The Food Guide of a Little Lucky Girl (Part 2)

268 Wensi Tofu Soup

This competition is not that simple, because the ingredients that Song Yue wants to make may not be available here, so she can only modify the recipes according to the ingredients they provide, and finally finalize eight dishes.

　　They are Wensi tofu, Dongpo pork, boiled cabbage, peony fish fillet, Longjing shrimp, boiled chicken, assorted vegetarian dishes, and pureed yam.

　　For example, I had to give up on making Buddha Jumps Over the Wall due to ingredient and time constraints, and not everyone might be able to get used to it as it’s very sticky, so I didn’t plan to make it. As for the fruit puree yam, it was supposed to be blueberry yam, but there were no blueberries here, so I had to use other fruits instead.

　　Song Yue's mind was working rapidly, and she soon forgot about the emperor, concubines, and officials, and began to immerse herself in preparing ingredients, moving very quickly.

Wensi Tofu was the dish she prepared to serve as the main attraction, and it was the first dish she served.

　　The soup base of boiled cabbage takes the most time, so the first thing Song Yue starts with is to boil the soup base. She removes all the scraps and excess fat from the selected pork elbows, local chickens and local ducks, leaving the chicken breasts and duck breasts, and then directly throws the remaining chicken and duck skeletons into the water to blanch them.

　　There was no ham here, so she had to secretly buy a small piece of semi-finished Jinhua ham with the salt removed from it from the system, and it was the kind that had already been soaked.

　　After the meat is blanched, secretly throw in a small piece, then add ginger and scallion and stew.

　　Then prepare the minced meat for the soup, which is the chicken and duck breast plus small pieces of lean meat, chop them into a paste and add water to mix.

　　Originally, the soup base had to be boiled for four hours, but due to the time limit of one hour, Song Yue could only boil it for a little more than half an hour. At the very end, she scooped out the soup residue and then added the minced meat into the soup one by one. By repeatedly scooping out the cooked minced meat, she could get a clear soup base.

　　For the cabbage, you have to pick the tenderest part in the middle, then remove the top two-thirds of the leaves, leaving those at the bottom. Finally, cut it into flower shapes, pinch it tightly after cooking, and finally pour clear soup on it when serving. The boiled cabbage is ready.

　　Song Yue calculated the time for each step in her mind. While the soup was still boiling, she arranged the other dishes. Every step was very steady.

　　The officials chatted while watching the operations on the stage, and everyone was whispering to each other.

　　"These three cooks are amazing. They have steady hands and steady hearts, and they never make mistakes."

　　"Hey, otherwise how could we win in the end? Some cowardly ones would have lost long ago!"

　　"I heard that a few players lost their level in the previous few games due to fear? What a pity."

　　As for Song Yue, her reputation is also very loud in the capital. Everyone pays the most attention to her. She has been ranked first all the way. She is also the youngest and has the worst background. Who would have thought that she could make it to the palace on her own?

　　"It's not easy to have such a character at such a young age. Fortunately, he was born in a poor family and has a strong mind."

　　"Just look at the knife skills and you know it's not simple. He can cook the chicken and duck in just a few strokes. Why did this kid leave the breast meat of the chicken and duck? Is he going to use the bones to make soup?"