crabapple flowers from behind.

"Use this for food? Put it in the window, I don't know how many people want to buy it back to add color to the mansion." Laura stood up and looked at it carefully, and opened the lid. Inside was a white porcelain plate with roses painted on it. Several kinds of Ming-style snacks are served.

The chefs have put in a lot of effort. These dim sum taste sweeter, but they are still soft and delicate, fragrant and refreshing. The taste is as rich and layered as the traditional recipe.

"For the time being, only pea yellow, kidney bean rolls, emerald jade bean cakes and jujube cakes have tried new recipes. It is not difficult to add sweetness to these types, and the others will have to wait for a while." Mrs. Li said.

Due to the limitation of raw materials, the ladies' Ming-style dessert shop does not have too many tricks, and the early stage can only focus on beans that are easy to preserve.However, another fleet of Mr. Anthony's is about to arrive in London, and they can buy more authentic raw materials: After the fleet reaches its final destination, all cabins must be emptied, even the crew's clothes and luggage must be moved. Disembark to cook, wash and dry, while Fuchuan will carry out thorough maintenance and cleaning.

This is not only necessary for the maintenance of sea-going ships, but also a rule handed down by Fuchuan from its ancestors. When the black death, yellow fever, and typhus swept across Europe, it was precisely because of this rule that the Ming Dynasty escaped disaster.The ships of the Ming Dynasty were almost the cleanest ships in the world, and the cabins of the crew had no peculiar smell, which was cleaner than the French royal palace before the Great Revolution.People can hardly find mice, lice and fleas on the Fuchuan. Whenever a shipwreck is rescued by a Ming Dynasty ship, they will always talk about how clean and fragrant their cabins are when they return to land—in fact , these shipwrecks are always separated in several fixed cabins, and the fragrance they smell is the smell of anti-dirty and miasma-repelling medicine powder prepared by the doctor of the Ming Dynasty.

Elizabeth has been eyeing this fleet since she heard about it. Fortunately, compared to commodity goods, the food for personal use in these cabins is much easier to buy, especially when they have four chefs from the Ming Dynasty.

"Miss Elizabeth," Master Lu called her awkwardly, ordered the plate and said, "Look, what's wrong with this?"

"What's wrong?" Elizabeth asked repeatedly, dispelling the thoughts in her mind, swallowing the sweet snack.

She really didn't see anything wrong.

For a long time, considering his own interests, Master Lu is not only good at improving dishes, but also good at running restaurants.In any place, chefs spread their fame not only by their exquisite craftsmanship, but also by the restaurants where customers come like clouds.Therefore, he was happy to mention this foreign employer.Dim sum shops are far from his long-term plan. Master Lu wants to carry forward the culinary art of which he is the ancestor in this overseas place, so he has to find a bole for himself.

"We are a Ming-style pastry shop, but no matter the decoration of the shop or the porcelain plates and tableware, it is no different from any dessert shop." Master Lu walked along the Thames River, and there was no need to enter the two dessert shops he passed by. Looking in from the window, it is very familiar.Except that the wood carvings in the store are better, anyway, Master Lu didn't notice any difference.

Master Lu simply awakened the dreamer with one word, and Elizabeth suddenly understood why "Ming-style dim sum" is far less attractive than "Ming country kites"!Kites, paper kites, and other large commodities can be seen at a glance with an oriental style that is different from Europe. As for dim sum, from the store to the packaging, there is no such fascinating Ming Dynasty flavor, but the sweetness is not suitable for most British people. taste.

change!Debt needs to be changed!

Lola and Elizabeth hit it off immediately, and the two ladies decided to redecorate the store even if it exceeded the budget and funds.

Elizabeth asked someone to deliver an urgent letter home, and she couldn't even wait for the delivery time.Mr. Bennet personally came to visit his dear daughter in the city, and it was the first time for Laura to see this respectable father.

