"Sizi, remember to sprinkle some flour on the dough before kneading it~"
Seeing the little girl's embarrassed face, Zhou Yu hurried forward and pulled the dough off her hand.
As he spoke, he sprinkled some flour on her chubby little hands.
As the chubby little hands were rubbed together, the dough remaining on the hands was quickly cleaned up.
Looking at the little hand that had turned white, the little girl smiled and said, "So this is what it looks like~ It's a woji island~"
As he spoke, his chubby little hands had already reached into the flour again.
The next moment, the entire chopping board was covered with scattered flour.
Seeing this, Zhou Yu quickly stopped him and said, "Sizi, don't sprinkle too much flour~"
"Why?"
The little girl was very confused.
"Because if you sprinkle too much flour, the dough will lose its stickiness and the dumplings will fall apart when you cook them."
While cleaning up the excess flour, Zhou Yu patiently explained the reason to the little girl.
When the others heard this, they all looked enlightened.
With Zhou Yu's explanation and personal demonstration, Li Lizhi and Li Chengqian, who were responsible for rolling out the noodles, quickly mastered the trick.
Even Chengyang and Xiaonaituanzi successfully kneaded the dough into long strips after several attempts.
After kneading the dough, the next step is to cut the dough.
During this work Zhou Yu did not ask anyone else for help, but took a kitchen knife and cut the dough into the size of an adult's thumb one by one.
After cutting, sprinkle some flour on the dough, and then it’s time to roll out the dough.
Press the cut dough hard to form a coin-sized pancake.
Turn the dough with your left hand and roll the rolling pin with your right hand. As the dough turns a circle, a round dumpling wrapper appears on the chopping board.
When others saw Zhou Yu's smooth movements, they immediately had the illusion that they could do it too.
So, without waiting for Zhou Yu to demonstrate again, everyone present rushed to imitate him.
First, press the dough.
This is not difficult.
As long as the angle of force is correct, the dough can basically be pressed into a roughly round shape.
The success of the first step boosts the confidence of all those who try.
Holding the rolling pins in their hands, a group of people immediately started rolling the dough.
Um?
What is going on?
I clearly wanted to press the dough into a round shape, but when I applied force, it turned into a long strip?
Just now, when I saw the young man rolling out the dough, it seemed like the dough was turning by itself.
But why is it that when it comes to me, no matter how hard I pull it, it won’t turn?
For a moment, not only the little girl, but also Empress Zhangsun and Concubine Zhang who were trying it together, all looked at a loss.
"Xiao Yu, is there any trick to rolling out dumpling wrappers?"
After trying several times, she still couldn't roll out a round dumpling wrapper. Empress Changsun looked at Zhou Yu in confusion.
Hearing this, Zhou Yu chuckled, then shook the rolling pin in his hand and said, "Nothing special, just practice makes perfect."
Empress Changsun: ...
After filling a small amount, Zhou Yu said seriously, "Don't worry about letting the dough turn by itself at the beginning. Even if you stop turning the dough, as long as you can roll out a round dumpling wrapper, it will be fine."
"Okay, I'll try again."
After listening to Zhou Yu's explanation, Empress Changsun also understood that this seemed to require more practice.
So, I took another piece of dough, flattened it with my palm, and then rolled it with a rolling pin.
Since I didn't intend to complete it in one go, I moved much more slowly.
After two or three adjustments, I actually rolled out a dumpling wrapper that looked similar to Zhou Yu's.
Seeing this, others quickly followed suit.
Even the little kid finally succeeded in rolling out a dumpling wrapper after countless attempts.
Holding the nearly transparent dumpling wrapper in his hand, the little person looked very proud, "Little Nianjun, don't you think I'm very smart?"
"Yeah, not bad, Mingda is awesome. It would be even better if you could roll it as big as mine next time."
Faced with the little girl's bragging, Zhou Yu naturally did not hesitate to praise her.
After encouraging her, he set a clear goal for the little girl.
So, the little dumpling, who was originally very proud of himself, quickly threw himself into the challenge again.
As everyone became more skilled, more and more dumpling wrappers were rolled out.
Seeing this, Zhou Yu immediately went to the dumpling filling and started wrapping it.
Upon seeing this, Empress Changsun and Concubine Zhang quickly leaned over and began to study seriously.
As for Qinglan and other maids, although they had no chance, they did not even blink.
They all knew that this might be the only chance for Zhou Yu to demonstrate in person.
From now on, if we want to eat dumplings in the villa, it will definitely be them who will do it.
If I can't master the skills of making dumplings now, it will be troublesome for me and others in the future.
Taking the dumpling wrapper in his hand and flattening it, Zhou Yu scooped a spoonful of dumpling filling with a spoon and explained to everyone: "The size of the dumpling wrapper is different, and the amount of filling is also different.
Generally speaking, the filling in dumplings should not be too much or too little.
If there are too many, the edges of the dumplings cannot be pinched tightly and will not stick together firmly, and they will fall apart when cooked in the pot.
If there is too little, the dumplings will not fall apart, but the texture and taste will naturally be worse because there is less filling.
The best way to fill the dumpling with filling is to pinch the edges of the dumpling wrapper tightly and make the dumpling round and full.
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