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After dinner, the two sat on the sofa and watched TV.

Looking at it, Cao Mei remembered the moon cake.

So he asked Zong Cai seriously: "What kind of flavor do you eat mooncakes?"

"As long as it's made by my wife, I like it." Zong Cai said foolishly.

"Five benevolent people also like it?"

"Forget that..." Zong Cai was immediately discouraged when he heard it.

"Then tell me what kind of flavor you like!" Cao Mei was also a little impatient.

After coaxing his wife, Zong Caishen got up early and went to work refreshed.

Cao Mei didn't get out of bed until noon.

In the future, if you don't give him food to eat, he will get more and more insatiable, Cao Mei thought bitterly.

In the afternoon, the things ordered from a certain treasure arrived, and Cao Mei began to try to make mooncakes.

The first is the dough of the mooncake. Cao Mei mixes the mixed syrup and soap water together, stirs at a medium speed, then slowly adds peanut oil, and stirs slowly. Cao Mei knows that it is almost done when the syrup falls at a uniform speed.

Then add custard powder and milk powder to the low flour and mix well. Cao Mei thought that the milk powder would increase the sweetness, so she added a little more, but later found out that she was overthinking.

Pour the mixed low flour into the mixed syrup, and Cao Mei casually stirred it with her hands, because her mother said for herself that vigorous stirring will make the dough strong and affect the taste.

Finally, knead the dough and seal it with plastic wrap for two hours. The dough is ready.

Next, make the fillings of the mooncakes. Cantonese-style meringue mooncakes are actually very strict in proportion. Cao Mei was afraid that they would not be able to wrap them in the end, so she found an electronic scale to weigh the fillings.

First make some of the most classic lotus seed paste egg yolk.

These egg yolks can be bought by yourself. After peeling the shells, take the egg yolks, tear off a layer of film on the egg yolks, and then bake them in the oven. Sprinkle some cooking wine before baking to remove the fishy smell.

Cao Mei set the temperature, then stared at the egg yolk in the oven.

First, set it for 5 minutes. When the time is up, check to see if it turns bright yellow. If it turns yellow, take it out. If it doesn’t turn bright yellow, add time as appropriate.

When Cao Mei took out the baked egg yolk, she was tempted by the aroma of the egg yolk.

After secretly tasting one, Cao Mei felt that the soft taste of this egg yolk is so wonderful, the unique taste of salted egg yolk is not very salty or greasy, just right sweetness.

No wonder lotus paste mooncakes are so delicious.

Cao Mei was thinking while reading notes.

The next step is to evenly divide the bought kneaded lotus seed paste into 45g balls, and then use these balls to completely wrap the baked egg yolks and knead them into a ball. This is the filling.

Divide the 20g dough into a dumpling, then spread it flat on the palm of your left hand, and put the big outrageous stuffing in the middle of the dough.

No matter how you look at it, it can't be packaged.

Cao Mei held the dough with the thumb and forefinger of his left hand and pushed it up dubiously. With his right hand, he pressed down the filling with a little force, and slowly rotated, paying attention to the thickness. Slowly, the dough really covered it. It was so big, so big. stuffing heart.

Cao Mei felt that in the future, it is better not to stuff things with thin skins and stuffing, it is too frighteningly difficult to package.

Cao Mei wrapped the rest according to the gourd painting ladle, and then began to press the mold.

These wrapped mooncakes cannot be baked without being molded. Divide the mooncakes without molds on the baking tray lined with oiled paper according to the distance, and then start to mold, because after the mold is finished, the mooncakes are basically out of reach. When it arrives, if you move it with force, it will deform and become ugly.

Cao Mei chose two molds, one for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the other for the full moon, with big characters in the middle and Chinese-style patterns on the sides, which makes people feel festive.

Cao Mei carefully aligned the mouth of the mold with the round mooncake, and then covered it with force, and then pressed down on the mold with her fingers until it was pressed to the bottom, and then pulled out the mold, and a delicate Cantonese-style meringue mooncake was formed.

After mastering the technique, it is quite fast, and the pressure is fast and good.

Cao Mei pressed all the rest, then stuffed it into the oven and timed it for 5 minutes.

Here is actually waiting for the dough to harden and turn white, and then take it out and brush it with egg wash. If you don’t brush it with egg wash, it will not have an attractive golden yellow color and an attractive and oily color after baking.

After brushing the egg wash, put the mooncake into the oven, set the temperature, and pay attention to the color change of the mooncake. After about 10 minutes, the mooncake can be taken out when it turns golden and attractive.

Cao Mei put on her gloves and took out the plate of mooncakes.

The moon cakes are exquisite and stylish, and Cao Mei has a pleasant sense of pride.

I really want to quickly show my silly dog ​​the moon cakes I made, and let him praise me, hehehe.

Cao Mei tasted one, the outer shell was a bit brittle, it was as hard as a biscuit, the inside was soft, glutinous and sweet lotus paste, and after another bite, the center was delicious salted egg yolk, I have to say, the combination of lotus paste and salted egg yolk , It really complements each other.

Perfect and impeccable.

The one I cooked was really delicious, and Cao Mei ate another one, feeling happier.

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As soon as Zongcai came home today, he felt something was wrong with Cao Mei.

Such a hot and gentle daughter-in-law, how can she break QAQ if she doesn’t feel like her own?

