Stop pretending, I am the God of Cooking and I am showing off my cards!

It took nearly two months from before the engagement to now, and I finally completed the main mission.

This made Lin Xu feel comfortable.

For obsessive-compulsive disorder, it is so relaxing after the task is completed.

Take stock of the rewards: a perfect lost dish, a perfect griddle dish, a perfect pickled dish, three perfect learning cards, a thirty-minute experience card for special props, and a bonus perfect cooking technique raffle once.

No wonder everyone says autumn is the harvest season.

Now I really feel the joy of harvest.

Although in the last hidden mission lottery, I got the peppercorn chicken directly.

But Lin Xu didn't dare to take these rewards today.

It's better to let Dundun do the drawing.

This little guy seems to be able to directly pull out the most suitable dishes in the store, which is much better than trying his luck in a daze.

"Boss, we are the number one hot search!"

Just as he was muttering to himself, Zhuang Yizhou came over and showed Lin Xu his cell phone.

It ranks first on the hot search list in Yanjing area, followed by a dark red word "explosion". Obviously, this is a sign of rapid rise in popularity.

Under Lin Ji’s food topic, various netizens who had watched the video came in confused:

"It's fake, right? Are cats really that smart?"

"Can anyone tell me if it's a cutout show?"

"It doesn't look like it, and the people at the conference table chatted very naturally. It didn't look like acting, but more like Dundun jumped out to cause trouble when recording the video conference records."

"Friend Bao, I don't want to cause trouble."

"Yes, how can such a dedicated performance be causing trouble?"

"Let's just say, is it difficult for Dundun's acting skills to defeat those so-called young talents?"

"After the rise of short videos, everyone said that individual acting skills are better than professional actors. Now even kittens can beat professional actors in terms of acting skills."

"Don't let the professors at the film school see it, otherwise Dundun will be listed as a teaching material again."

"..."

Some outstanding scenes of some actors are often listed on the Internet as teaching materials for film majors such as China National Theater and Beijing Film Academy, and the schools can't help but jump out to refute the rumors.

If a scene in which an actor's acting skills are slightly more expressive is listed as a teaching material.

That film school can't graduate in eight years.

Lin Xu looked at the discussion among netizens and thought about the unintentional contributions of the fat reduction team and the sand sculpture team, and felt that it was time to reward them.

As a hero, you have to enjoy the food.

But what to do?

The entire crew except Dundun are all girls, and girls all like beautiful-looking food...

Appearance?

Lin Xu immediately thought of a snack he got before the Mid-Autumn Festival - lotus cake.

When it comes to presentation, few dishes can compare to lotus cakes, right?

Well, that's it.

I hope the fat loss team can continue their efforts and continue to shoot amazing short videos to make the topic of Linji Food even more popular.

At the same time, it also adds a wave of attention to your personal account.

It is an old tradition of UP owners in the food area to increase attention through cute pets. Today we will carry forward this tradition again.

Since you are making lotus cake, let’s start now.

Making this kind of palace snack is not very difficult, but it is quite tedious and requires preparation in advance.

First is the stuffing part.

In order to make the filling of the lotus cake look more like the stamens of the lotus, the filling needs to be made yellow. Lin Xu brought butter, eggs, milk powder, sugar powder, and shredded coconut.

Take the yolk part of the eggs and beat them together with the butter, sugar, powder and milk powder to form a thick paste.

The whipping must be in place so that the powdered sugar, cream, and milk powder are fully melted, and the egg yolks must also be fully dispersed.

The color of butter and egg yolk can make the filling have a color similar to lotus stamens, but if you want it to be closer to the real state, you need to add shredded coconut.

Shredded coconut can increase the viscosity of the filling, and the white shredded coconut will make the filling look closer to the stamen.

Add shredded coconut and mix well, carefully knead into a ball, then divide into small portions of about 20 grams and knead into balls.

In order to prevent melting, it needs to be placed in the freezer of the refrigerator after being rolled into small balls.

After the stuffing is done, it’s time to make the lotus dough.

The lotus dough is divided into water-oil skin and oil pastry. Wrap the pastry in water-oil skin and fold it repeatedly to create the effect of layered lotus petals.

This is a common step for making puff pastry. Almost all Chinese dim sum, as long as there is puff pastry, must be made using this technique.

