She wants to make two kinds of desserts, cream cake and egg tart.
However, if she were to participate in a competition, she would choose cream cake because she likes cream more than egg tarts.
She had looked at Mingyue Pastry Shop yesterday. Although there were many kinds of pastries there, there were no desserts such as cream or chocolate.
Mingyue Dim Sum Shop is one of the best dim sum shops in Dajin. If they don’t have it, probably no other shop has it either.
In other words, the Jin Kingdom in the book had not yet invented the method of making cream, nor did it have chocolate, and the same went for egg tarts.
In the past, in modern times, whether it was cream cakes, egg tarts, or chocolate, they were all popular desserts. I think they would be no worse here.
But she had never seen chocolate before. Maybe there weren't even any raw materials here...
After working hard for half the afternoon, I finally made the cream cake and egg tarts.
Su Li tried two desserts and the cake was a great success.
As for the egg tarts, the egg tart core is good, but the egg tart crust is not crispy enough.
After all, there was no electricity in that era, no appliances like ovens, so she couldn't bake a crispy egg tart crust.
But overall, it is still delicious. Maybe she can do without the egg tart crust and just make the egg tart core as a dessert.
It was almost evening and the cook in the mansion was about to start cooking. She didn't waste any time and quickly cleaned up the stove before leaving.
He returned to Qinxiang Courtyard, tidied up his appearance, and then went to the side hall to pick up Pei Ji.
I have to say that the miracle doctor Huitian is really amazing. Pei Ji's legs have recovered very well. Just yesterday, he still felt pain in his legs after walking for a while. Today, he had another acupuncture and medicine bath. He did not stop to rest until he walked back to Qinxiangyuan. He no longer felt pain and walked much more smoothly than yesterday.
The next day, Su Li got up early to make cream.
The dim sum competition is at 2 p.m. and contestants need to bring their own ingredients.
She thought of making the cream first. Firstly, the cream formula and production method were an exclusive secret recipe here, which could make her a lot of money in the future, so of course she would not make it public.
Secondly, you can also chill the cream during this period, which will make it taste better.
It is winter now, so as long as you put the prepared cream in a house without heating, it will be like putting it in a natural refrigerator.
As for the cake base, I will make it at the competition site. After all, soft pastries are available here and the recipes are basically the same.
After lunch, Su Li sent Pei Ji to the side hall as usual, then returned to Qinxiangyuan, took the prepared competition materials and went to the commercial street.
The competition took place in front of Mingyue Dim Sum Shop, the shop where Su Li bought dim sum the day before yesterday.
When she arrived, she saw a tall and spacious shed built in front of the shop. It was very warm with a floor heating system inside.
There is a temporary stove in the shed for contestants to steam desserts, and there are several steps at the other end with ten judges' seats on top.
As all the contestants entered the tent, judges began to arrive one after another.
There are ten judges in total, eight of whom are female.
After all, it is a dessert, which is mostly preferred by women and children. When women taste it, they can more accurately find the best and most popular desserts.
There are also two male judges, and it is said that one of them is the eldest son of the Yu family, and the young master of Mingyue Dim Sum Shop.
Su Li looked at the two handsome young men on the judges' panel and couldn't tell which one was the eldest son of the Yu family. After all, she really didn't know him.
Seeing that the time was almost up, the middle-aged man hosting the competition stepped in front of the judges' table and announced to the contestants, "The time for making pastries this time is one hour."
Following the gong's clang, the man continued, "The competition begins! Contestants, please begin making your cakes."
There are ten judges in total, which means she needs to make ten copies of the same dessert.
She first prepared the cake base and then put them together in the steamer to steam.
After the cake base is steamed, she pours it out of the mold and waits for it to cool completely. One hour is two hours, which is not a short time. She is not in a hurry.
Then cut the cooled cake base into ten small pieces, all in triangular shape.
Then she placed the cake bases on exquisite porcelain plates that she brought with her. The first step to making a good pastry is of course to make it eye-catching, whether it is the appearance of the pastry itself or the plate that wraps it.
Then open the box of cream and start spreading cream around the cake base.
The reason why the Yu family chose to hold the competition outdoors was, of course, to attract others to watch. The shed was not obstructed on all sides, which made it easier for people who came to watch the competition to see it.
When everyone saw the white cream Su Li took out, they couldn't help but wonder: "What is that white thing?"
"Is it flour?"
"It doesn't look like it. How can the color of flour be so bright..."
"What on earth is it?"
"I don't know, I've never seen it..."
Everyone was talking at once, and Yu Wuyan, who was sitting on the judges' panel, also noticed it.
Even though he was well-versed in various pastry ingredients, he couldn't figure out what the white, soft substance was.
Su Li was concentrating on making the cake and of course had no time to pay attention to other people's attention to her. After spreading the cream on the cake base, she took out the cream colored with fruits and vegetables and decorated the cake with flowers.
In addition to the primary colors, she mixed three colors of cream: orange, light green and light purple, and then decorated each cake with three cream flowers of different colors.
The people outside the shed began to discuss curiously again: "What is that?"
"Or colorful?"
The girl, about fifteen or sixteen years old, exclaimed in surprise, "She looks so beautiful!"
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