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Chapter 242 Zodiac Signs ([-])

The twelve zodiac pastries were determined, and several people made a detailed division of labor, and finally decided to let Zhang Guohua, the Su Pai with the most superb modeling skills, be responsible for the complicated dragon and chicken shapes.

The remaining ten animals received two animals according to the modeling skills of several people. Baiyu's craftsmanship was considered to be the last among them, so he chose the simplest rabbits and snakes.

After everything is arranged properly, everyone will go to choose the ingredients they need first.

The preparatory work for the Chinese pastry needs to be done well. The organizer has learned from the experience in the red case competition and allows everyone to make the sugar noodles in advance, which can save a lot of time during the official competition.

Master Zhan of the Cantonese school is going to make crystal leather mice and red monkeys.Among Cantonese pastries, there are actually pastries that are as crystal clear as Su Pai Chuan Dian, called Tiao Gao.

Master Zhan has devoted himself to the combination of traditional skills and new tastes in the past two years, so he naturally does not want to make traditional sweet and greasy fillings.

Turning his eyeballs, he grinned secretly, and when no one was paying attention to him, he secretly put a can on the corner shelf into his arms.

It was a square iron jar with a long string written in foreign characters on it.

He walked back to the cooking table, unscrewed the lid of the can, flicked his wrist, and shook out the brown powder with a special fragrance inside.

Master Zhou of the Ning School is a heroine, with slender fingers and can make complex and delicate dim sum. He chose the shape of a dog and a sheep.

The flour is sifted finely, and the kneading technique is soft yet firm, and there is a sense of flowing water between breaths and breaths.

Fujian chefs pay attention to the proportion of fillings, and are good at interpreting traditional things in different styles. They hope to make a fuss about the bellies of cows and pigs, so that the judges can feel the charm of southern Fujian fillings.

Baiyu has his own ideas. He is good at making pastry-type pastries, but he doesn't want to destroy the overall shape. He wants to use the inlay technique to endow the zodiac with different shapes.

Master Li of Guangling also has a lot of research on Su School skills. If you trace the origin one by one, both of them belonged to the same ancestor who created them thousands of years ago.It's just that Guangling is located in the middle of Jiang Province, connecting the north and the south, so the taste is more tolerant.

What he has to do is a tiger and a horse.It is simple and simple, the basic shape can be drawn out in the mind; it is difficult to say, the tiger needs to be furry, and the horse needs to fly with fluttering mane...

"Hey!" Master Li sighed and moved his muscles and bones around. This is another double test of physical strength and eyesight!
Zhang Guohua was also in high spirits.Thanks to everyone's fancy, I chose the ship point of Su Pai.Aside from joy, Zhang Guohua was also worried. He was a little scared. If he lost to the Northern Division in this match, he would have no face to see Jiangdong's elders.

Therefore, you can only win, not lose!
The craft of boat spotting has been passed down to this day, and it is already an intangible cultural heritage. There are not a few people in Su City who can make boat spots, but in terms of doing the best, they are the Zhang family.

The Zhang family has been cooking boat dishes hundreds of years ago, and his eldest sister, Zhang Aihua, is a leading boat dish master, and has even received foreign guests on behalf of Suzhou City!

When the boat is done well, the skin is the key.Zhang Guohua inserted his fingertips into the inlaid powder, and while drawing a circle clockwise, he felt the fineness of the powder.Wait until the inlaid powder is completely evenly sieved by fingers, add the warm water that has been tempered with cold and hot water, and stir well.The same steps are used to reconcile the gorgon powder, and after reconciling the two, knead it into a dough.

The dragon has to be golden in order to soar into the sky.The color of the boat spots, without any pigment, comes from the food itself.Mango and orange juice are squeezed separately, one is added to the dough and the other is added to the filling.Yellow and orange echo each other, dazzling and extraordinary.

……

Soon, it was time for the official competition on the second day.