It's just a mature and funny gentleman who is full of energy and seems to be several years younger, and he can't attract more attention from the lady. They only have the pound they are about to get in their eyes-the dessert shop has been closed. Kensington Ming people's settlement invited Fuchuan craftsmen who were repairing.Everyone discussed the style together. Under the supervision of Mr. Lu, the craftsmen tapped, sculpted and painted, and pennies, shillings and gold guineas flowed non-stop every minute.

The master craftsman told Elizabeth that the wood they originally used was good, and the craftsmen could use these materials to modify the laying.The two ladies were almost grateful, which was equivalent to saving them a lot of money for raw materials.Now the Ming people have successfully replaced Mr. Bennet's halo in Miss Laura's heart. Of course, Miss Laura still admires Mr. Bennet very much, especially when this generous and enlightened father is willing to lend them three hundred pounds.

Mr. Bennet's help gave the ladies strength, and three hundred pounds was enough to see them through.Waiting for next month, no matter how the dessert shop is, the income from the kite in the first half of the year will be put into their wallets, and then the ladies will be rich again.

Fortunately, without waiting for the lady to invest other income in it, the dessert shop will change greatly in the hands of skilled craftsmen: the color and texture of walnut wood are suitable for changing to Ming-style sample making, and the basic layout of the shop remains the same, but the eaves, Beam steps, doors and windows, Baibao partitions and screens are beyond imagination.The overall color is vermilion and black lacquer, and the vases, sculptures, paintings and curtains are arranged in a delicate style without losing the grand style.

The two ladies accepted the results on Sunday, which was completely beyond their imagination, and the building could be seen from at least half a mile away.People in the carriage kept hearing people passing by talking about this place, and people seemed to have just discovered that a new Ming-style dessert shop opened on the Thames River, and they were looking forward to it.

When she walked in, the baroness held her friend's hand, her footsteps were flimsy: "Is this really our store? Lizzie, I think I'm dreaming!"

A well-dressed lady passing by immediately asked the coachman to stop, and sent a maid to ask if the dessert shop was already entertaining customers?Because two ladies went in.

The clerk in a uniform white petticoat and plaid apron puffed up his chest, and politely walked to the front of the car to report to his wife: "Those two are the landlady of the shop. It's on lease."

"We will be opening soon, and we welcome distinguished guests like you to come! Our desserts are handcrafted by the noble families of the Ming Dynasty, and we will definitely surprise Madam."

The lady left with satisfaction, and the shop assistants were also happily waiting for their new clothes—Ms. Li's skirt was extremely beautiful, with more than a dozen skirts unfolding a little bit with her steps, revealing exquisite embroidery.The shop assistant thought, she doesn't need to be as exquisite as Mrs. Li's, as long as there is half of it, she can set off herself as dignified and beautiful as the ladies in the court.

Elizabeth found that the spirit of the people in the whole store was different. The shop assistants held their heads high, and the chefs were more able to adapt to this atmosphere. Everyone was full of energy.

"Are these boxes going to be given away with the desserts? Are they free?" Laura held a black lacquer box with a golden lacquer painted on it, and asked reluctantly: "It's such a pity! Once it starts If you put pastry in a box like this, then people won’t forgive you for using something else later. We’ll lose money with a box like this.”

Elizabeth shook her head, "This kind of lacquerware is not worth much, only the kind of carved, mother-of-pearl, inlaid jewels, gold and silver flake flat-bonded lacquerware... are valuable. Dear Laura, you know that our lacquerware How expensive are the pastries in the box?"

Deaf to Laura, she opened the lacquer box, which was lined with shiny, soft silk.

Baroness: ...

This will definitely lose money!

The author has something to say: Elizabeth is Master Lu's bole, and Master Lu saved the stomach of the flower soul.How lucky it is to meet a famous chef in a foreign country!

One hundred small red envelopes for comments in this chapter.In the season of warm spring and flowers blooming, everything is just right, so the fish has a little problem of staying in bed...

In view of the lateness and shortness, there should be more to eat around [-]:[-] tonight~

Now, fish go to the balcony to bask in the sun and have a rest.