Cooking that does not shine is not good cooking

Chapter 295 Ice and Fire (Sub)

Akakubo Momo's movements are very fast, apparently practicing dozens or even hundreds of times.

Under the constant shaking of her right hand, the chocolate puree was scattered on the left and right sides of the ice-frying machine. Upon careful observation, none of the drops of chocolate puree were repeated.

Yes, all of the puree does not overlap with other puree, but directly contacts the refrigerating surface of the ice frying machine. The original liquid is maintained at more than 30 degrees and less than 40 degrees through heat preservation. It quickly transforms to solid under the low temperature of the frying ice machine!

Akakubo Tao stopped this process.

The chocolate puree that changed from liquid to gel at low temperature, slowly turning to solid, was shoveled into the air by the shovel and spatula held by Akakubo Momo in both hands.

"Oh!"

In the ear, the hostess's exclamation sounded.

But Akakubo Momo didn't have time to pay attention to her at all. From beginning to end, her eyes were looking directly at the refrigerated surface of the frying ice machine, or the chocolate puree in contact with the refrigerated surface.

Sweat dripped from her cheeks, Akakubo Momo didn't wipe it, but by shaking her head, the sweat dripped onto the open space beside the ice-frying machine.

The right hand holding the spatula was raised, and a beautiful figure of 8 was drawn across the air.

Akakubo Momo apparently rehearsed this action countless times before, and unexpectedly connected all the chocolate puree that was stuck in the air due to the inertial pause, and through the continuous fine adjustment and turning of the spatula with her fingers, she made the chocolate puree. A drop did not fall, all staying on the side of the scraper.

After completing the action in less than ten seconds before and after, Akakubo Momo only let out a sigh of relief, and then without stopping, the scraper tilted slightly, repeating the previous action of dripping the chocolate puree into the ice machine again.

But this time, because the spatula was already occupied, Akira Kubo could only use a shovel.She still moved very quickly, and the shovel in her hand was like a baton in the hands of a musician. In the blink of an eye, she spread the chocolate puree in a rectangular pattern and spread the entire cooling surface of the ice maker.

The next second, or the next moment!

The shovel danced again, and at the same time there was a free scraper.

The left and right hands started working together, and the chocolate puree that almost turned into a solid appeared again in the air.

"Oh!!!" XN

The hostess exclaimed again. In fact, it was not just her, but all the people who followed Akakubo Peach, including the judges, including the reporters, and the audience, looked similar at this time.

Akakubo Momo is obviously using a rather advanced cooking technique. Even the four-star chefs who serve as judges have only roughly analyzed the prototype of this technique.

"The tempering of chocolate...?" Special Chef Amano murmured.

She originally thought that the three-group match in Zone A would be a massacre, but now it seems that this is not the case.The technique used by Akakubo Momo, not to mention others, would not be used by Special Chef Amano, but she does not need to use this advanced technique because her husband has always been responsible for the tempering of chocolate. The technique used by the husband, um, should be regarded as... some kind of transformation after the basic skills have been tempered.

Not to mention the simple chocolate tempering technique used by housewives. The chocolate tempering method familiar to pastry chefs is to heat the chocolate in water to melt, pour it on a marble table, and then use a spatula or spatula to flatten the chocolate. , Then shovel and gather them together, and repeat this process until the chocolate becomes sticky.

The specific principle is a bit complicated. When it comes to the molecular formula of chocolate, it basically breaks when heated, but cannot be restored to its original shape when cooled. It needs to be refined by a special technique, that is,'tempering'.

The final chocolate product will have a shiny surface like a gemstone, and the taste is even more silky.

"This technique..." Jie Yunfei, who was standing at the kitchen table next door, watched Akakubo Tao's performance with some surprise. Although he focused his research on various Chinese cuisines, he was not at all nothing to Western desserts. I know, in fact, in the second round of preliminaries, Xie Yunfei's "Ching Ming Shanghe Tu", the outer layer of chocolate, used the technique of "tempering" when making it.

Akakubo Momo didn't know that she was being followed by almost half of the people in the venue at this time, but even if she knew, she didn't have time to be shy.

The movements on her hands became faster and faster. Although Momo Akakubo only learned the new technology given by Kikuji Garden for two days, her solid basic skills allowed her to touch the essentials of the technology in this short period of time.

Once, twice, three times...

For more than ten minutes before and after, Akakubo Momo’s hands were performing swift and powerful dances on the ice-frying machine, but if someone observes carefully, she will find that her left and right hands holding the spatula and shovel, especially the fingers have turned blue.

