Baguettes and Macarons

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Panna cotta is actually quite simple.While Louie doesn't often bake this soft, moist treat, it's also completely painless to make.He washed the freshly bought bio strawberries, raspberries, and jelly slices from the supermarket. The strawberries were cut into pieces and marinated with sugar, and the jelly slices were soaked in cold water.

When the auspicious slices are soaked, use a free stove to boil a pot of milk, pour in cream and a few vanilla pods, turn off the heat after boiling, then pour in the auspicious slices and stir evenly, pass through a strainer three times, and evenly Pour the milk without impurities into the pudding cup and let it cool naturally.

After the milk is processed, the strawberries and raspberries have also soaked the juice. At this time, the fruit and the juice must be poured into the pot together to cook into a thick jam.

While stirring the jam with a wooden spatula, Louis thought that the jams in his shop had always been handmade.His father never refused to use industrially made jams and canned food, and insisted on making jams by himself to season desserts.

But hand-made jams are time-consuming and not as sweet as the finished jams in the supermarket. The fried cakes filled with jams made with homemade jams and loved by children are always slightly sour, especially children.

Moreover, buying fresh fruit by yourself, not to mention the labor cost, is also extremely costly. You can buy two bottles of industrial jam for the cost of one jar of homemade jam.

Like Albert said, maybe the dim sum at Legrand Bakery is just expensive, dirty and unappealing.

"Damn..." Louie squeezed out a dirty word from between his teeth.

Before he could clean up his mind, the berries in the pot were already soft and sticky, and could not be cooked anymore.He quickly took the jam out of the pot, poured it into a clean glass bottle, and placed it with the pudding cups with the mouth open, letting it cool naturally.

Wait for both to drop to close to room temperature, then seal with tin foil, and put them in the freezer of the refrigerator to chill.

In order for the Geely sheet to solidify and form, it must be lowered to a low temperature.Before that, Louie had nothing to do.

After thinking about it, he simply picked up the bread basket, picked a few perfect croissants from the store, and went to the next door to visit.

As soon as he walked into Yu Chen's store, the sweet smell of black tea came over his face.Louis looked over and saw the white porcelain teapot stand on the tea table used to entertain customers, with a small candle burning in the middle, and the weak candle flame was placed on the bottom of the teapot so that the pot of tea would not cool down.

The silver bell on the glass door jingled, Yu Chen raised his head and said with a smile: "Are you back?"

Louis threw the bread basket to the side of the teapot, spread his long legs and sat on the vacant long sofa, and stretched out his hand: "Tea."

There were six teacups on the tray, and Ms. Mary and Yu Chen only used two. Louis naturally used his fingers to hook the one with the most beautiful bird painting on it from the teacup holder, and pushed it in front of Yu Chen.

This clearly meant to ask Yu Chen to pour tea for him.

Yu Chen poured half a cup of tea without complaint, stopped and asked him, "Clean tea or milk?"

"What do you say?"

Yu Chen spoke quickly: "Would you like to drink black tea directly or with milk? Today's tea is Assam black tea, which has a strong tea flavor. It is not recommended to add lemon. It is best to drink clear tea in the first pot and add milk in the second pot. You brought a croissant, which goes well with milk tea."

Grandma Mary teased, "You are so considerate."

"Because I don't want to disappoint today's tea, I want to introduce Mr. Legrand in detail." Yu Chen answered her and turned his head, "So Mr. Legrand, what do you want?"

"Coffee." Louie scratched his hair, "Nestlé."

Yu Chen lowered his eyes: "Sorry, I don't have instant coffee." He picked up the milk jug and added some milk, put a silver teaspoon on the saucer, and pushed it to Louis, "Please use it."

"When my husband and I were young, we would add milk and sugar to each other's coffee." Grandma Mary said kindly while watching this scene.

Yu Chen sat up straight: "You misunderstood, we are really just neighbors."

Grandma Mary showed a smile that saw through the truth, stopped talking about the relationship between men and men, and raised her teacup: "So, do you decide to accept my commission, Asdair?"

Yu Chen also immediately put her jokes behind her, and opened her binder: "Of course I can answer, but I still have a few detailed personal questions to ask, I don't know if you are inconvenient to answer them."

Mary nodded: "Of course it's convenient."

"Your occupation is a clothing store owner, so how much is your monthly income?"

"More than 500 Euros."

Louis interjected: "It's also very nervous to eat, Grandma Mary, do you have money to make clothes with him? His design fee is almost your entire monthly salary."

Yu Chen was taking notes on loose-leaf paper, and replied without raising his head: "Mr. Legrand, you are revealing my business secrets, and what you said is not the correct price. My charge is the total price of the final proposal clothing 5.00%, if the final plan is cheap, the design fee will be cheap. If the customer finally buys a luxury product, my fee will become expensive.”

