Suddenly, an idea flashed through Mingyue's mind.
Her eyes suddenly lit up.
"I'd like to ask, can I go down and participate in this round of cooking?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone seemed to be frozen in place, stunned. Even the judges who were usually known for their composure had their eyes widened with expressions of disbelief on their faces.
Fu Shilang asked seriously, "Do you really want to participate in this round of cooking? Mingyue, this is no joke. You know, if your work is unsatisfactory, you will be eliminated. Besides, five or six minutes have already passed. Can you really finish a qualified dish in the remaining time?"
The staff of the program team couldn't help but whisper to each other, shaking their heads to express their disapproval of Mingyue's decision.
After all, in all the previous seasons of the show, they had never seen any contestant who took the initiative to increase the difficulty for himself like Mingyue.
Although everyone thought that Mingyue's decision was too reckless, the program team would naturally not miss such an opportunity that could become the highlight of this episode.
So, the director of the program quietly stood behind the camera and calmly gestured to the judges, suggesting that they should agree to Mingyue's proposal.
Wen Qi repeated this to Mingyue, saying solemnly, "Since you want to participate, you're giving up your chance to advance and will also have to participate in the next round of evaluation. This also means that if you make a mistake during the competition, you'll face elimination. Have you really thought this through?"
Mingyue smiled calmly and nodded without hesitation, "Yes, I'm absolutely sure!"
Hearing Mingyue's decisive answer, Wen Qi couldn't help but frown slightly, but she kindly reminded him, "Well, since you've made up your mind, then hurry up and act. There are only 31 minutes left before the game begins, so hurry up."
Before she finished her words, Mingyue moved as quickly as an arrow. She ran down from the second floor and rushed towards the food room.
After entering the food room, Mingyue did not hesitate at all. She locked her eyes precisely on the ingredients that she had planned to use in advance and put them into her pocket one by one.
Since Mingyue had already thought about the required ingredients and detailed cooking steps in her mind and made a clear list, the whole process went smoothly and was completed in one go. It only took about a minute to get the required ingredients.
Immediately afterwards, Mingyue turned around and rushed to the cooking table like a whirlwind with her arms full of ingredients and started cooking.
When the judges saw her like this, they were really curious about what Mingyue was going to do.
It’s almost time now, so I might as well go down and take a look around.
At Mingyue's place, she poured the mixture of whipped cream and milk into three pots, put jasmine flowers in one pot, rose flowers in one pot, and matcha powder in one pot, stirring constantly with a spatula to prevent it from sticking to the pot.
Just then, several judges came to Mingyue.
They watched Mingyue's every move with great interest, curiosity and anticipation in their eyes.
"Mingyue, I have to say that your decision this time is really bold! What exactly made you give up the chance to advance and choose to return to the stage and participate in this fierce competition?" Yuwen Yi asked first.
Mingyue didn't stop what she was doing. She smiled and replied, "Dear judges, actually, I think this episode's theme is very interesting, full of challenges and creativity. It inspires me and makes me eager to try it out. I want to constantly surpass myself and achieve self-improvement by creating unique dishes."
After hearing Mingyue's explanation, the judges nodded in understanding.
Wen Qi took over the conversation and said, "In that case, let's not ask you about your specific plans for now. Let's keep it a little mysterious. I look forward to the dessert you finally present."
Mingyue nodded hurriedly. At the moment, she was fully focused on the cooking work in front of her, and even finding it difficult to spare a moment to look the judges in the eye seemed a little difficult.
She poured some corn starch and an appropriate amount of sugar into three pots, then slowly stirred them with a long-handled wooden spoon.
As she turned her wrist, the originally thin liquid in the pot gradually became thicker, emitting bursts of tempting aroma.
When it was stirred until thick, she poured the condensed custard into a mold that had been brushed with a thin layer of oil, and then quickly put the mold into the quick-freezer nearby.
While waiting for the jelly to take shape, Mingyue did not stop at all. She immediately started to process the fresh pumpkin flowers placed next to her.
She first carefully picked off the pistil of the pumpkin flower, leaving only the tender petals, and then picked up the peony flower and peeled off its soft petals one by one for later use.
At the same time, she also prepared the egg liquid and batter for frying food.
All preparations are proceeding in an orderly manner.
After doing this, the custard should have solidified.
Mingyue took out three kinds of solidified jelly from the quick-freezer.
These milk jellies are like pieces of crystal clear jade, exuding a hint of coolness.
Cut the panna cotta into appropriate sizes and stuff them one by one between the petals of the pumpkin flowers you have just processed.
Then, she cut a small strip of matcha-flavored jelly, wrapped it evenly with the batter, and rolled it in the pink peony petals, so that the surface of the jelly was dipped in the petals.
Finally, roll the entire custard in the golden egg liquid so that it is covered with egg liquid all over, and then coat it with batter again.
After completing this series of operations, she put the piece of jelly wrapped in petals into the boiling oil pan and started frying it without hesitation.
That’s right, Mingyue makes an innovative version of fried milk.
She replaced the outer covering of traditional fried milk with flowers.
After the pumpkin flowers and matcha jelly in the pot are fried, Mingyue cuts the peony matcha jelly rolls into small pieces.
She picked up a brush, dipped it in the emerald green matcha liquid, and gently drew a horizontal line in the center of the snow-white plate.
Then, three small and exquisite matcha jelly rolls were placed on the horizontal line.
Three freshly fried golden pumpkin flowers were lightly placed on top of the jelly roll.
This clever combination makes the entire platter look both refined and harmonious, neither too much nor too little, just right.
Finally, Mingyue did not forget to embellish the entire plate with fresh green mint leaves and those star-like, colorful little flowers.
In this way, a beautiful fried flower milk is finally done!
It is like a gourmet masterpiece that came out of a fairy tale world. It is so mouth-watering that you can’t bear to eat it and destroy this beauty.
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The fried milk with fresh flowers was just my imagination, I couldn't find a suitable picture.
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