Compared with ordinary puff pastry, the dough of lotus puff pastry also needs to be pigmented to make it pink like lotus, which looks more realistic.

There are many choices for pigments. You can choose more stable artificial pigments, or you can use natural pigments such as red yeast rice powder.

Lin Xu uses red yeast rice flour, which can turn into a beautiful light pink when diluted with flour.

Put low-gluten flour in a basin, then add an appropriate amount of lard and powdered sugar. Finally, use a seasoning spoon to scoop half a spoonful of red yeast rice flour into the basin, add warm water and knead it into a dough of moderate hardness.

The step of making puff pastry is called puff pastry in Chinese pastry making.

Lard is indispensable for any puff pastry.

It can even be said that the main source of "crispy" in Chinese pastry is lard. Without lard, most of the pastry would disappear.

Although some bakers dislike lard and use butter commonly used in Western pastries.

But there is a saying that the crisping effect of butter is far less than that of lard.

"Nowadays, those who make pastries on short video platforms are very disgusted when it comes to lard. It is high in calories and greasy. There are many recommendations to use butter. I have seen enough."

Wei Qian, a staunch supporter of lard, immediately came over when he saw Lin Xu making noodles with lard.

Seeing the light pink dough in the basin, he looked a little surprised:

"Holy shit, what snacks are you planning to make again? This pink and tender color is so in line with my taste."

Your aesthetic?

Lin Xu glanced at this guy, no wonder Tiantian adopted you as his wife, a very old man actually likes pink, tsk tsk tsk...

"If you're a tough guy, you have to use pink."

Wei Qian also realized that there was something wrong with his words, and quickly used the macho fan's jokes to make amends for himself.

"Today it reached the top of the hot search list. I'm going to make some lotus cakes to celebrate."

"Holy shit, this is really ingenious. I was confused when I saw the dough. Relatively speaking, the red case is more suitable for me."

Lin Xu kneaded the light pink dough smooth and then started making dough.

Each dose is 25 grams, separate and roll into small balls.

He had prepared forty stuffed balls before, so he separated forty small balls from the dough. After rolling them all into small balls, he covered them with plastic wrap and began to relax.

I was so busy just now that I forgot to calculate the amount of flour, which resulted in a little more pink dough.

"Let's leave it for now. I'll make some stuffing later if I can't."

He sealed the dough in a basin with plastic wrap and began to make the pastry.

The ingredients for pastry are relatively simple, just lard and low-gluten flour.

But the ingredients are simple, but the method is quite difficult.

Lin Xu wiped the workbench clean, then poured the prepared flour on it, and used a spatula to scoop out a shovelful of solidified lard and put it on top.

Then grab the flour and press it on the lard, press the flour with your palms and press down.

Then use a scraper to scoop up the lard stuck to the workbench, and press it with flour again, allowing the flour to blend with the lard little by little.

No water or other ingredients can be added in this step. Just use solidified lard to knead the flour into a dough bit by bit. The softness and hardness of the dough must be consistent with the pink watery skin.

For novices, this step is very difficult. If you are not careful, you will get lard on your hands, or because of the low temperature, the lard will not dissolve in the flour at all.

Don't worry if lard sticks to your hands, just rub it off with dry flour.

However, if it sticks to your hands, it means that the lard has melted. You should touch the dough and lard with your fingertips as much as possible to prevent the lard from continuing to melt if the temperature is too high.

In low temperature conditions, use the palm of your hand to rub it in the basin as much as possible, and let the lard melt with the temperature of your palm.

Once melted, the dough comes together much easier.

The finished puff pastry is a dough with a moist surface.

Like water-based dough, puff pastry also needs to be divided into small portions.

Lin Xu weighed 20 grams each and divided it into forty pieces. After dividing, he kneaded it into small balls with his hands, placed them in a corner of the workbench, and covered them with plastic wrap to prevent moisture loss.

As for the remaining pastry, put it in a basin, cover the mouth of the basin with plastic wrap, and store it in the refrigerator.

Pastry that is not used temporarily needs to be refrigerated or frozen and cannot be left at room temperature, otherwise the lard will melt and ooze out of the pastry, causing the pastry to become dry and hard.

