food color system

At lunch time, the fragrant dishes were placed on the mahogany Eight Immortals table, and more than a dozen delicious delicacies filled the entire table.But the delicacies made by the chef have not been served yet, because Zhuo Yichen is still cooking.

It's incomprehensible to start with, the majestic chef, who ordered it personally by the master, has been knocking with the earthy and thick eggs for so long!Is this for embroidery in the kitchen?Is this new kitchen knife really reliable?

Work slowly and carefully.Zhuo Yichen only made two dishes. For these two dishes, he carefully separated the eggshell, egg white, and egg yolk.

Egg whites and yolks, served with diced fresh shiitake mushrooms and baby bamboo shoots.This is one of the dishes, but this one is extraordinarily gorgeous and delicate.It even has a poetic and picturesque name: Manjiang Mingyue Luhuaqiu.

Another dish is that after Zhuo Yichen carefully poured out the egg liquid, he polished the edges of the eggshells with a knife, so that the empty eggshells formed a bowl-shaped semicircle.Then put fresh water shield, diced shrimp, diced bamboo shoots, and ingredients into this "egg bowl", and then put the "egg bowl" on a deep porcelain plate. Zhuo Yichen placed several plates, all of which were Add the fresh and thick soup, and then turn on the fire under the stove.

However, what Zhuo Yichen uses is not a small steamer that accumulates layers, but clay pottery cooking utensils with better airtightness, which is a cooking method between boiling and steaming.The thick soup is now turned into hot steam under the high fire, which evaporates along the channel in the center of the clay pot, and when it is cold, it will liquefy again into soup, steaming and cooking.The fresh air of the thick soup is transpired, liquefied, and circulated in each layer of pottery, which can maximize the wonderful taste of both soup and eggs.

This thick soup is very particular. The chicken soup has a mellow taste, and the black fish boiled soup has a fresh and spicy taste. You can even use sweet soup.Zhuo Yichen chose chicken soup, because he had cooked black-bone chicken, so he poured some thick soup over.

The long-term high-temperature cooking makes the trace elements and calcium in the eggshell mixed with the special fragrance of water shield and winter bamboo shoots dissolve into the soup on each layer of deep-mouthed porcelain plates, and the hard eggshell becomes soft. It can be eaten directly one spoon at a time.

This time, Shao Boyun also sat on the Eight Immortals.

Shao Ningzhong was both surprised and delighted, and said: "What kind of delicacies are you going to serve today, so that you can even attract your father? Father, are you not angry with your son? I'll just say that our Taichang Temple Qingfu still wants more or less food." Put on a show, otherwise, other officials will say that our Shao family is used to being poor..."

Shao Boyun only said: "From now on, I won't care about Shao's kitchen."

When Shao Ningzhong heard this, he immediately refused, "Father, can you stop saying such things?"

"I can't stand Master Shao's arrogance. I have found another famous chef. He may be able to meet your wishes."

Shao Ningzhong immediately persuaded, "Father, don't be angry, you still keep watching the back kitchen, can I reduce the amount of ingredients by half?"

Shao Boyun shook his head.

"It can only be half, it can't be reduced any more. Dad..."

"This famous chef will definitely take over from me. I am an old bone, I can't do it anymore. I can just have brown rice porridge all day long, and I can't do anything else."

"Father..." Shao Ningzhong wanted to persuade him again, but Shao Boyun waved his hand and interrupted him.

Shao Boyun stood up, cleared a space in the middle of the table, and recruited Zhuo Yichen who was standing in front of the door, "Come on, come in quickly."

Zhuo Yichen put the large porcelain plate on the table, announced the name of the dish aloud, and then lifted the lid.

That porcelain basin was the biggest one in the kitchen, five times the size of an ordinary plate!A clear spring in the basin is as white as jade, and there are many golden stars dotted in it, and a big round moon is dotted on the upper right.At the same time, a seductive fresh fragrance overflowed from this plate of bright moon and jade water.

The helpers in the back kitchen were all waiting in the living room, and now they finally understood.It turned out that when the head knife was smashed against the eggs in the kitchen, it actually separated the egg whites, and put the clear egg whites without any impurities into the porcelain plate. This is the clear river water.Then fry the beaten egg yolk until golden, sprinkle it into the egg white, and this is the star.And the round bright moon is exactly the unbroken egg yolk.Finally, put the porcelain dish into a big steamer and steam it for a long time after soup.

Zhuo Yichen respectfully said: "Everyone, this steamed egg has to be eaten while it is hot. For the best texture and taste, the egg white liquid, the main ingredient in this dish, is only steamed until it is half mature. If it is cold, it will produce a little fishy smell. "

Shao Ningzhong didn't like eggs very much, but at the moment he also picked up the spoon and leaned forward with great interest, but he didn't know where to start. He held the small spoon in mid-air and stopped again.

