Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 119: First experience with small reunion cake (Part )

Shen Yu asked Yu Cheng to control the fire to the minimum, and then put the stirred golden liquid into the pot and stirred it constantly.

As the temperature slowly rises, the liquid becomes thicker and slowly changes into a solid state until it is fried into a fine sand-like state. It smells sweet and fragrant, and you can turn off the heat and let it cool.

After frying the golden sand and custard filling, Shen Yu felt his hands were sore. This is a job that requires endurance and patience. Once the filling is prepared, the crust and the filling are all ready.

The next step is to make small reunion cakes, which are the snow skin mooncakes in later generations.

Shen Yu thought of the colored dough made with vegetables when making flower cakes in the restaurant, so he turned around in the kitchen, found some beetroots and green leafy leaves, and made some food coloring juice in the same way.

Divide the pastry crust into one large portion and two small portions. Drop some vegetable juice into each of the two small portions and knead them evenly. You will get one pink and one light green snow skin pastry crust, plus a large snow-white snow skin pastry crust.

After making the ice skin, Shen Yu also made a small piece of puff pastry. His idea was that innovation was necessary while tradition could not be abandoned. Only by taking both into account could the dish be more popular.

Divide the pastry into dumpling-sized pieces, add appropriate amount of fillings according to the size of the pastry mold, seal the opening, pinch off the excess pastry at the opening, seal the opening, roll it into a round shape and set it aside, and a pastry blank is ready.

After finishing all the pie crusts, Shen Yu roughly counted them and nodded. It was not bad. Although it was just a trial, these fillings and pie crusts made a total of 62 pie crusts, nine in a box, so there would be enough for six boxes with a few left over.

Shen Yu took the cleaned and dried mold and sprinkled some fried glutinous rice flour into the mold to prevent it from sticking. He then made two pieces from one mold and pressed them one by one.

At this time, Li and Yutao had finished their work. Together with Jiang, they surrounded Shen Yu with great interest, watching her press cakes. Yucheng and Dundun saw this and followed suit. The whole family watched Shen Yu's actions intently.

As the small reunion cakes were knocked out of the mold one by one, several children couldn't help themselves. Yu Cheng looked at the little crab with its claws and teeth bared, then looked at the chubby little carp next to it and said, "Sister, this crab really looks like it, just like the one I caught by the stream in the village.

Shen Yu smiled and said, these are all made of puff pastry. When baking, add two small jujube paste balls as eyes, and it will look more like a dog. "

When all the dough is ready, brush the iron pan with oil, put the dough in, cover the pan, and bake over low heat.

Because there was no oven, someone had to stand by the pan when baking with an iron pan and turn the cakes over frequently to make the cakes golden on both sides with clear patterns.

Jiang sat by the stove adding firewood, while Shen Yu also stood by the pot. After the cake was baked and set, she brushed a layer of egg yolk on it to make it have a better color.

The Li family members were still looking at the finished snow skin mooncakes. Shen Yu smiled and said, "Mom, I specially made six more golden sand and custard fillings. The ones in the shape of peony flowers are them. You can each have one to taste first."

Li said, "How can you bear to eat this? It looks like a real flower. A few days ago you bought some small reunion cakes, and we all shared them and tasted them. You should keep this one to give to others or as a decoration."

Shen Yu said, "I saved all the stuff for demonstration. This is specially made for us to eat. This stuffing tastes the most special and is different from the stuffing you buy. Come and try it."

Li looked at the children. Although they were all sensible, they were eagerly waiting for Li's consent. She gritted her teeth and nodded, saying, "Then everyone can try one. This small reunion cake is very expensive. One can buy several meat buns."

Yucheng was used to being nagged by Li, and his mind was now full of thoughts. The filling that his elder sister mentioned was the most special and different from the ones bought. When he saw Li nod, he immediately reached out and took one and took a happy bite.

When Dun Dun heard Li say that one small reunion cake could buy several small reunion cakes, and then saw Li's distressed look, he hesitated for a moment and didn't dare to reach out to take it. He just watched Yucheng eat it sweetly.

"Brother Dun Dun, this one is for you."

Just as he was swallowing his saliva secretly, Yutao's sweet voice was audible. Dundun looked down and saw Yutao holding a small reunion cake in her hand, looking at him with a smile.

Dun Dun looked at Li, who was holding a mold in one hand, carefully comparing the patterns on the cakes she was making, and didn't even look at them.

Dun Dun carefully took the small reunion cake and bit off a little bit of the crust with his teeth. It was soft, glutinous and sweet, and tasted completely different from any cakes he had eaten before.

Seeing Dun Dun taking it, Yu Tao picked up another piece and handed it to Li, saying, "Mom, try it quickly. Sister said this filling is special."

Mrs. Li was a little reluctant to eat it at first, but now that her little daughter had handed it to her, she took it and said with a smile, "Forget it, I'll try it too."

Yutao then took a piece and started eating it in small bites.

The small reunion cake was not big, and Yu Cheng finished it in two or three bites. Only then did he realize that he ate too hastily and too quickly. He only tasted the salty and fragrant flavor, but before he could fully appreciate the taste, it was gone.

He watched the three Li family members eat the cakes in small bites, and asked Dun Dun with a drooling face: "Brother Dun Dun, is this cake delicious?"

Dun Dun was chewing the cake, not wanting to open his mouth to speak. He just let the golden custard filling slowly melt in his mouth. The moderate salty and sweet taste with a strong milky aroma made him want to finish the cake instead of talking to Yu Cheng.

He nodded in ecstasy and continued eating.

Seeing that Dun Dun, who he usually played well with, ignored him, Yu Cheng had no choice but to pester Yu Tao and ask, "Second sister, second sister, do you think this cake is delicious? What does it taste like?"

Yutao also ate it very sweetly.

She had eaten salted duck eggs before. When Shen Yu was making it, she and Li were kneading the dough and mixing the stuffing. She could only take a peek when she had time. She only knew that it was made with duck egg yolks.

She was still wondering at the time, how could duck egg yolks be delicious when used to make cakes and pastries, which are both salty and sweet? She never expected that they would be so delicious when used as fillings.

The filling is a little bit sandy, but when you put it in your mouth, there is a rich flavor that you have never tasted before. This is probably the taste of fresh milk.

It melts in your mouth as soon as you take a sip, filling your mouth with the freshness and fragrance. The collision of saltiness and sweetness actually makes it taste even better.

She swallowed the cake in her mouth, looked at Yu Cheng, and said slowly: "You ate it too, didn't you? I think it's delicious. The combination of salty and sweet is so delicious. When my sister made it, I was worried that it would not taste good."

Yu Cheng said a little frustratedly: "Really? Is it really delicious?"

Li was surprised and asked, "Yucheng, weren't you the first one to eat it? Why are you asking others about it? Don't you know whether it tastes good or not?"