Next, use your palms to press the loosened dough into a round cake, and then carefully wrap the puff pastry ball inside.

Wrap it and roll it into a round ball again, cover it with plastic wrap and continue to relax.

For each next step, you need to do one step and relax for ten minutes, and you cannot do it continuously.

Round pink balls were placed on the workbench, attracting the surrounding chefs to come over and take photos.

"Let me just say that all strong men like pink. What man can refuse this pink and tender color? I will have to taste it when it is ready."

Wei Gan came over to take a photo, and then posted it on Linji Food:

"To celebrate Lin Ji's food topic reaching the top of the hot search list, the boss personally cooked the delicious food. Can you guess what kind of snack it is with this tender pink color?"

As soon as it was posted, netizens who were discussing Dundun came together:

"Fuck, fuck, it looks so tempting."

"Isn't this the color we boys like?"

"I'm curious, is Dundun really that smart?"

"Whether that video was staged or real, can you, Mr. Lin, make it clear?"

"Why should we make it clear? Is the video illegal or does it violate some regulations?"

"That's right, these newcomers look like they grew up eating fish, otherwise why would they be so picky? As the Holy Master of Miao Miao Cult, I, Dundun, shouldn't be too smart to be smart?"

"..."

Wei Qian originally wanted to reply, but when he saw some netizens quarreling under his post, he wisely kept his mouth shut.

He was also very puzzled when he saw that video and had no idea how it was filmed.

If Dundun was really so smart, wouldn't he be watched from beginning to end by a cat when he usually winked at Tiantian when he went up and down the stairs?

When he thought of a bystander in this situation, Wei Qian wanted to dig out three rooms and one living room with his feet.

He flipped through the topic of Lin Ji Food. Some new netizens were questioning the authenticity of the video, but the number of likes on the video increased very quickly.

According to this progress, it is estimated that tomorrow the 500,000 likes required by Lin Xu will be achieved.

By the time the second half is released, maybe you will be able to find some clever answers.

In the West Fourth Ring Villa, the video of Dundun playing billiards has been filmed. Now everyone is gathering in front of the piano in the corner of the living room on the first floor, planning to film Dundun playing the piano.

"Can Dundun play?"

"It's quite awkward, but it's fine if you can put on a posture, you don't have to actually play."

"This is a Steinway. Are you afraid of damaging a million-dollar piano if you let a cat play with it?"

Baby Shen came over with cat nail clippers, pinched Dundun's claws and cut off the tips of the toenails one by one.

Cat's toenails will continue to grow, and the tips of the toenails need to be cut off regularly. Otherwise, if they grow too long, they will easily penetrate into the pads, causing inflammation and other conditions.

Also, cats whose toenails are too long are uncomfortable.

Baby Shen squatted next to the piano bench and pinched his paws to cut his nails. The little guy cooperated obediently. After cutting, he retracted his paws and showed his toenails to see if they were cut too short.

Such obedient cooperation made Dou Wenjing and Zeng Xiaoqi completely dumbfounded.

A few minutes ago, the two of them were watching a video posted by a Pet Up owner who cut his cat's nails and got bleeding after being scratched. The comment section was full of comments from netizens who were afraid to cut their cat's nails.

At that time, the two of them said that with Dundun's temper, it would take several people to cut her nails.

As a result, Dundun was very cooperative and patient.

Crying and complaining with the pet UP owner as if they are not the same species.

"Our Dundun is really different from other cats."

Geng Lele said with a smile:

"Of course, we are the holy masters of the Miao Miao Cult. How can we be compared to ordinary kittens?"

The toenails are trimmed, the lighting equipment is set up, and the camera is adjusted to the best angle.

While everyone was busy, Zeng Xiaoqi took out her mobile phone and wanted to see if there were any illegal comments under Lin Ji's food topic. If there were any, she should delete them quickly to avoid any negative impact.

Then she saw what Wei Qianfa was doing.

That pink, round ball suddenly made the chief photographer of the crew lose interest in working:

"Hey, Boss Lin is preparing delicious food in the store, should we go and have a look?"

After saying that, she held up her phone and flashed it to everyone.

Several girls who originally planned to take pictures until dark were immediately attracted by this snack.

"I think the National Day is seven days, so we can combine work and rest."