He said with emotion: "This plate of "full river, bright moon and reed flowers and autumn", which is unparalleled in shape and meaning, makes people unable to bear to destroy it! I really can't let go of it!"

Zhuo Yichen smiled and said, "Master Shao, don't worry. The food is for eating after all. Just take a spoonful and taste it."

Shao Ningzhong bowed and said, "Father please first."

"it is good!"

Shao Boyun stretched out his hand with the spoon and scooped it up together with the surrounding golden stars. He admired it for a moment before slowly putting the spoon into his mouth.

The seven-percent solidified egg white is smooth and tender, like a high-quality suet cream. The clear agar nectar melts between the lips and tongue, and there is no fishy smell of eggs, but a faint fragrance.When the teeth lightly bit the egg yolk, I immediately tasted another kind of pastry. The two flavors are combined and lingering on the tip of the tongue.

At this time, Shao Ningzhong, his wife, and the young master of the Shao family also scooped up a round of "river water" and tasted it carefully.

Shao Boyun smacked for a moment, then asked Shao Ningzhong beside him, "Tell me, what is the mystery of the egg yolk and egg white?"

Zhuo Yichen hurriedly said, "Xuan Miao can never be called that..."

But Shao Boyun said: "It's okay, he is the Minister of Taichang Temple himself, if he can't taste the taste of this dish, then he will abdicate and let the virtuous."

Hearing this, Shao Ningzhong smiled, carefully felt the unique taste with the tip of his tongue, and then replied: "There is a fragrance of winter bamboo shoots in the egg white liquid, I'm afraid it must be ground into powder and sprinkled. And the egg white is just fried in oil. Well, there is no fishy smell at all, and it is very delicious after steaming with chicken soup."

Zhuo Yichen nodded, "Really."

Shao Boyun added, "In addition to winter bamboo shoots, there are mushrooms and shrimp powder."

"Exactly!"

The others were too greedy after hearing the conversation between the three, so Chef Erdao couldn't help but leaned over to take a look.

Zhuo Yichen said: "I specially made such a big plate, just to let everyone have a taste. I wonder if Master Shao will agree?"

Shao Boyun also looked at his son.

Shao Ningzhong immediately nodded and waved his hand, "Of course. Come on," he put the big porcelain plate into the hands of Chef Erdao, "Go, let everyone in the house try it."

The chef said cheerfully, "Thank you, sir and the chef!"

After this dish was withdrawn, Zhuo Yichen served the second dish. He made many dishes, but he only served one dish.As soon as he entered the hall, the people sitting beside the Eight Immortals stood up one after another.Zhuo Yichen respectfully put the dishes on the table.

Shao Ningzhong asked in surprise: "This, this is actually an eggshell? How can it be so beautiful?"

Mrs. Shao also smiled and said, "That's right, the egg shell is white, with fresh green inside, it's really pretty."

The little boy couldn't wait any longer, stretched out his chubby hand, and scooped up one tremblingly with a spoon.Children have little strength, and the eggshell is semicircular, dangling on the spoon.Mrs. Shao quickly held it up with her chopsticks, but the eggshell was soft, as if it was holding glutinous rice balls.

"Mom, I want to eat, I want to eat!" the little boy called out.

Mrs. Shao just carried it into the young master's mouth with her chopsticks, and the semicircular egg bowl didn't fall off at all, really like rice dumplings.Zhuo Yichen met Madam Shang's surprise gaze, so he explained with a smile, "I coated a layer of potato flour and fried it in a frying pan."

This plate was left on the dining table, and Zhuo Yichen asked the cooks to bring the rest to the people in the house to taste one by one.

Shao Ningzhong was in a good mood and started chatting, "I remember you always forced me to eat raw eggs when I was young. At that time, our family was too poor to waste oil and water for an egg, so you let me eat raw. I am I still remember the taste until now! It was so fishy that I wanted to vomit, but I didn’t dare to really vomit. After being fed like this by you, I have always hated eggs.”

Shao Boyun stared, "Aren't you as strong as a cow!"

Shao Ningzhong laughed, and the lady next to him couldn't help laughing.

The little boy also giggled and joined in the fun, waving his chubby hand, "I, I... I want to eat raw eggs too!"

Madam grabbed his chubby hand and patted it, "That's poor..." The voice stopped abruptly.She gave the old man a slightly embarrassed look.Shao Boyun didn't think much of it, "I was originally a person who grew up in the yellow land, and I am indeed poor. You are right."

