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The method of egg yolk pastry is more complicated than that of ordinary pastries, but since I opened the pastry shop, I have been making pastries every day. It is much easier to understand the method of egg yolk pastry than it is for novices.

Prepare some necessary materials, in addition to lard, water, different types of flour, red bean paste and salted egg yolk.

The salted egg yolk can be soaked in oil two days in advance to get rid of the fishy smell, and the same effect can be achieved by using an appropriate amount of white wine before making it.

Wrapping egg yolk crisps is simple. The skin is mainly divided into two types: oil skin and puff pastry. The two skins must be kneaded and proofed separately. ,Press from the middle to fold in half to form two flowers, and finally flatten it with your hands, so that the baked dough will be crispy when touched.

The finished dough can be wrapped with salted egg yolk and red bean paste in order to make a round shape. For better appearance, you can also use ordinary egg yolk to smash and spread on the surface of the egg yolk crisp, and sprinkle some sesame seeds.

In this era, there is no roasting machine, and everything has to be done manually. At first, Yang Ye was not used to it, but he took it for granted when he did a lot of it.

Ah Xi sat under the stove and lit the fire. In order to make the fire big enough, he specially used charcoal to burn it. It was cold today, but he didn’t feel hot under the stove. He looked at the pot with his hands on his chin and blinked. Blinking eyes, eyelashes fluttering, looking forward to this egg yolk cake.

In fact, every time Yang Ye made a new pastry, he was looking forward to it, but the two of them hadn't made a new pastry together for a long time.

Yang Ye went outside the house to wash his hands. After the winter night, the cold wind made his face hurt. Seeing that the night was late, he might get snow particles, so he shrank his neck, hurried back to the house, and closed the kitchen door. closed.

Seeing Ah Xi sitting under the stove, brightly illuminated by the fire, he went over and hugged the boy, as if he was hugging the stove, the cold air on his body was driven away.

"You are so cold!"

Ah Xi muttered, although he was dissatisfied, he still let the person hug him, and held Yang Ye's ice-cold palm, gently covering him to keep warm.

With such a caring person around, even on a cold day, my heart should be warm. Yang Ye kissed the top of Ah Xi's head. He held the young man's hand instead, and gently stroked the thick skin on his slender fingers. Cocoon, said in a gentle voice: "When the business of Fuxizhai expands in the future, let's buy a few servants, and we won't do these things in the future."

Ah Xi's hand paused: "Aye, do you think my hands are too thick?"

Yang Ye clenched the young man's hand: "I feel sorry for you, I don't want you to do too many things, a capable man, who would be willing to let his husband suffer."

A Xi leaned on Yang Ye's chest: "I, I didn't feel suffering, I was very, very happy with A Ye."

Yang Ye looked at the serious young man in front of him, and kissed him at the end of his eyes, so why not him.

"Okay, let me see if the egg yolk cake is ready, I have to give you a taste first."

When the egg yolk pastry came out of the pan, it was a bit bigger than the dough just put in, but it was not obvious that it was not steamed buns.

Yang Ye saw that it was already crispy, the surface was white and golden, and it looked pretty good, so he picked one up with chopsticks, cut it in half, and it was completely healed.

The outer skin of the egg yolk cake is very crispy, and you can hear the crisp sound when you bite it. The red bean paste filling is soft and sweet, and the egg yolk inside is sandy and crispy, and oil will come out. The taste is crispy and the overall taste is rich. Obviously, it is a delicious pastry.

Ah Xi originally loved to eat cakes. In the past, he only loved to eat sweet ones. He thought that cakes should be sweet. After eating Yang Ye’s cakes, the taste has been completely enriched. Sometimes sweet and sometimes sour. Now there are still crispy ones, and different pastries have different flavors. It is really difficult to tell the difference for a while.

To say which of these pastries came out is not his favorite nowadays.

The dinner was very full, Ah Xi still ate two egg yolk shortbreads, and wanted to try more, but Wen Han hadn't sent the salted eggs yet, these salted eggs were sent last time, Yang Ye wanted to make the finished product first Give everyone a taste, so that Wen Han can cooperate with him with confidence and boldness. Axi dare not eat more, afraid that he will have to take it out and taste it by then.

The eldest brother and sister-in-law stayed in the shop in the county seat, still busy with Yipinxiang, and they had to try the egg yolk cake.

After such a general distribution, there are only ten egg yolk shortbreads left.

When Yang Ye went to the county school the next day, he took these cakes with him, and honored three more to Master Xu.

Wen Han looked at the egg yolk crisps, which were no bigger than the palm of your hand, they were round and lit with sesame seeds, they were very good just by looking at their appearance, he really didn't expect that Yang Ye could make salted duck eggs into pastries, he was quite anxious Patiently tasted it.

After getting acquainted with Yang Ye, he got a lot of cakes to taste. He was obviously poor and couldn't afford these rare things, but he did some research on cakes.

"Well, you can rest assured now, if you don't send salted duck eggs, such a good pastry will not be able to be made."

Yang Ye saw Wen Han's infatuated expression, as if he had read a good poem, and thought it was very funny.

"According to what Brother Yang said." Wen Han said: "I have already told my mother about it, she is very happy, she collected the duck eggs yesterday and washed them, and can't wait to pickle them with salt."

Yang Ye nodded in satisfaction: "Then leave two for Li Cheng, and take the rest of the cakes back for Lingtang to taste."

