Chapter 207: Food and Wine (I)
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Buddha jumping over the wall. There are two versions, one is the Poor Man's Edition and the other is the Deluxe Edition.
Naturally, what Richie wants to do is the deluxe version.
Buddha jumping over the wall can be much more difficult than the boiling water leaves, there are eighteen kinds of main ingredients alone, the ingredients are countless, swimming in the water, flying in the sky, running on the ground, everything, and the main ingredients are all muddy, the characteristics of each material are so obvious, want to let them penetrate each other, but do not lose their own flavor, so that the soft and tender meat, rich and fragrant, fat but not greasy, taste in taste, this is not easy.
As for the method, it is even more complicated, the Buddha jumping over the wall is not to put the eighteen main ingredients together to cook, must be cooked separately first, forcing out the original taste of each food, frying, stir-frying, boiling, frying, eighteen kinds of cooking skills, is the same. Then put it together and cook it.
This is equivalent to this dish, almost all cooking methods have to be exhausted, and it is really a collection of thousands of essences.
Even in the later generations, if you want to eat an authentic Buddha jumping over the wall, it is hard to find.
Can a dish made in this way not taste good?
It's no wonder that the British queen who grew up eating Western food was very fond of this Buddha jumping over the wall.
Li Qi is very interested in studying this Buddha jumping over the wall, because this Buddha jumping over the wall is the last dish he made for his father as an apprentice when he left the school, and it is also the most perfect dish.
If you use a dish to consider a chef's ability, then this Buddha jumping over the wall is really suitable, because as long as you are not skilled in a cooking technique, or do not understand the taste of one of the main ingredients, the taste of the dish will naturally be greatly reduced.
Difficult-to-treat materials such as sea cucumbers, abalone, shark fins, dried scallops, and fish lips are naturally handled by Li Qi himself.
Simpler materials such as chickens, ducks, ham, and pig's trotters were handed over to Wu Xiaoliu and others.
The four masters and apprentices were busy, and the kitchen knife in their hands was like a racket in Song Huizong's hand, they couldn't put it down, and Li Qi also showed that long-lost smile and beads of sweat on his face.
Unconsciously, more than two hours have passed, this Buddha jumped over the wall also to the last step, Li Qi sweated profusely and put the cooked materials into the jar layer by layer, sealed it with lotus leaves, covered, and made sure that even a trace of fragrance could not run out, he put the jar on the stove, and the firewood he chose the wooden solid and non-smoking white charcoal. With a long breath, he said to Wu Xiaoliu: "Sixth son, don't do anything this afternoon, give me a good look at this fire, remember, after the fire is boiled, simmer it on a slight fire for two or three hours, don't mess it up for me." ”
Wu Xiaoliu nodded and said, "Hey, I remember." ”
Li Qi instructed them a few more words, and then went downstairs to ask Song Huizong to move to the Qin Mansion.
The group came to the Qin Mansion in a mighty way.
If the ancestors of the Qin family knew that the emperor had come to their house, it was estimated that they would really jump out of the coffin, which was a great honor in ancient times.
Song Huizong seemed to only want to know the secrets of the world's unparalleled, and didn't want to swagger through the market, so when he came to the Qin Mansion, he didn't even alarm Mrs. Qin, so he went straight to the wine field, even for those subordinates, Song Huizong did not reveal his identity.
At the beginning, in order to increase the amount of wine, Li Qi also expanded the wine field once, anyway, there are few people in the Qin Mansion, and now in the wine field, there are more than 20 winemakers working around five stills.
These twenty or so winemakers, who are the parents of those bartenders, were all cultivated by Li Qi.
"Wow! What a strong aroma of wine! As soon as Song Huizong entered the wine field, he smelled a strong aroma of wine, and exclaimed. Such a strong aroma of wine, he smelled it for the first time in his life.
When those winemakers saw Li Qi and Wang Zhongling coming, they stopped one after another and saluted the two: "Master, Master Li." ”
Wang Zhongling hurriedly said: "Come over and meet Zhao Daguan." ”
Song Huizong hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No need, you guys continue to be busy, I-I just want to come and see it today." ”
Wang Zhongling said to the winemakers again: "You guys continue to be busy." ”
The winesmiths glanced at Li Qi at the same time, after all, they only listened to Li Qi.
After Li Qi nodded, they continued to work.
Song Huizong was like a child with a strong thirst for knowledge at this time, he walked to the side of the still, surrounded the still transformed from the alchemy furnace, walked around a few times, looked left and right, and said to Li Qi: "Li Qi, are they practicing the elixir?" ”
Alchemy elixir?
Li Qi was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "Great official, this is not practicing the elixir, but making wine." This guy's name is Distiller, and the world I brewed is also known as distilled spirit. ”
"Oh? What is a distilled spirit? Song Huizong said curiously.
As soon as Li Qi opened his mouth, Yu Guang suddenly saw Gao Yu's eyes flashing rapidly, like the expression of a profiteer seeing benefits. After a pause, he roughly explained to Song Huizong, what he said was just some skin, the core things, he didn't say it, but even if he said it, it is estimated that Song Huizong would not understand.
Song Huizong was half-understood, turned around again, smelled the fragrance and came to the edge of the cold trough, saw the liquid like clear water dripping out of the tube, and said curiously: "This is wine?" ”
Richie snorted.
"Can I taste it?"
Li Qi shook his head and said: "Daguanren, this wine has just come out of the still, it is strong, spicy, and easy to intoxicate, it is better not to taste it." ”
"I don't believe it."
