Chapter 353 It's like a performance
Princess Lejia and Zhou Ying stood aside, staring at the movements of Shen Huazheng's hands without blinking, afraid of missing any important steps.
Shen Huazheng repeatedly rotated the large basin in cold water, which not only cooled it down, but also used centrifugal force to squeeze out the bubbles in the syrup.
Under the action of centrifugal force, the syrup spreads around, slowly cools and condenses, turning into an amber sugar ball.
After the syrup in the basin had completely solidified, Shen Huazheng had someone take out the sugar balls in the basin and let them solidify and cool.
"Now you can start shaking off the white."
As she spoke, Shen Huazheng glanced at Zhou Ying again.
The two have been working together for so long that they have already developed a tacit understanding.
But at a glance, Zhou Ying understood that Shen Huazheng would need her assistance in the next step.
Fortunately, she had washed her hands long ago and had been waiting there.
Throwing white is also called throwing candy. Throwing candy is not actually throwing, but pulling.
Shen Huazheng had someone hang a clean candy stick on the wall long ago, and she hung the candy ball on the stick.
First use the candy stick to stretch the candy ball, and then while the candy is still hot, Shen Huazheng and Zhou Ying work together to pull it.
The sugar balls are repeatedly stretched, swung, and stretched in their hands. A series of repeated overlapping actions fill the sugar paste with air, forming a thin tube shape.
The amber surface that was constantly stretched and elongated seemed to be shining, which was very tempting to look at.
During this process, the amber sugar ball gradually turns into milky white and finally becomes a long sugar strip.
At this point, the step of "getting rid of white hair" has been successfully completed.
There is one last crucial step - closing the hole.
The purpose of closing the hole is to allow air to enter and form a natural hollow.
Before closing the holes, the sugar paste needs to be baked over charcoal fire to soften it.
If it is too soft, it cannot be hollow; if it is too hard, it is difficult to shape. The hardness and softness must be controlled well.
After the sugar paste softened, Zhou Ying, under Shen Huazheng's instructions, worked together with her to close the holes in the sugar onions.
The two people folded it one by one, pulling and pulling, and their movements were smooth, just like practicing Tai Chi.
As they moved, air entered the sugar paste, which soon created a hollow space inside, with holes forming and multiplying.
After the final stretch, Shen Huazheng had someone cut off the head and tail, and fanned it with a fan to cool it down and speed up its formation.
Princess Lejia was so excited watching from the side that she almost wanted to clap and cheer.
This is amazing too!!
This isn't making snacks, it's clearly a performance.
It can be said to be full of beauty!!
No wonder Zheng Zheng said this dim sum is very unique.
But it is indeed a bit complicated and she can't learn it for the time being.
Alas, I can only shamelessly ask Zheng Zheng for more.
Chen Huazheng looked at the cooled and shaped sugar onions with satisfaction: "Cousin Ying, you have made a great contribution to our success in making the sugar onions this time."
The tacit understanding is tested when two people play the game of "flipping the candy". If the two people don't cooperate well, the candy will become hard.
Of course Zhou Ying understood what Shen Huazheng was talking about. She just smiled and then looked at the sugar onion in front of her.
I didn't expect that the sugar ball after repeated stretching and extension would look like this in the end.
However, it looks like it should be delicious.
Princess Lejia couldn't help but ask, "Zhengzheng, is it ready?"
She couldn't wait to taste the sugar onions.
Shen Huazheng: "There is only one last step left."
As soon as she finished speaking, Qingzhi Qingtang took a hot knife and cut the sugar onions into small pieces.
Freshly made sugar shallots are very crisp and must be cut into small pieces with a hot knife.
When the hot blade touches the sugar onions, the sugar at the cut will automatically dissolve, thus avoiding the sugar onions from being cut into pieces.
Chen Huazheng had the candied onions wrapped in fried glutinous rice flour, and after going through the "ice and fire" process, they were finally ready.
Princess Lejia came forward to take a look and saw delicate lines on the cut sugar onions.
The cut surface clearly shows a large hole surrounded by small holes, and the through holes in the middle do look like onion holes.
"Wow, there are so many holes. No wonder it's called sugar onion. It looks like it."
Chen Huazheng smiled and said, "The holes and size of sugar onions are very particular. The number and size of holes made will be different, and the taste will be different."
There are a certain number of holes in the sugar onion. Each sugar onion has 16 large holes, and each large hole is surrounded by 16 small holes. (A picture is attached here)
The holes should not be too small, otherwise it will not be crispy enough.
This is what makes a perfect piece of sugar onion.
Princess Lejia: "Zhengzheng, does this have to be rolled up in a pancake to eat?"
Although Zheng Zheng had just told her how to eat sugar onions, she still wanted to try what it tasted like when eaten directly.
Seeing Princess Lejia drooling with greed, Chen Huazheng couldn't help but laugh: "You can also eat it directly, but it might be a little sweet."
She picked up a smaller piece of sugar onion on the side and gave it to her, then picked up another piece and handed it to Zhou Ying.
Princess Lejia took it with a smile: "I just like sweet food."
As she spoke, she took a bite of the milky white sugar onion in her hand.
It has a crispy and crunchy texture that melts in your mouth.
It has the taste of maltose, but the taste is completely different from maltose.
It tastes sweet and delicious, and the most amazing thing is that it doesn’t stick to your teeth at all.
So delicious!!
Zhou Ying also savored the sugar onion carefully. It tasted layered, sweet and crispy.
Just now, she followed Shen Huazheng to complete the "shaking white" step. She knew very well that the sugar ball had a soft and sticky texture before it was formed.
I didn’t expect that after all that pulling, the sugar onion could actually turn from sticky to crispy.
Zhou Ying swallowed the sugar onion in her mouth and said, "It's delicious, but it's a bit greasy if you eat too much."
No wonder Zheng'er didn't give it to them at first, but emphasized that they should wrap it in pancakes and eat it.
Chen Huazheng also tasted a small piece: "That's why it should be eaten with pancakes."
Princess Lejia took the opportunity to pick up another piece and started eating it happily.
She won't feel bored, hehehe~~~
Chen Huazheng: "Let's go, sugar onions should be paired with pancakes and other condiments, and it's better to eat them with tea."
When Princess Lejia heard that there were other condiments, she immediately followed behind Chen Huazheng: "Zhengzheng, wait for me."
Zhou Ying smiled and shook her head, then followed him out of the kitchen.
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