Chapter 210 Making Mooncakes
The emperor said to himself, it's a good thing I don't have the habit of cutting off my sleeves, otherwise sooner or later I would be broken by your boy.
He shook his head, sighed and went to wash up.
Pei Yuan quickly followed, ready to wash his face.
Alas, it was still discovered!
Su Xiaoxiao's cured duck was finally ready, and she thought that she would be able to cook a cured duck hotpot for the emperor in the next few days.
There is also fried duck, and when the emperor leaves, we plan to bring him an extra bacon duck back to Beijing to eat.
As soon as the Hungry Ghost Festival is over, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival.
This was Su Xiaoxiao's first Mid-Autumn Festival in ancient times. Su Xiaoxiao looked at the moon that was getting rounder every day in the sky, and the longing in her heart began to slowly increase. Although she could not reunite with her family, she could Live this holiday well.
The emperor ate the cured duck hotpot and was astonished.
"I have never eaten such delicious hot pot. This time it is an eye-opener for me."
Su Xiaoxiao said in her heart, you, the emperor, have been fooled, why haven't you eaten anything? He looks so ignorant, so sad!
Su Xiaoxiao has been buying flour these days to make mooncakes.
The emperor decided not to leave until after the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Eunuch Liu really couldn't persuade the emperor, so he had to compromise again, but Su Xiaoxiao was so anxious that the folds on his face were about to open, and his face seemed to turn into a full moon.
Su Xiaoxiao took out the salted duck eggs that the villagers gave her a few days ago. When eating these days, everyone saw that the table was full of salted duck eggs, but only the yolk was missing.
Everyone asked Su Xiaoxiao in confusion, "The yolk should be the most delicious part of the salted duck egg. Why did you pick it out? Did you keep it for yourself and eat it secretly?"
"Yes, Su Xiaoxiao, there are so many, don't you feel panicked?"
Su Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes at everyone, "What do you know?"
Su Xiaoxiao went to the street and bought a few kilograms of lean pork, brought it back and cooked it.
When she went to Aunt Wang's home to visit her daughter-in-law, Aunt Wang gave her some red beans as a gift.
After the red beans are cooked, they can be crushed into bean paste. Then Su Xiaoxiao took inventory and found that all the ingredients were ready.
The proportions must be right this time. Su Xiaoxiao mixed the dough with sugar and lard, then stirred it a little, put it in a basin and let the dough rise.
Su Xiaoxiao cooked the red beans again, and then crushed the red beans into bean paste.
It was left outside to cool. This time Su Xiaoxiao knew that the job of kneading the dough was too important. Her lack of hand strength was not actually a lack of hand strength. She was too lazy to knead the dough and her wrists were too tired.
For such an important job, Su Xiaoxiao decided to leave it to Pei Yuan and the emperor to knead it, because it required a lot of dough.
Su Xiaoxiao poured the dough on the board and used a rolling pin to cut the dough into small portions.
After kneading the dough, Su Xiaoxiao spread a piece of dough on the panel, put a salted egg yolk in it, and then wrapped it up. "
Su Xiaoxiao then demonstrated how to wrap the red bean paste in it. She brushed the prepared mold with oil to prevent it from sticking, and then pressed it onto the dough to form it.
"This mooncake is so beautiful!"
Everyone couldn't help but come over. IE takes care of this. Su Xiaoxiao taught them how to make moon cakes. Pei Yuan and the others were eager to try, wanting to make various fillings they like.
This time, there were more people and more power. Su Xiaoxiao led everyone to make the mooncakes one by one, including bean paste, pork filling, five-nut filling, and perilla filling. In this way, the first pot of mooncakes was formed and was baked immediately. .
Su Xiaoxiao made her own small oven this time and started baking slowly over low heat. It took about thirty minutes. In less than an hour, the first batch of mooncakes came out of the oven.
This time, the baking time of the mooncakes was all very accurate, and the baked mooncakes were also golden and sweet. The fragrance of the mooncakes wafted far away, making the emperor and Eunuch Liu salivate. Speaking of which, this time, they were involved in the making process of the mooncakes, which made them feel even sweeter and more delicious.
Su Xiaoxiao took out the newly baked mooncakes, washed her hands, blew the mooncakes, and placed them in front of everyone.
"Look, this is the moon cake."
The emperor absolutely hates salted duck egg yolk. He has eaten a lot of salted duck eggs without salted duck egg yolk in the past few days. This time the moon cakes are baked, and he must make up for it.
Dabao and Xiaobao clapped their hands and came over to grab the mooncakes.
Su Xiaoxiao shared the first pot of mooncakes with everyone and the neighbors.
But the oven is not very big, and we can bake twenty of them at a time, but everyone is still not fully satisfied.
In this way, everyone started making and baking moon cakes again, and they were busy until dark.
Su Xiaoxiao's oven has been busy, and she has to watch from the side. The wrapped mooncakes are being lined up to be put into the oven. Su Xiaoxiao can't help but feel a sense of accomplishment when looking at those mooncakes.
Pei Yuan came to Su Xiaoxiao with a cattail leaf fan. While fanning Su Xiaoxiao, he advised Su Xiaoxiao: "Go back quickly. I see you have been roasting here for a long time. Let me help you watch the fire for a while!"
Su Xiaoxiao smiled at him and shook her head, "Go out quickly, it's too hot here, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold on and get heatstroke again."
"I'm a man, and you think my body is so weak!"
Su Xiaoxiao looked at Pei Yuan and couldn't help being amused by him.
"Okay, I'm worried that you won't be able to control the heat. It's troublesome to bake the mooncakes. Don't worry, I'll take a shower and go to bed after baking this batch. It won't be too late to bake the rest tomorrow."
Pei Yuan looked at Su Xiaoxiao's face covered in sweat, walked over and wiped her face with a handkerchief.
"Here's the handkerchief for you."
"Is it so cold?"
Su Xiaoxiao hid subconsciously, "In this handkerchief?"
"I went to the ice cellar to get some ice packs to cool you down."
Su Xiaoxiao didn't expect Pei Yuan to be so thoughtful. After wiping her sweat, she cleaned up the pot, picked up two mooncakes, and handed one to Pei Yuan. She picked up one herself, and the two A man came to the courtyard and sat on the ground.
Looking at the stars in the sky and eating the mooncakes in my hand, I really don’t know how pleasant it is.
"What's your filling?"
Su Xiaoxiao asked Pei Yuan.
"It seems to be pork."
"Really? I love pork stuffing the most."
"Then, give it to you!"
Pei Yuan seemed a little reluctant, "I don't want it, you already took a bite. It has your saliva on it..."
Su Xiaoxiao pretended to be disgusted. Pei Yuan looked at the mooncake in his hand and then at Su Xiaoxiao's mouth. Then he gently approached Su Xiaoxiao and kissed Su Xiaoxiao lightly on the mouth.
"What now? You also have my saliva on your mouth. You don't mind it now, do you?"
"this……"
Pei Yuan smiled, then exchanged the pork mooncake in his hand with the red bean paste mooncake in Su Xiaoxiao's hand, and said softly: "Eat it!"
(End of chapter)