"Why are you so happy today?" Zong Cai finally couldn't help asking his wife.

"Go to the kitchen and see if there is anything good." Cao Mei smiled triumphantly.

Zongcai walked into the kitchen nervously, but was startled by the rows of mooncakes on the kitchen chopping board.

"You made these?" Zongcai couldn't believe it, just like the mooncakes sold outside.

"Otherwise?" Cao Mei seemed to be very happy today.

"My wife is awesome!" Zong Cai picked up a moon cake and stuffed it into his mouth.

"It's hard work to spread poison." Zong Cai said vaguely.

"It doesn't taste right? That's because the oil hasn't returned yet, silly dog, why did you eat it in such a hurry." Cao Mei patted Zong Cai on the head.

Zongcai wiped his hands after eating the mooncakes, and humbly asked Cao Mei what returning oil was.

"Returning oil means that in Cantonese-style moon cakes, oil, invert syrup, low-gluten flour and other raw materials are added to the moon cake skin, and a temporary emulsification system is formed after stirring; after the moon cake skin is baked, the moisture content of the skin is very low. , about 5%, but the moisture content of the filling is still relatively high, usually around 20%; in this way, when the mooncake is placed, the moisture in the filling will migrate to the skin, and the dry cake skin will absorb enough moisture. After water, the original emulsification system will be destroyed due to the immiscibility of water and oil, and the oil will naturally permeate outward, giving people the feeling that the cake is softer, oily, shiny, and transparent, that is, "oil return" At this time, the taste of the mooncakes will be the best. Simply put, mooncakes need time to "spit out the oil", understand." Cao Mei deliberately Baidu today what is returning oil, and now it is finally used.

Zongcai listened to Cao Mei with a confused face. Although he didn't understand, he felt that his daughter-in-law was amazing.

Seeing her stupid expression of blind admiration, Cao Mei was very helpful.

"After the oil is ready, we will send one to your cousin, one to Su Bai, one to Xiao Lizi and Rui Doudou, and Mrs. Wang. Do you agree?" Cao Mei had already planned Alright, now tell Zong Cai.

"Did you forget someone?" Zong Cai said suddenly.

Cao Mei tried her best to recall and thought about it carefully, but she still couldn't think of it. She shook her head and said, "I don't know who else is there."

"You! Old! Grandpa! Me! Ah!" Zong Cai had a heartbroken expression on his face.

"Oh, the rest is yours, you have the most." Cao Mei waved her hand, telling Zong Cai not to make trouble.

"Didn't you ever think of giving it to me?" Zong Cai was a little aggrieved, even his assistant had a mooncake made by Cao Mei himself, why didn't he have one? It's not fair at all.

"Be good, be good." Cao Mei masked Zongcai's head and motioned him to wash up and go to bed.

In the next few days, Cao Mei did not mention this matter.

I just silently bought kraft paper boxes and handmade stickers to pack my handmade mooncakes.

It was packaged and given to Cousin Zongcai, Su Bai, Xiao Lizi, Rui Doudou, and Mrs. Wang.

Seeing them happily accepting the mooncakes she made, Cao Mei was touched and satisfied in her heart.

Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the mooncakes were being made and delivered one after another, and there were no more mooncakes left at home.

Zong Cai didn't say anything when he saw it, and he was still bored with Cao Mei every day.

Until the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zongcai and Cao Mei went back to the house in the suburb of Caomei.

Cao Mei cooked a table of dishes for dinner, and drank a little wine with Zong Cai.

At this time, the moon also came out, round and cute.

At this time, Cao Mei did not know where to find a box of mooncakes in a pink gift box and gave them to Zongcai.

"Here, the strawberry egg yolk mooncake you want is enough for you." Cao Mei's face was a little drunk, a little red.

"The pink one will satisfy your girlish heart." Cao Mei said with a smirk.

"You, you." Zong Cai opened the gift box, took a pink mooncake, put it in his mouth and tasted it carefully.

Both the dough and the stuffing inside have a strong strawberry flavor. It seems that Cao Mei has put a lot of thought into it.

"Cao Mei, let's spend the Mid-Autumn Festival together in the future, okay?" Zong Cai's cheeks were flushed, but his eyes were clear.

"Okay, always, forever." Cao Mei looked at the moon and said.

Zongcai ate another pink strawberry flavored mooncake.

Kiss Cao Mei while chewing.

"I've already said um, I don't like strawberries, I want to eat them, I want, um, I'm angry." Cao Mei was a little drunk, and was blocked by Zong Cai again, stuttering.

I know you don't like strawberries, but I like them, not only because we met for the first time, the second time, and many times through strawberry-flavored things, but also because you are my Cao Mei, so sweet to me The kind that goes in your heart.

I like Cao Mei best, and sweet strawberries like yours.

Every time I eat strawberries, I will think of you, my favorite.

Sure enough, everything should be strawberry-flavored, and even I was fed by Cao Mei.

Zongcai thought happily.

The author has something to say: there is no typo in the last paragraph, I wrote it deliberately.

Sue was craving a piece of strawberry chocolate when I wrote it.

Too sweet to fall out of my teeth.

Due to personal reasons, I went out to study, so from 23:07 to [-]:[-] the next day, eight hours of liver five chapters, I was almost exhausted.

See you on Friday, shrimp, love your food fairy.

Wait for me to come back. (づ￣3￣)づ╭?～