The Counterfeit Little Master of the Halberd

"Full of duck fat... won't it be very greasy?" In the audience, Liu Maoyuan said, looking at the duck meat in front of the judges.

After Yuanyue’s two teams entered the main game, all the students in the college were arranged to come to New Yorktown for off-campus study, and when there was a competition, tickets were arranged for everyone.

The dish presented by Paul at this time looks like a normal western plate with a piece of golden duck leg, surrounded by mushrooms, small potatoes, and green onions as side dishes...

But not long ago, everyone saw that this piece of duck leg was cooked in oil!

"This is the'French oil-sealed duck leg', it is not a rare new dish.'Oil-sealed' is more common in French cuisine. If the final'fried' heat is mastered enough, it can weaken the previous greasy feeling. "Yu Ji said.

She was originally a player of the third team of Yuanyue, but because the third team has been eliminated, although the competition has reserved a special viewing area for them, Yuu Ji still likes to come over and crowd the ordinary audience with everyone.

"But what does this dish have to do with the topic'Winter'? In terms of duck meat... there are no restrictions in the mature season. If you insist on eating it in the summer and autumn, it is more in line with the theory of health?" Dago and Zhaoji doubted. .

After hearing this, Marui Zenji put on a pair of glasses and said, "You two went to bed again in the history class? This dish, or "oil seal", was originally used in Western cuisine to preserve meat in winter. a method!"

"Save meat? Save it with oil?"

"Yes, after slaughter or death of poultry, use the fat part to refine the oil, then use the oil to soak the meat on a low fire, and after it is done, just keep the meat in the oil that has not been exposed to it and refrigerate it. It can save most of the winter." Shaner said.

But now "oil seal" is no longer a means of preserving ingredients, but a unique way of cooking. This transformation is very similar to the "sushi" in Japanese cuisine!

Obviously, Paul chose the direction of breaking the subject of "Winter", which is a cooking method derived from the ancient way of preserving ingredients in winter...

At the beginning, Paul cut the fat part of the duck meat and put it in the same amount of water and blanched it until the water completely evaporated. The duck fat had been "refined" into golden duck fat. This is the original duck fat, which is the same as duck leg meat, and cook it slowly.

Just after the duck leg was cut, it was first marinated with the previously adjusted spices. In order to save the time of marinating, Paul also used the duck leg "massage" method...

Afterwards, put the marinated duck leg into the duck oil that has not been used, and slowly "dip" the duck leg with low heat!

The temperature should be maintained at the boiling point of water, which means that the "oil" will not be boiled from beginning to end...

In modern cuisine, directly using the oven to heat the container with duck fat over the duck legs can make the duck legs mature faster.

But for the best taste and taste experience, Paul slowly dipped the duck leg meat in oil with a small fire!

And after it’s cooked, it’s kept warming up in the oil until the temperature drops to the point where it’s only warm, then take it out and fry it in a pan until it has the golden color now...

The "oil seal" series of dishes are very common in French cuisine, but since it is made by Paul, it is naturally not that simple!

Whether it's the conditioning of spices, the control of oil temperature, or the "frying" part that shows its skills the most at the end, the performance is impeccable... No, to be precise, it should be described as breathtaking.

The final fried duck leg meat does not look greasy at all!

"It is true that the judges do not feel greasy, but it is appetizing..." Ryoko said.

"Yes, it's obviously far away from the judges' seat, but I seem to be able to hear the crisp sound of'creaking' here!" Yuuki said, closing her ears.

Of course it can’t really be heard...otherwise the noise of the judges eating would be too loud!

But when the judges bit off the crispy duck leg skin, the crispy taste spread completely in the mouth, followed by the expressions on the face and the instinctive physical movements of the body, which are reminiscent of " The skin of this duck must be really crispy"!

"First, blanch the duck in hot oil for two hours, then fry the duck meat in the original sealing oil. How tender will the duck meat be?" Zhao Er swallowed.

"Not only is it tender! The duck leg itself is the more active part of the duck meat, and the initial curing process will reduce the moisture of the duck leg. Later, after the duck leg is removed from the duck oil, There is also a short drying in the oven, which will increase the chewiness of the duck leg..." Isshiki could see more.

Issehui did not participate in the "All? Blue", but "stayed behind" the Ten Elite Council in Yuanyue.

