novelhk Chapter 456: Isn't it just a word "fresh"?
Chapter 456: Isn't it just a word "fresh"?
Princess Lejia scooped up some pear flesh with a small spoon and put it into her mouth.
She chewed the pear in her mouth and nodded with satisfaction.
The pear flesh is tender and delicious.
Every bite of fruit flesh is full of the essence of the soup. When you chew it, the abundant juice gushes out and sinks into your throat, giving you an indescribable sense of refreshment.
Zheng Zheng is right, the taste of the snow pear stewed with rock sugar is indeed delicious.
Zhou Ying first scooped up a spoonful of pear juice with a small spoon and tasted it carefully.
Pear juice is sweet, smooth and has a rich fruity aroma.
During the stewing process, the sweetness of red dates and wolfberries is also blended into the pear juice, soaking and penetrating each other.
Warm and lively, like a gentle breeze, it brings an unforgettable sweetness.
Shen Huazheng and the other two each held a cup or bowl and used a small spoon to dig and dig out the pear cleanly, even the pear juice inside.
Princess Lejia drank the last spoonful of pear juice, feeling indescribably satisfied.
She put down the spoon and suddenly remembered something: "Prefect Lin sent some mutton again. I went to take a look and found some crucian carp."
Prefect Lin was very concerned about their diet and seemed particularly worried that they would not have meat to eat.
From time to time, he would have people deliver fresh mutton to the inn, and sometimes he would also send some beef or fish.
Princess Lejia was very satisfied with Prefect Lin’s arrangement. The mutton here was indeed incomparable to that in the capital.
Although I can’t say what’s special about it, it tastes more fragrant.
Since arriving in Yuzhang County, they have eaten mutton many times, but they don't feel sick of it at all.
Instead, I enjoyed the meal very much.
Zhou Ying also smiled and said, "What we lack the most now is mutton and fish."
We had just finished eating the bream that Xie Yanqing sent us last time, and now Magistrate Lin has sent us crucian carp.
Those who didn't know might have thought that Prefect Lin and General Xie had agreed that this person would deliver the fish this time, and another person would deliver it next time.
Princess Lejia said seriously: "I am thinking about making a soup with crucian carp. Then make some with mutton.
Shen Huazheng thought for a moment and said, "Since we have both fish and mutton, why don't we make a fish and mutton hot pot?"
"Fish and mutton hotpot? Is it cooked with fish and mutton together?"
"Zheng Zheng, do you want to cook the mutton and fish together in a pot?"
The voices of Princess Lejia and Zhou Ying sounded at the same time.
Shen Huazheng: "That's right, just cook the fish and mutton together in one pot."
Princess Lejia couldn't help but ask, "Zhengzheng, is the name of this pot fish and mutton hotpot, or fresh hotpot?"
I always feel that the name of this hot pot is a bit strange. Ordinary hot pots are either called fish hot pot or mutton hot pot.
Or, if you want to highlight the freshness of this hot pot, you can also call it fresh hot pot.
Even if you have to put fish and mutton together, it is still called fish and mutton hotpot.
However, the name Zheng Zheng said was "Fish and Lamb" hotpot.
There's an indescribable weirdness.
Also, is it true that the flavors of mutton and fish won’t mix if they are stewed in the same pot?
Shen Huazheng smiled and said, "It's called Fish and Lamb Hotpot. The fish and lamb cooked together are so delicious that it's called 'Fish and Lamb Hotpot'."
Fish and mutton hotpot can be regarded as the result of the collision of two extremely fresh ingredients.
"Fish" and "sheep" together form the word "fresh", which means fresh.
The collision of crucian carp and mutton is the best interpretation of the word "fresh".
"Okay, let's listen to Zheng Zheng. Let's have fish and mutton hotpot today."
When Princess Lejia heard that fish and mutton hotpot was so delicious, she stopped worrying about whether the taste of fish and mutton would mix together, or whether the name of fish and mutton hotpot was strange.
Now she only wanted to taste how delicious this hot pot was.
"I have no objection either."
Both Shen Huazheng and Princess Lejia wanted to eat fish and mutton hotpot, so Zhou Ying naturally had no objection.
Moreover, she was quite curious about this pot consisting of mutton and fish. Normally, mutton and fish are cooked and eaten separately.
Just by imagining, Zhou Ying had no idea what the pot would taste like.
I'd like to take advantage of this opportunity today to try what the combination of these two tastes like.
All three of them are action-oriented and will act immediately when they have an idea.
Fish and mutton hotpot can be eaten at noon and will never be delayed until dinner.
They went to the kitchen together and started preparing lunch.