Song Huizong shook his head and said to Liang Shicheng: "Liang Si, you go and try." ”
He and Liang Shicheng had a private interview, and when there were people, they generally called Liang Shi "Liang Si." ”
"Huh?"
Liang Shicheng looked stunned, but immediately reacted, nodded and said, "Yes, big official." But he was depressed and said, why am I again?
This emperor is really a loss. Li Qi smiled secretly in his heart, scooped out a small scoop from the barrel, handed it to Liang Shicheng and said, "Fourth Master Liang, you just need to take a sip, don't drink more." ”
Liang Shicheng saw Li Qi's solemn appearance, and he was even more scared, but under the pressure of Song Huizong, he still took the scoop, and as soon as he put it to his mouth, a strong smell of wine almost choked him, held his breath, took a sip, and exclaimed: "It's so spicy, it's so spicy, it's really spicy, water, water." ”
Li Qi hurriedly asked someone to hand him a cup of tea.
Liang Shicheng picked up whoever poured.
Song Huizong looked at him like this, so he believed Li Qi's words, nodded, and said to Li Qi: "You said that the delicious and delicious world is made of this kind of wine that is difficult to eat?" ”
Li Qi nodded and said, "Yes, big official, please come to me." ”
Li Qi led Song Huizong to a room behind a wine field, which was full of wine barrels.
Rich asked someone to bring some juice, egg whites, milk and other ingredients.
"Great official, in fact, the secret of this unparalleled in the world is the same as cooking, which is made by matching various ingredients together." Richie explained.
"Oh?"
Song Huizong frowned, pointed to those materials and said, "You mean, mix these things with wine?" Can this be drunk? ”
"Of course. How dare I deceive you. ”
Li Qi smiled slightly, poured out a glass of wine from the barrel at will, also like boiling water, and said, "This is the wine that Liang Siye just went outside to drink, do you want to try it again?" ”
Several people shook their heads at the same time, especially Liang Shicheng, who shook his head vigorously and said, "Excuse me, this wine is really unpleasant." ”
A sly smile flashed in Li Qi's eyes, in fact, the wine he poured now had already been blended, only about forty degrees, and the wine outside was at least sixty degrees, and this wine was not so spicy.
He did this because he was afraid that if Song Huizong was curious to see how the wine was blended, he would suffer. He wasn't worried about Song Huizong, he was naturally guarding against Gao Yu, Liang Shicheng, this secret recipe was priceless, how could Li Qi sue them lightly.
"Hurry up and get it." Song Huizong urged.
"Yes."
Li Qi nodded, only to see him take out five bowls, five cups, and a special iron cover.
Song Huizong saw that he mixed milk, egg whites, and juice together at will, sometimes shaking, sometimes stirring, and even the posture of shaking the wine was very good-looking, and several people were dizzying.
Soon, as if by magic, Li Qi made five glasses of wine of different colors with a pleasant aroma.
But when you see five glasses of wine, one is fiery red, one is pale green, one is pink, and two are colorful and dazzling, just looking at it, they are all so pleasing to the eye.
Song Huizong and the others gasped in unison, staring at the five glasses of wine with dead eyes, and swallowing their saliva vigorously.
Li Qi looked at the expressions on their faces, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, poured out a small glass from each bowl of wine, and then said to Song Huizong: "Great official, please taste." ”
Song Huizong was stunned and said, "This-can you drink this?" ”
Li Qi smiled confidently: "Of course." ”
"Then I'll try."
Song Huizong coughed lightly, picked up the first cup of fiery red wine, took a sip, smacked a few times, and nodded: "Good wine, good wine, rich and fragrant, just a small sip, the body is a little hot, it is really comfortable." ”
As he spoke, he picked up a second glass of pale green wine, tasted it, shook his head, and said with a look of enjoyment: "It's amazing that it's fragrant, sweet and smooth, and the taste of the previous glass of wine is diametrically opposed." ”
Saying that, he shook his head incredulously, and couldn't wait to pick up the third glass of pink wine, take a sip, and praise: "Sweet and delicious, like a sweet spring." ”
After tasting the third cup, Song Huizong had already taken it thoroughly, and the next two cups made him even more addicted, he didn't know how to describe it, his face was full of shock, and said: "Li Qi, what are these wines called?" Is it also one of the best in the world? ”
Li Qi smiled faintly and said, "The big officials are smiling, in fact, these five glasses of wine are just my impromptu work." ”
"What?"
Song Huizong was stunned, and after a long while, he reacted, his voice became a little trembling, and said, "You mean, you can also make many kinds of fine wines like these." ”
Li Qi nodded and said, "As long as the materials are sufficient, it should be fine." ”
Song Huizong suddenly realized and said, "This--this is the kind of novel wine culture you are talking about?" ”
"Not bad."
Li Qi said: "However, if you ask me to make a wine that is exactly the same as these five glasses of wine now, I am afraid that I will not be able to do it, because the amount cannot be exactly the same every time, and the strength of each stirring and shaking cannot be exactly the same, and the juice will taste different after a long time, which can directly affect the taste of the wine, as long as you taste it carefully, you can distinguish it, which is the meaning of the world's unique, that is, no glass of wine tastes exactly the same." ”
"No wonder you said that there is no secret recipe for this wine."
Song Huizong said, and suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, "There is no one in the world, what a world is unparalleled, haha." ”