Although Yuanyue 3 team invited him, the usually smiling (bian) leader (tai) is obviously ambitious and did not accept the invitation of Yuanyue 3 team, but hopes to have his own team after graduation. , And after you really have a chance to advance to the race, you can sign up by yourself!

In the same way, there is still a long time who rejected Oda Shinna, Teruki and Ning Ning of the country...

"It's more than that! When President Paul marinated the duck leg before, the pressing method used not only accelerated the marinating effect, but was also a way of'food massage'! In accordance with his technique, he added three points of chewing The strength is also normal." Sugiyama Yoshi, from the acupuncture family, interjected at this moment.

"Ingredient massage? Isn't that the skills of some ancient families in the Chinese cuisine civilization circle? President Paul still knows this?" Marui Zenji asked puzzled.

Just like the Sugiyama family is now proficient in making acupuncture for ingredients, there are also some niche heritages, and they have the skill of massaging ingredients to change the quality of meat!

But how did Paul get such a stunt?

This is not something you can learn if you just want to learn...

"I also know some friends who have mastered the cooking skills derived from'Tuina', and the Sugiyama family also has some scattered ingredient massage skills, but they are not as complete as the inheritance of acupuncture skills, so they are not the mainstay of our Sugiyama family...Paul The chairman's method looks a little different from the massage stunt. It may be a stunt he figured out by himself, but the principle is similar to the ingredient massage." Sugiyama Yoshi said.

"It makes sense...With the skills of President Paul, it is not surprising that you can research similar stunts by yourself..."

The right marinade, the mellow flavor after the duck is boiled in oil, and Paul's control of the heat during the final frying, make the duck legs not look very greasy, on the contrary, the skin is crispy and the duck meat is still soft. Chew!

After Liu Subaru and Paul also exchanged dishes, the judges on the other side were finally freed from Paul's "Mage oil-sealed duck legs".

At the same time, the "black and white" staff came to Liu Subaru and asked whether to present food, while Liu Subaru made a "please" gesture.

Although Liu Subaru can now see some situations other than the "Dark Cooking Showdown", they are all black and white. Even if outsiders enter the "Dark Cooking Showdown" range, Liu Subaru has a style that he and they are not in the same style. a feeling of……

Even Liu Subaru felt that if he ran into each other now, the two would pass directly...

Of course, Liu Subaru does not want to make big news. It is not suitable for ordinary people to know what "catastrophe" and "dark cooking showdown" are, so try to avoid "spiritual events" as much as possible.

Several staff members presented the dishes to the judges, but Liu Subaru had no intention to walk over. Instead, they "looked at each other" with Paul, each with each other's dishes in front of them.

The five judges only rolled their eyes about this. After all, as any cook, they would choose between "talking about cooking with Paul" and "following the taste of the judges". Most of them would choose the former, so they didn't think it would What's weird...

Except for some Senzaemon who knew about the "catastrophe", the others did not notice the vision on the court at all, and understood the current state of Paul and Liu Subaru as an older generation of cooks. Master of art, appreciation of the new generations.

No, some people seem to see something!

"Xiao Linzi, have you found something wrong on the court?" Xie Yunlong asked Lin Yi quietly.

Most people obviously can’t understand why this bald old man wearing beach pants, a flowered shirt, and a toad mirror would sit beside Chairperson Lin Yi of the Dragon Chef Alliance...

If it weren’t for yesterday, if Xie Yunlong tried his skills and defeated a player of the “Royal Italian Cuisine Team” in the individual competition, everyone would have doubted that the Dragon Chef Alliance made such a person look unreliable. Is the old man being a regular player to mock other teams?

"What's wrong? I didn't see it... The American Cuisine Development Conference still values ​​the right to hold this event. I watched it for a long time, but I couldn't find anything wrong." Lin Yi was a little confused about Master Jie's question.

"I'm not talking about this, I mean... by the way! Do you feel that, I, to be precise, it's us. Recently, that kid is a bit unpleasant?" Xie Yunlong said, pointing to Liu Subaru on the court.

"Not even more. Don't you think he is very optimistic? I also think this young man is good. Compared with a few months ago, his cooking skills are more mature." Lin Yi said naturally.

But he didn't realize it himself, there was a trace of impatience in his tone...

Because the influence of "curse" on them is subtle, unless, like Paul, they face Liu Subaru directly, otherwise they themselves will not notice a small change in their mentality!

For example, it was not that Lin Yi didn't look at Liu Subaru star, but he didn't notice it.