This is also normal. In order to increase the chance of success, Akakubo Momo asked the ice frying machine provided by Gourmet Research Institute to reduce the refrigerating surface to more than 20 degrees below zero at maximum power, and her hands were as good as the previous two days. The practice is different, and no gloves are worn.Because of the constant waving, the wrists and arms are not bad, but the fingers of the shovel and spatula are tightly pinched, but they have long lost consciousness.

If you changed to another cook, perhaps you would have retreated because of the biting cold, but it was a bit beyond the expectations of everyone present. Akakubo Momo looked like a pious martyr, just gritted his teeth and held tears in his hands. It lasted for another five minutes after freezing, and just after the wrist began to feel stiffness, the chocolate puree that just fell on the shovel — perhaps it should be called colloid at this time — was poured into a container aside.

"Huh...huh...huh..."

The continuous arm movement and concentration for nearly a quarter of an hour made Akakubo Tao's physical strength a little unable to keep up.But after seeing the layers of chocolate gel in the transparent vessel that looked like silk, Akakubo Momomi smiled like a child.

Papa papa papa...

In the venue, it was not known who took the lead first, and then everyone, including the audience, including the reporters, and even the judges, applauded one after another.

Akakubo Tao's performance deserves the applause. Although she is just an ordinary first-class chef, she does have the qualifications to stand on this world-class stage.

Looking up a little confused, seeing everyone looking at her with goodwill, perhaps she was still immersed in the culinary world, Akakubo Momo did not react immediately. After tilting her head, she lowered her head again. Rotating the shoulder joints, moved the left and right hands to the kitchen table.

She seemed to want to put down the spatula and shovel in her hand, but maybe it was really frozen. Momo Akakubo’s fingers were a little unwilling. She finally recovered her intuition slowly, but she didn’t want to be the first What's in my mind is the pain deep in my bones.

Chapter 296 Ice and Fire (Meng)

"Well……"

Akakubo Momo showed a pained expression.She overestimated her ability to endure the cold.But this can’t be blamed on her. It wasn’t until just now that she tried the steps of quick freezing and tempering of chocolate for the first time without wearing gloves.

As a result, the fingers are frozen and stiff as they are now, and even if they gritted their teeth and persisted in today's game, the second round of the game can only be given up.

Although she understood the result, Akakubo Momo did not intend to give up.

Now that the game has started, where is the reason to run without a fight?

can……

Looking at her finger skin that was completely glued to the spatula and shovel, Akakubo Momo frowned.

Just as she was about to forcibly release her finger to separate her skin and flesh, a teenager's voice suddenly rang in her ears.

"Soak in cold water for a while, so your injury won't get worse."

It was Yunfei Xie, a competitor in the knockout match of Akakubo Tao.At this time, he, for some reason, put down his cooking work and ran to the kitchen table where Momo Akakubo was. After seeing Momo Akakubo, perhaps to avoid suspicion, let the staff on the side pick it up from the sink. A basin of water.

"First soak in cold water for a while, then raise the temperature of the cold water a little bit, then soak for a while, and so on. When the water temperature is about 30 degrees, your fingers can move." Xie Yunfei looked in front of him. The girl said softly, as if thinking of something, he returned to his competition area, and then took out a paper box from the kitchen box and threw it on Akakubo Tao's kitchen box.

"If you can trust me, you will use this to paint your finger later, half an hour later, rinse off with water, so that you can at least continue the next game, although the final winner must be me."

Xie Yunfei's voice was very soft, but he couldn't hold the camera and the lens was beside Akakubo Momo's kitchen table. So, what he said easily rang out above the competition venue, making many of the people who were present could hear clearly. .

"Brother that big idiot!"

Xiao Yun gritted her teeth.It’s fine to put a blanket on the person who was so tired to doze off before, but what's going on now?Obviously, Mingming has never treated himself this way!

Feifei patted Xiaoyun on the back, with a weird expression on her face, "Perhaps, it's just that Yunfei is confident enough... right?"

Xiaoyun and Feifei, who are the closest to reconciling Yunfei, are like this, let alone others.

"Chef Xie Yunfei, although it's not good for me to say it, but it is a competition after all. There will be a win or lose match. Is it really good to fund your competitors like this?" Sakurai Jun put the microphone to understand Yunfei while talking. In front of him, with his back facing the camera, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, seemingly disdainful.

Xie Yunfei naturally saw Sakurai Jun's look, but he didn't say anything. He just shook his head, then turned around and walked towards his kitchen table.

As for whether Akakubo Momo would listen to her own opinions, what does this have to do with him...?