After Tian An washed comfortably with hot water, Chun Xi handed her a warm hot water bottle for her to hold, and then Dong Ru helped her to dress up.
Tian An looked at the hot water bottle in his hand and said, "When did you buy this thing?"
Chun Xi replied with a smile, "The young master asked Butler Chen to buy it early this morning. He immediately asked us to cook it as soon as he got it back. We've been keeping it ready!"
Hearing this, Tian An felt a little touched. He didn't expect that he had remembered it all in his heart!
After finishing her makeup, Chunxi took out a bowl of meatball soup from the food box and said, "This bowl of glutinous rice meatballs with ginger and brown sugar was also made by the master. He said that it's snowing outside today, and eating this will warm you up if you're afraid of the cold. He also ordered that all the food be brought to you inside to eat. If you have nothing else to do, don't go out."
It's impossible not to go out, she has important things to do today!
After finishing a whole bowl of ginger and brown sugar glutinous rice balls with a sweet taste, Tian An even had a thin layer of sweat on his head.
After resting for a while and waiting for his body to calm down, Tian An put on gloves, earmuffs and a scarf at Chun Xi's urging before going out.
As he walked out, he asked, "Have the gloves and scarves made at the farm been delivered?"
Chunxi replied, "My lady, they have all been brought back. Sister Lanniang and the others took them out to sell along with the velvet flower hairpins."
Tian An asked again: "Has Liu Dading's milk been delivered? And are all the things I want ready?"
"Miss, the milk was delivered early this morning. I checked it and it's very fresh. Everything you requested is also ready. The oven you requested was also built yesterday."
Tian An first went to see the oven. The craftsmanship of the master was very good. It was better than the one built in Shangba Village before. The details were also handled very well. It could be used in two days, which was about the same time.
This room has been cleaned very cleanly. According to Tian An's request, it has been arranged into a room dedicated to making snacks. A partition is built in the middle to separate the oven and the outside room, making it cleaner and more convenient to operate.
Two large buckets of fresh milk were delivered. Tian An's task today was to make butter, light cream, and condensed milk from the fresh milk.
She wants to start a pastry business, and these things are indispensable.
Chunxi had already had the tools needed washed and dried in advance.
Tian An first asked two maids to start boiling milk in a specially customized pot.
Cook the milk over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally to prevent it from sticking. Once it boils, cook for a few seconds. This step is mainly to sterilize the milk at high temperature. Freshly squeezed milk contains some bacteria and cannot be drunk directly. This step is very important.
After the boiled milk is cooked, it needs to be cooled to room temperature and then refrigerated. Although there is no refrigerator here, it is snowing outside now, which is like a natural refrigerator.
And the house they bought was indeed the home of a corrupt official. Although it wasn't as large as the old aristocratic families, it was small but fully equipped. It even had a cold storage. Later, Chen Qiang and his men would fill the cold storage with ice, so they would have ice available even when the weather got hot.
Boiled milk needs to be refrigerated for half a day before it can be extracted into butter.
While waiting for the milk to refrigerate, Tian An began to teach everyone how to make condensed milk.
Condensed milk is very easy to make; all you need is milk and sugar.
Pour milk and sugar into a clean, water-free and oil-free pot, then keep on low heat and stir constantly until it becomes thick and condensed milk.
Although the process is simple, it is quite labor-intensive. Condensed milk can be kept for a long time, so Tian An made more. At first, two women took turns stirring it. When they couldn't do it anymore, Chunxi and Qingmei took over. After everyone had a turn, the process was complete.
After the condensed milk has cooled, Tian An has people package it in small jars and seal them for storage so they can take it out and use it whenever they want.
After the condensed milk was made, it was already noon. After everyone finished their meal, Tian An took them to make meat floss.
To make meat floss, you need to use completely lean pork. This time I just wanted to teach Qingmei and the others and give them a demonstration, so I only bought a few pork tenderloins.
After washing the pork tenderloin, remove the fascia from the meat and then cut it into small pieces.
Then blanch the meat with scallions, ginger, and cooking wine until cooked. After the meat is cooked, remove it, rinse it with clean water, drain it, and then beat it with a rolling pin to loosen it up. Then tear it into shreds according to the texture of the meat.
Tian An looked around at the maids and servants who were still rubbing their wrists, and decided to fry the pork floss himself. However, just as he was about to grab the spatula, Chun Xi took it away first.
"Girl, just tell us what to do. Why do you have to do it yourself?"
The others also said, "Yeah! There are so many of us here! How can we let you do that?"
"Okay! Then I'll make the sauce and I'll leave the rest to you."
Tian An took out a small bowl, put in light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, salt, thirteen spices and chicken powder and mixed them evenly to make the sauce.
The thirteen spices and chicken powder were taught to Chunxi and the others when they were making cold dishes in Shangba Village in order to make chili oil. Later on, they added the ingredients themselves and Tian An never intervened.
Still in a pot without oil or water, pour the shredded meat, then pour in the sauce, and cook on low heat. Chunxi starts to stir-fry with a wooden spatula.
When the moisture is gradually dried up and the color of the shredded meat begins to darken, remove it from the pan.
Then wait for it to cool down, and rub it with your hands to make it thinner.
Tian An felt that it was necessary to research whether she could make a meat grinder. Otherwise, it would be too troublesome and costly. How much would she have to sell these snacks for to justify the labor costs?
After the meat floss is rubbed into pieces, put it back into the pot and stir-fry over low heat until all the moisture is dried up. The meat floss is then ready.
Looking at the golden fried meat floss, Tian An couldn't help but pick up some with chopsticks and put it in his mouth.
Mmm! This is the long-missed taste! Happiness came so suddenly.
She changed her mind. "Everyone is very tired today, so let's skip the butter and cream and make a meat floss cake first! You can also refrigerate the milk overnight."
However, making meat floss cake wasn't easy either! Beating the egg whites alone nearly broke everyone's hands.
Tian An felt a little guilty, and decided to find a way to make an egg beater that would save effort when he got home, otherwise what would he do in the future?
When the egg whites are beaten, they become a mixture of flour, egg yolks and milk. Finally, stir the beaten egg whites and egg yolk paste several times until evenly mixed, and the batter is ready.
Since the oven is not working yet, I just used an iron pan.
Brush a thin layer of oil on the iron pan, then carefully scoop the batter onto it and fry it into small round cakes that are golden on both sides and cooked through.
Then take out the condensed milk you made that morning. Spread the cake with condensed milk and then sprinkle it with meat floss. Now you have a simple meat floss cake!
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