"..." Xie Yunlong also felt this at this time.

But at the same time, I feel that there is a voice in my heart telling myself that this is normal...

"It's normal... um... wait... it's not normal... it's normal... it seems a bit wrong..." Xie Yunlong himself became entangled.

Maybe it’s because they have lived too long. Just like in folklore, people who are too old and too young can see things that ordinary people can’t. It’s just that in this world, folklore is based on old people. I eat a lot in my life, so I can see some unusual things...

Of course, the more likely reason is the essence of the "curse". After all, it is the extinct Neanderthal, and Xie Yunlong, who inherited all the inheritance of the Bai Luo family, possesses the heart of "consoling the spirit". The deceased has a superfluous and comforting effect.

The so-called "comfort for the dead" are "creatures" that have transformed life forms and cannot affect normal organisms.

Although the life form of the entire Neanderthal race has changed, so only Xie Yunlong’s "consolation" cooking heart is not enough to completely comfort him, but it made him immune to some of the "curse" influence and began to realize Own "wrong thing".

At this time, the judges were also discussing. A judge from Michelin looked at Liu Subaru’s cooking, and asked another judge from the yellow race who seemed to come from the Dragon Chef Alliance: "Mr. Joe, you understand this'barbecue." 'Does it have anything to do with the topic'Winter' this time? If you don't see it, you can only ask him to explain."

Indeed, the dish presented by Liu Maoxing is a kind of "barbecue" in which pork is minced and stuffed, steamed in a bamboo tube, and then grilled over charcoal fire. This dish is not found in Chinese cuisine, and pork is not found in Chinese cuisine. From the perspective of maturity, they are not considered winter ingredients!

"It's'Sanyou Suihan', right! The name that Liu Subaru star submitted before was also written as'Sanyou Barbecue'?" said the judge surnamed Qiao.

"Three Friends of Winter?"

"There are three kinds of plants that remain evergreen in winter. In our culture, they are called the'Three Friends of Sui Han'. They are the'pine' which means evergreen and immortality, the'bamboo' which symbolizes the gentleman, and the "Mei", a symbol of nobleness!"

"Pine, bamboo, plum...Bamboo was obviously used before, and now the pine plate is used to carry the barbecue. What about the plum?"

The judge also took a few more glances at the barbecue in front of him, as if he wanted to find traces of the existence of "Mei".

"This pork is made from the front trough of pigs, and the front trough of pigs is also called'plum meat' in Chinese cuisine."

"Wait, I admit that'bamboo' and'mei', but replacing the plate with pine is a bit far-fetched?"

"No, that's not the case... I think the reason for using wooden trays is not to make a fuss, nor to force a relationship with'loose', but to prevent the oil from the barbecue from leaking out!"

"Yes, usually pork is rarely used for barbecue, because after the pork is roasted, the meat will be very hard and the taste will be terrible... And the pork filling used in'Sanyou BBQ' not only adds spices, but also balances the taste. With bonded edible glycerin, but this way, after roasting, oil will inevitably leak out. If you use a regular plate, the barbecue will taste greasy. Using a wooden tray that can absorb oil can avoid this."

"Okay, let's try it. How does this'Sanyou Barbecue' compare to President Paul's "oil-sealed duck leg"! It's all meat, and it's more convenient to compare..."

The five judges said, each of them picked up a piece of "Sanyou Barbecue" with chopsticks or with a fork and put it in the mouth.

At the same time, Liu Subaru has cut off a small piece of duck leg and put it in his mouth in the arena. Paul also put a piece of "Three Friends Barbecue" into his mouth...

Suddenly, in Liu Maoxing's brain supplement, he was like a baby, curled up and wrapped in warm grease. The warm grease continued to provide energy and essence for himself, and bursts of peace of mind came to his heart.

On the other side, Paul, in his mind, "sees" the tall pine trees, straight bamboos, and noble plum blossoms in the evening snow of winter dusk. The three seem to be fighters fighting against the cold in the severe winter. Standing proudly in the wind and snow...

One is a gentle package, the other is a sense of intense conflict...

Two dishes with diametrically opposite moods!

Not only in terms of "artistic conception," Liu Subaru also used a lot of "spices" to season spices in terms of spices. The taste is more offensive than "oil-sealed duck legs".