Wen Han was flattered: "There are so many pastries, the value must be high, how can I have them?"

"Why are you being polite to me?"

"What did you leave for me?"

Li Cheng, who was always late, came into the classroom and heard the conversation between the two, and rushed to join him. Wen Han hurriedly brought the pastry over: "Try it quickly, this is Fuxizhai's new pastry."

Li Cheng glanced at Yang Ye: "New cakes? I haven't had enough of the previous hawthorn cakes, and there are new cakes."

While talking, he wrapped his hand with a towel and took an egg yolk crisp, took a bite of the crispy crumbs and sprinkled it on his neckline, even though he loves cleanliness, he didn't wave the crumbs at the first time, but ate the egg yolk crispy first.

"This taste is really special. It tastes a bit like a rose cake on the outside, but it has two flavors inside." Li Cheng moved his mouth: "What's the stuffing inside? Salted egg yolk? You can do that!"

"Hurry up, I'll ask the servants in the mansion to buy more. It just so happens that my father will go out to do business in a few days, and he is worried about what gift to bring. Now it's perfect to take this pastry to give to those masters."

Yang Ye said: "Don't worry, I haven't put it in Fuxizhai for sale yet, I just made it to try something new, since you want it, I'll send it to your house when the time comes."

After obtaining all the prescriptions for Yipinxiang, both sides have settled it thoroughly.The family replaced Yipinxiang's signboard with Fuxizhai's, and the interior furnishings were still the same as Fuxizhai's. Qian Shizhong still had some conscience, and all the pastry molds and so on were left in the shop. They save a little extra money.

Yang Ye liquidated the original pastry recipes of Yipinxiang, and stopped making some ordinary pastry shops. There are other small pastry shops in the county town, so let them leave a way for them to pick out and continue to make diligent efforts. , according to the rules of Fuxizhai, you have to draw small pictures to introduce these pastries, and everything has to be exquisite, and you are really busy at the time.

It's always slow to do things alone. Yang Ye asked his family to make some pastries with the recipe he got from Yipinxiang. On the one hand, he wanted to master the production method, try the texture, and see how the taste is. Draw a small picture.

Because there are many kinds of pastries made at home, Yang Ye couldn't draw small pictures, so he simply held a pastry banquet, invited the students in the classroom to participate, and asked the students to draw small pictures of the pastries, imitate poems and write essays, and so on. In the future, he can pick out good small pictures and collect good poems and articles. For the students who come to participate, they can not only taste the cakes with different flavors, but also compose poems, which is really elegant Very much, literati love this set the most.

He notified three days in advance, and those who are willing to go register at Wen Han's place. Within half a day, all the students in the classroom have signed up, and even Master Xu has expressed his willingness to participate. Naturally, Yang Ye welcomes it very much. However, what was even more surprising was that news of the pastry banquet kept spreading in the county school, and students in other classrooms were also very fascinated. Later, some bold people came to Yang Ye, hoping to participate.

Yang Ye graciously agreed, and asked those who wanted to sign up to find Wen Han. When the deadline came on the third day, there seemed to be nearly [-] people on the list Wen Han gave him, including three or four county school students. Not only that, but also the masters in other academies.

He didn't require applicants to be scholars, because they started to apply from their classrooms, so everyone defaulted that the requirement for registration was to be a scholar. After hearing this, the students in other schools felt regretful that their fame had not been achieved. In the end, Become the master of their school to participate.

On the registration form, Yang Ye also saw Qin Huaisheng who had met once before, that is, the accountant who made a fuss about leaving when he went to work in Fengxiang Building, and the scholar who opened the school supplies shop. and are on the list.

Wen Han said: "I see that most of the scholars in our county have signed up. If the government hadn't held a banquet, it would be difficult to have such a grandeur."

He couldn't help but also looked forward to tomorrow's banquet.

Yang Ye originally wanted to do it in the Xunya Room of Fengxiang Building, but there was no place that could accommodate so many people. Li Cheng always liked to be lively, and because he got close to Yang Ye, everyone agreed that the three of them were busy with the banquet together. He was also happy to participate, so he simply borrowed a place to hold a banquet for Yang Ye.

Li Cheng introduced a big house to Yang Ye. It has a small residence, but the garden is extremely large. It is no problem to accommodate five or sixty people. It was built mainly for entertaining guests. Li Cheng loves flowers and plants, and the garden was destroyed. Li Shi played very nicely.

"Such a nice place, are you really willing to lend me a banquet?" Yang Ye was very satisfied with the house, and holding a banquet here would have to be raised two grades.

Li Cheng kept waving his folding fan, and said gracefully: "Only such a good place is worthy of Fuxizhai's pastries. If it is elegant, it should be elegant. Besides, I'm not all for you, my father heard After this banquet, he felt that I was also a host, so he wanted me to bring out something, and then he would be able to join in the fun as a matter of course."

Yang Ye smiled helplessly, but they were really a family.

"Hey, don't look at the garden. I've already asked the servants to clean it up. Tomorrow I'll send someone to help get the cakes and decorate them. Don't worry. Just look, how about my new folding fan?" Li Cheng shook He shook the fan in his hand, and then swept his sleeves: "The clothes specially made for this banquet, the new materials are now in the capital, and the fan was sent back from there in a hurry!"

"Come on, why didn't you blow your fan?" Yang Ye glanced at him: "Are you going to a banquet or a beauty pageant?"

Li Cheng said: "This is called being cautious at all times and being decent at all times."

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