As soon as Shao Lao finished speaking, the hall was silent for a while.

After a while, Shao Ningzhong turned to his father, and said slowly: "Father, Ningzhong made a mistake. Instead of drinking water and thinking about the source, he abandoned everything."

Old Shao didn't speak.

"Father, you can still have dinner with us in the future. I will listen to you, and I will also listen to you about the kitchen."

Old Shao sighed softly, "I have already handed over the Shao's back kitchen to that young man, your father and I are really old."

"What's the background of this young man? Where did you dig out such a number one person? The chef of Tianyi Pavilion."

Old Shao shook his head, "He is the pair of brothers I mentioned to you earlier, I met on the street..."

Before he finished speaking, Shao Ningzhong stood up excitedly, "Father! Could he be His Royal Highness the Prince who was sent out of the palace by the emperor? He is actually in the back kitchen of our Shao Mansion, even if he wants to protect the safety, he is not the protector." !" Shao Ningzhong clapped his hands heavily, "Isn't this life and death ruining my life!"

When Mrs. Shao heard her husband's words, she also became anxious, and hurriedly said: "Old ancestor, why did you invite the current crown prince to the back cook of our house?! This is a crime of disrespect!"

"Okay!" Shao Boyun patted the table, "Who said Mr. Zhuo is now the crown prince?! His Royal Highness has been pampered since he was a child, how can he have such cooking skills! Don't even think about it!"

Shao Ningzhong, who was running around in a hurry, finally stopped, turned around and looked at his own father eagerly.

"Father, you should have said it earlier, you scared me to death just now..."

"Sit down quickly! The majestic Taichang Siqing, what do you look like in a panic!"

Shao Ningzhong immediately sat back, still anxiously tapping his fingers on the wooden table, "Then this famous chef is the elder brother of His Highness the Crown Prince? Or, younger brother?"

Shao Boyun said: "You have a close relationship with His Royal Highness, so you are not afraid of being so presumptuous!"

"Yes..." Shao Ning responded, "Then, that... Who is that?"

"Mr. Zhuo is the eldest son of the Zhuo family. Regardless of his young age, he has excellent cooking skills. It is a pity that he was buried in the countryside. In my opinion, the Shao family is only lucky to be able to keep this Buddha temporarily. Enter the palace."

Shao Ningzhong murmured: "That's natural. After all, with too...a high-ranking person by his side, he will eventually become rich and powerful. Besides, that young man is neat in doing things and handsome, so he shouldn't will be buried."

Shao Boyun stroked his beard with far-sighted eyes.

"Father, should we take the initiative to do something? Should we escort Mrs.... that one back to the palace?"

Shao Boyun glared at his son, "How can you determine his identity? Wouldn't it be absurd to do so rashly!"

"Father, you are not in court now, so you don't know anything!" Shao Ningzhong shunned his wife, children and servants, and there were only two people left in the hall. He just leaned into his father's ear and whispered, "It is said that the prince I have a twin brother..."

Shao Boyun was shocked and said: "This is a rumor, don't listen to it! You can't speculate on the royal affairs!"

Shao Ningzhong pulled his father to sit down again, "I heard that Prime Minister You and Concubine Zhuang both sent people to look for it. This matter was originally considered a secret of the Zhuang family, but a body was salvaged in Taiping Lake a few months ago. The person who died was the eunuch in Concubine Zhuang’s palace! The officials found a letter from the corpse, which roughly said that the prince’s younger brother was probably living among the people, but the rest of the writing was blurred. People only see this. But that night, the Ministry of Justice suppressed this matter. The body of the little eunuch was burnt so hard that it was impossible to see. I am afraid that Concubine Zhuang was trying to avoid being implicated..."

Shao Boyun snorted coldly, "You are not doing business with the salary of the imperial court, but you are listening to these unofficial secrets!"

"Father!" Shao Ningzhong was in a hurry, and quickly explained, "I don't want to know this! It was King Jing who summoned me today at Maoshi. I went early and there was no guard to introduce me, so I went inside by myself, and happened to hear The conversation between Prince Jing and Prime Minister Right also shocked me at the time!"

Shao Boyun stared at his son, "You won't be discovered by King Jing!"

"No, no!" Shao Ningzhong shook his head violently, "I left immediately, I still walked outside and waited. Later, a guard took me in."

"It doesn't mean that Prince Jing didn't know you were eavesdropping!"

"Father, if he finds out, can I come back alive?!"

Hearing his son's words, Shao Boyun calmed down, but his expression became more and more dignified.

After a while, he sighed heavily.

"Stay away from Prince Jing, be sure!"