At the same time, in the order of the two, the judges first tasted the "oil-sealed duck leg". The "oil-sealed duck leg" was mellow and tender, which gave the judges a sense of fullness and fullness. At this time, the irritating taste of "Sanyou barbecue" , Just "pierced" this layer of fullness, giving its flavor a place to rely...

As I mentioned before, usually when the "halberd-like food wins", because the dishes need to be compared, usually the flavors have pungent dishes, which have some advantages.

This is why Teruki Jiuga loves spicy dishes...

For this cooking showdown, Liu Subaru has already gambled everything, even passively taking "human recipes" as a bet!

Therefore, Liu Subaru's recipe is naturally "everything is used to extremes". He often eats halberd in the distant moon, and specifically chooses a recipe suitable for confrontation.

On the contrary, Paul had not seen Liu Subaru who "has a dragon-patterned jade dragon pot" before, so his subconscious hostility towards him was also very limited.

And the recipe was he thought of before the game. Paul holds his senior status, and of course he will not choose specific recipes for a little advantage, and the degree of seriousness is far less than Liu Subaru!

Although the "inexplicable" began to be interested in Yulong pot, and Paul, as a role model of the chef, would no longer release water because he underestimated each other when preparing recipes, but there is no such "desired" posture of Liu Maoxing...

Therefore, in the end, although there was a gap in the cooking skills of the two, under the different mental states and the virility of the recipes of the two sides, the gap was narrowed!

In the end, it should be said that Liu Subaru was able to perform at a super level, while Paul was a bit lacking in spirit. If the two people's cooking were rated by the system, they would be the pinnacle of the Lin level, close to the dragon level but not the level of the dragon level!

After all, even Chef Dragon, not every dish is "dragon-level"...

Pleiades Liu, who felt like he was wrapped in warm grease, suddenly remembered the taste of his cooking. The power of pine, bamboo, and plum burst out in sequence, finally freeing Pleiades from the warm grease.

At the same time, Pleiades Liu opened his eyes with sweat on his head. At this moment, I don’t know how long it has been since I tasted Paul’s food...

However, Liu Subaru found that the space outside the surrounding arena can already be seen and heard normally!

And the first thing I saw was Paul in front of him. At this time, a tangled or even slightly painful expression appeared on the other's face, his face was also a little pale, and his head was sweaty.

"Beautiful and delicious!" Paul finally fainted after admiring it!

At the same time, the results of the five judges have also come out...

Four to one, Liu Subaru wins!

The moment the result came out, the audience even calmed down.

Therefore, before this, even the students of Yuanyue Academy, who are considered as Liu Subaru's half relatives and friends, are just expecting as much as possible that their "strongest active duty" can be defeated by the president of the Michelin Food Association. How beautiful...

Obviously, the vast majority of the audience did not think beforehand that Liu Subaru had the possibility of winning. Even in the most "outrageous" pre-match predictions, they only imagined that the "Germinate team" could be in front of the "Michelin Gourmet Federation" team. After dragging the individual competitions and getting a "1:2" result, then he was upset in the team competition...

Of course, even this kind of speculation was denounced as an "impossible event" by most people.

However, now Liu Subaru actually defeated Paul head-on!

Not to mention the spectators, even the players of the "Germinate Team"... Fortunately, the dishes for the three duels have been completed at this time, otherwise the glasses of Sinomiya would fall into the pot.

But the silence was only for a moment, and the scene suddenly became noisy, not because the audience thought about how to face this unimagined result, but because everyone found that Paul, after admiring Liu Subaru’s "Three Friends Barbecue" sentence I fainted...

Now the people from the Michelin Food Association, as well as the staff to maintain order, immediately gathered around and checked Paul's situation in a hurry.

The result is even more surprising!

The reason Paul fainted was...tired?

Yes, the result of the preliminary judgment is that Paul's body is normal, but there are signs of overwork and lack of energy!

Okay, although this makes the reason for "careful" unreasonable, you can still use the excuses of "President Paul is not in good shape and participates in illness" to persuade yourself to accept the famous Paul and lose. The facts in the hands of Liu Maoxing, who is only sixteen years old.

Even so, no one dared to deny Liu Subaru's record. Whether it was a variety of tabloids or an unstoppable underground gambling game, at this time, Liu Subaru's strength estimate was silently increased by two levels, although it did not mention the relationship with major dishes. The bosses of the organization regarded it equally, but they were also considered to be at the same level as Dojima Silver in "Tarmotsu Mythology"!