The two teams shook hands with each other, enjoying themselves, turned around and went to their own cooking table, feeling a little tense again.

Zhang Hua, the master chef of the Beijing School, grinned, and said cruelly: "Come, let me see what cakes the master chefs of the Southern School make!"

The masters of the northern department followed behind him and made a gesture of anticipation.

The audience burst into laughter.

Even Liu Chenggao and the others showed smiles, Mr. Liu gave a "bah", pointed at him and scolded with a smile: "Well, you little Huazi, do you think the fight is not fierce enough?!"

Zhang Hua can be regarded as his apprentice's relationship, and he can often see him, so he naturally knows his virtue of fearing that the world will not be chaotic.

Chef Zhang hurriedly stood silently, and put his hands down respectfully: "Don't dare, I'm just kidding!"

The organizer said that they wanted the show effect!What can he do?He was the one who was used as a gun... the muzzle!
Say something silently...

In fact, he also enjoyed it.

That showman's appearance made the audience laugh again and again, and the tense and dignified atmosphere that had just emerged disappeared instantly.

"I'm so envious... Bai's competition is really fun..." Fang Zilu, who was also a supporter of the southern department today, said sourly, and poked Yu Jian who was sitting next to him, "Why are we so hard-working? "

Yu Jian sighed.

That's right... She also wanted to ask, why it was their turn, and it was a life-and-death situation...

"Where are your two girlfriends?" Fang Zilu was deeply impressed by the two little girls who followed Yu Jian. These three were like conjoined twins. Why was there only the eldest one and the other two babies?

Pointing to Huang Nuan who was not far away with a smile on her back: "There, the two of them are now staunch supporters of the Northern Department!"

Fang Zilu looked around, then turned to look at Yu Jian, showing an indescribable expression: "Cakes...you have to eat sweets!"

The determined tone undoubtedly shows that he is the most staunch supporter of sweet mouth.

With the sound of the gong, the masters started together.

After full fermentation, the dough has become the most perfect state, and the outer wrapping fresh-keeping bag is opened, and the colors are so colorful.

"Huh—what are they going to do?" Fang Zilu was a little confused, so he only knew how to make meat dishes. As for the white case, the next noodle wonton was a no-brainer, and no matter how complicated the pastry was, he could only stare blankly.

Yu Jian didn't speak, and all her attention was focused on Master Zhang's hand, dividing the dose, flattening it, putting the stuffing in it, wrapping it into a circle, and kneading it into a shape to stand on the table.

Body, head, claws, tail, beard...

these are……

dragon?
Continue to watch Master Li's actions in Guangling.

Round belly, erect ears, fangs, vertical eyes...

Is it a tiger?

The actions of the other master masters are ever-changing without leaving one of them.

Yu Jian observed quietly for a while, then showed a clear smile.

Zodiac.

If she's not mistaken, they want to make the Chinese Zodiac Su Pai Ship Point.

Faintly she became a little excited again.

Since the proprietress told her about the skill of boat spot, she read a lot of materials, and there are many records about boat dishes, but the records about boat spot are all in passing.

But those exquisite snacks are deeply imprinted in Yu Jian's heart, which is why she pays special attention to Master Zhang today.

It's just a pity that I haven't learned the most critical dough material combination.

She shook her head, reminding herself not to be too greedy. At this moment, Fang Zilv beside her suddenly let out a sharp gasp——

"what happened?"

Fang Zilu pointed at the stage with trembling fingertips, and his voice was also trembling: "Quick... look quickly! Dragon! Is that a dragon?!"

Looking along the fingertips, a five-clawed golden dragon came into view impressively, its eyes were like torches, its mouth was holding a bead, its scales shone under the light, and the claws flashed with silver light...

In just a few minutes, Zhang Guohua has already completed all the production of the Golden Dragon!

Yu Jian was horrified.

Such a complicated shape can be completed in an instant. What kind of dexterous hands are these? ?
(End of this chapter)