"Yes, it's okay if you are tired. The key is Dundun. Shooting all the time is too hard for the little guy."

"That's what I think too. Cats are inherently explosive and have poor patience. Let's go back."

"Well, even if we come back to shoot tomorrow, we can't just think about the shooting progress, we also have to consider the child's physical endurance."

"..."

After giving themselves a bunch of excuses, everyone began to pack their equipment.

I won’t take it back this time to avoid having to pull it back and forth.

But it has to be installed, especially the fill light, which is quite delicate and needs to be stored in a special bag.

After packing up, Baobao Shen planned to go upstairs to change clothes and bring some sweatshirts suitable for autumn.

Some of the others went to the bathroom, and some went to the kitchen to look for water, all preparing to go back.

In front of the piano, Dundun straightened up, pressed the keys with her paws, and then pressed the keys next to her. The speed was very slow, and the sound was inconsistent and seemed very jerky.

But if Han Shuzhen were here, she would definitely be able to hear that this was the "Butterfly Lovers" she played for the first time when she was holding Dundun at home to familiarize herself with the environment.

store.

Lin Xu flattened the relaxed dough with his hands, then took a small rolling pin and rolled it into a long ox tongue shape.

After rolling it out, fold up the lower half of the ox tongue-shaped strip, and then fold down the upper half to form a standard three-fold fold.

Fold it and put it back under the plastic wrap and continue to relax for ten minutes.

After it is relaxed, take it out and use a chopping board to roll the three-folded dough into the shape of beef tongue. After rolling out, continue to fold it in three consecutive folds and continue to relax.

In this operation, the dough will be pressed little by little to become thinner than the paper, and the pastry will gradually mix with the watery and oily crust, with only a little bit of grease separating them.

After this layer of fat is heated, the dough will peel off layer by layer.

This is how puff pastry comes to be.

After it has risen again, roll out the three-folded dough slightly to make it as round as possible. Then take out the stuffing from the refrigerator and wrap it with light pink dough.

Tuck the seam downward so that the front becomes a round ball.

Then use a thinner knife to make three cuts directly above the ball to divide the front ball into six equal parts.

After dividing, take some red yeast rice flour and mix it with water, then take a small brush dipped in water and brush it evenly on both sides of the knife edge.

This will give the blooming petals a dark red outline, which together with the light pink petals will look fairy-like.

After everything was done one by one, Lin Xu added vegetable oil to the pot, heated it to 40%, then turned the heat to low, then placed the prepared lotus cake embryos in a shallower mesh and gently put them into the oil pot.

Under the frying of low-temperature hot oil, the petals bloom little by little, and the outermost layers even bloom completely. They are slightly wrinkled when fried in the hot oil, really like a lotus on the verge of withering.

The light pink petals have dark red outlines, and they look very attractive even if they are not yet out of the pot.

This is by far the most beautiful dessert made in the store.

It's so high that people can't bear to eat it.

When frying lotus cakes, you need to be patient and fry them in low-temperature heat so that the petals can gradually bloom.

When it's almost fried, carefully remove it with a leak-proof drain and set it aside to control the oil.

At this time, the petals have been completely fried and are so crisp that they will break when touched, so be careful with every step. If you use a little more force, the flower may break.

"Wow, what a beautiful lotus!"

While he was busy, Baby Shen's exclamation came from the kitchen door.

She didn't expect that as soon as she returned to the store, she saw Xu Bao bring out a tender pink lotus flower with strokes from the oil pan.

Is this what you’re going to make today?

Isn’t the appearance too good?

"You guys shot such a good video, so I made some lotus cakes as a treat. This is what I promised Lele before, and today I have fulfilled my promise."

Lin Xu brought out the deep-fried lotus cake, and this beautiful snack immediately attracted waves of admiration.

Everyone took out their cell phone cameras and started taking pictures of these flowers.

"beautiful!"

"Just like the real thing."

"The strokes are so vivid that I don't even want to eat them."

"I'm not willing to eat it either. How about you eat mine and I eat yours?"

"Eating a child after changing it belongs to yes!"

"..."

Lin Xu returned to the kitchen and fried all the remaining lotus cakes.

When everyone was marveling at the beautifully presented dim sum, he put on his apron and walked down the stairs.

Damn it, it’s time to draw a lottery!

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