Shen Huazheng selected the lamb front legs from the mutton sent by Prefect Lin and had someone chop it into small pieces.
Shen Huazheng put the mutton into the pot with cold water, and then added ginger, green onion and appropriate amount of cooking wine into the pot, and then took it out after blanching.
Rinse in clean water and set aside.
Zhou Ying used her skillful knife skills to separate the meat and bones of the crucian carp bit by bit and took out the fish meat.
Dice the fish bones and fish head, and cut open the belly of the fish. Then cut the fish into evenly thick slices and set aside.
Princess Lejia and others were also preparing the ingredients for making soup later. Qingtang also found a soup ingredient bag and planned to use it to hold the soup ingredients.
Qingzhi lit a pot and added lard into it.
After the lard in the pot melted, she put the fish bones with meat in.
Shen Huazheng stood aside with a spatula in hand and began to fry the fish bones over medium heat.
Frying fish bones is a preparation for making fish soup later. The main reason why the soup is thick and white is that the fat from the meat is dissolved in the water.
Frying the fat in the fish skin at high temperature will allow the fat to dissolve in water and form an emulsification phenomenon.
The fish bones are fried in lard, which makes them taste more fragrant.
Shen Huazheng slowly used a spatula to turn the fish bones over and slowly stir-fry until the lard and fish meat were fully blended.
When the fish was fried until crispy and gave off an enticing aroma, Shen Huazheng added boiling water into the pot.
Then cover the pot and bring to a simmer over low heat.
As the fish stews, the delicious aroma of the fish gradually overflows from the pot and spreads in the air.
Princess Lejia sniffed and inhaled the fragrance in the air.
It smells so good~~
Just frying the fish bones is so delicious. I wonder what the delicious pot will taste like in a while.
While the fish bone soup was boiling, Shen Huazheng began to marinate the fish fillets.
She added an egg white, a small amount of pepper and salt, and a little cornstarch to the large porcelain bowl containing the fish fillets and stirred well.
Princess Lejia watched without blinking. Just by looking at the steps and preparations, one could tell how delicate and painstakingly crafted this pot was.
Princess Lejia was overjoyed at the thought that she would soon be able to taste this pot made of lamb leg and crucian carp.
She knew that following Zheng Zheng would not only broaden her horizons but also satisfy her appetite.
Such a novel and delicious pot, she has to eat more at noon.
Seeing that it was almost cooked, Shen Huazheng asked someone to pour the fish soup in the pot into the soup pot, and then put the mutton and soup packet in.
The soup stock packet is made of galangal and crushed peppercorns, and needs to be separated by the soup stock packet so that it does not mix with the meat in the soup.
Shen Huazheng put white radish and water chestnuts into the pot, covered the pot, and started to cook.
When cooking mutton soup, Shen Huazheng likes to put some water chestnuts and sugarcane in it.
It not only adds a touch of sweetness to the soup, but also neutralizes the heat of the mutton.
Now that we don’t have sugarcane, some horseshoes will do.
Under high temperature, the aroma of ingredients and seasonings overflowed from the soup pot little by little.
Zhou Ying smelled the fragrance in the air and suddenly thought of a question: "Zheng'er, aren't we going to put the fish fillets in?"
Princess Lejia also discovered the "lone" fish fillet at this time: "Yes, Zhengzheng, aren't you going to put this fish fillet in? Or are you going to just blanch it and eat it later?"
According to her experience, when eating hot pot later, she will definitely have to add some other ingredients.
Maybe Zheng Zheng was planning to use the fish fillets as hot pot sauce later.
The more she thought about it, the more she felt that this possibility was very high. Zheng Zheng loved to do things like eat one fish, two meals a day, or eat one meat, two meals a day.
Zheng Zheng has such a good memory. The mutton and fish bones have already been cooked, so how come only the fish fillets were left out?
Zhou Ying also looked at Shen Huazheng, waiting for her answer.
Shen Huazheng shook her head: "When the soup is almost cooked, the fish meat should be put in. But before that, we need to process it first."
Princess Lejia: (⊙_⊙)?
Isn’t the fish already sliced thinly and marinated?
What else should I do with Zheng Zheng?
Before Princess Lejia could speak out her doubts, Shen Huazheng's voice rang out again -
"You have to blanch the fish first."
As she spoke, she put the marinated fish fillets into boiling water, and when the fish meat turned white, she quickly scooped it out.
The fish meat is sliced very thinly and it only takes a few seconds to cook it.
If you put the fish into the soup pot too early and stew it with other ingredients, the deliciousness of the fish may be destroyed.