Louis clicked his tongue and said, "It's unfair to the rich."

"'You love me, why not do it'." Yu Chen read a sentence that Louis could not understand, "Since both parties agree, it is a fair transaction. And——Ms. Mary, do you live alone now? Do you have any? Children?"

"No, I was widowed after my husband died."

"Sorry." Yu Chen said without sincerity, "Then let me confirm again, do you want to entrust me to design daily styles, right? This is rare among my clients. Most of the clients who entrust me to do designs are Get ready for important festivals, events, dates and interviews. May I ask, why do you want to change up your everyday look?"

Madam Mary smiled and said, "Isn't it because of you, sir?"

"Oh?"

"You made Jean-Luc new clothes and cut his hair. He turned from a beggar to a newspaper boy from a young age. Seeing his appearance and smile, I suddenly felt that I should not lock myself in the attic anymore. I wasted my little life in disgrace." Mary said, "I want to use your magical magic to brighten my gloomy widowed life."

She took a sip of black tea and blinked: "And I, I hope that I can be as beautiful as a girl, live the rest of my life, and meet my husband in God again. For that day that will eventually come , I also have to prepare in advance.”

Yu Chen chuckled twice, and said solemnly: "I like your idea very much, Ms. Mary, I will try my best. But I have a little suggestion, I would like to ask you to refer to it."

"Please say."

Yu Chen looked at her: "Most tailor-made formal clothes are prepared for business and social occasions. Because they are relatively expensive, they cannot cover daily life for middle-income people. In addition, you are of a moderate figure, and you should wear tailor-made clothes. It also fits very well, and there is no need for tailor-made. You are the owner of a clothing store, and I think it is the most cost-effective solution to choose the right clothes directly in your store and let me match them. What do you think?"

"I don't think so," Louis interjected. "Grandma Mary's ready-to-wear clothes are too ugly. Look, that's what I'm wearing."

To prove his point, he ripped open his leather jacket to reveal a T-shirt emblazoned with the word "rooster."

Yu Chen couldn't bear to look directly, and turned his eyes away: "I don't understand why you are so proud to show off your special... special choice. In short, let's talk about the specific situation after I have seen the quality of Ms. Mary's ready-to-wear. If necessary , we can go to the big department store to pick clothes.”

Mary smiled and said, "I think there should be some decent clothes in my store, which can save a lot of money, that's good."

"Please don't worry." Yu Chen said sternly, "A good image does not have to be created with luxury goods. Choosing the most suitable clothing is the key to designing your image. There are also excellent designs in relatively low-priced clothing. I This suggestion is based on the fact that you want everyday wear, unlike some social occasions where you need to wear expensive clothes to show your status, and comfort is more important, please don’t get me wrong.”

"I didn't misunderstand, you don't have to be so nervous." Mary opened her eyes wide.

Seeing that her expression was sincere, and her surprised expression didn't seem fake, Yu Chen let out a sigh, and pushed his glasses as if trying to hide his expression: "Sorry, I overreacted."

"It's okay, I don't mind." Mary put down the teacup, "This tea is delicious too. Fortunately, I asked Jean-Luc to push me out today. Not only did I see clothes I had never seen before, but I also drank such good tea. "

Yu Chen smiled and said, "It's not very expensive tea. This is Mariage Frères' canned Assam black tea. If you are interested, I can buy some for you next time I go to buy tea."

"Farewell, you'd better drink a few more cups here, Grandma Mary. The things he likes are very luxurious, and this tea is also very expensive."

"Monsieur Legrand, you seem to be very angry with me today, and have been tearing me down?"

"I am telling the truth."

Ms. Mary smoothed things over and said, "Okay, Alright, can I have another drink?"

"Of course." Yu Chen poured tea for her and added milk.Mary took a piece of croissant, tasted it, and said softly, "The croissants made by Louis are even more delicious than those made by old Legrand. You really have the talent to be a baker just like your father said."

Louis raised his eyebrows: "That's great."

Mary added: "As expected of a student who graduated from Renault."

Yu Chen widened his eyes.Louis said frankly: "In order to pay Renault's tuition, I spent all my parents' inheritance."

Renault is a private chef school with excellent teaching quality and excellent tuition fees.Usually, students who study Reynolds are aiming at the opportunity to work in Michelin restaurants and high-end hotels, otherwise they will not be able to earn back their tuition fees.

After graduating from Reynolds, he actually worked in a bakery in a slum area. This was the first time Yu Chen met.

"What kind of eyes do you have?" Lu Yi felt his gaze, and immediately stared back.