Lin Xu didn't know how the chefs at the Hangzhou state banquet worked. Anyway, he found a clever way to prepare an aluminum pot grate and tie three wires in an isosceles triangle around the grate.

The wires are about half a meter high and come together at the top so they can be lifted with one hand.

After completing this step, he set up the oil pan, put lard in the pan, and turned on the fire.

While the oil was burning, he placed the chrysanthemum pastry dough on the aluminum grate at intervals. When the oil temperature reached about 40%, he turned to medium-low heat and carefully put the grate into the oil pan while holding the wire.

The reason why iron wire is used is to facilitate the adjustment of temperature and heat. When the oil temperature is too high, you can take the grate out of the oil pan at any time to cool down and prevent it from frying.

The reason for using aluminum grates is that aluminum products conduct heat faster and make it easier to fry chrysanthemums.

Soon, the petals cut out with a kitchen knife on the dough began to rise under the influence of hot oil, making it look like a chrysanthemum blooming little by little.

Shen Jiayue held up the camera and took pictures from the side.

Although she knows that this video cannot be uploaded to the Internet, she can send it to the group to seduce everyone.

Hum hum, I don’t believe you won’t be tempted by the chrysanthemum cake that looks so elegant!

As more and more petals bloomed, Lin Xu grabbed the wire and slowly lifted the grate so that the petals were flush with the oil surface.

Shen Jiayue asked curiously:

"What does this mean?"

"Use the tension of the oil surface to make the petals bloom more thoroughly, so that the shape of the chrysanthemum will be more beautiful."

Sure enough, after lifting it up, the petals not only bloomed faster, but also bloomed to a greater extent, especially the outermost layer, which bloomed straight outward like a chrysanthemum in full bloom.

When the petals were almost blooming, Lin Xu put the aluminum grate back into the oil pan, then picked up a spoon, scooped up the hot oil in the pan and poured it on the chrysanthemums.

Although the chrysanthemum cake was completely immersed in hot oil at this time, Lin Xu's pouring made the hot oil flow quickly, and the core part of the chrysanthemum suddenly bloomed, and all the petals seemed to come alive. Shen Jiayue was amazed by the sight.
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After watering one by one, all the petals have turned light yellow, which means that the heat is almost done. If they are fried again, these petals will turn into burnt yellow, which does not look like chrysanthemums.

Lin Xu took out the grate, put it on the oil pan and shook it a few times to control the oil on it, and then placed the grate on a round tray.

Take a new white porcelain plate, use chopsticks to hold the fried chrysanthemum cakes and place them on the plate, forming a cluster of flowers, then sprinkle some powdered sugar, and this dessert for the state banquet is officially completed.

"Wow, super beautiful!"

At first glance, the whole dish looks like a bouquet made of chrysanthemums. Each chrysanthemum blooms perfectly, and the light yellow petals make the chrysanthemums look very noble.

Shen Jiayue no longer bothered to use the camera, so she took a few photos with her cell phone and sent them to the good sisters group.

The originally silent group suddenly exploded into chaos!

Xiao Qing: What's going on? Is this food? Ahhhhh, why are you so greedy for me?

Dou Wenjing: It looks delicious.

Chen Yan: After eating yak meat for several days, do you know how much I miss the snacks in the capital? Yueyue, you’re done. If you don’t have this snack in the capital, I will bully Dundun!

Chen Yuanyuan: What is the name of this snack?

Zeng Xiaoqi: Is this chrysanthemum cake? This dish was served at the Nixon state banquet in Hangzhou.

Shu Yun: Can I go up and try it for everyone?

Geng Lele: Leave one for me!!!!!!!!

Chen Yan joined the group before she got married, but Shi Wenqing, who had not spoken much, was also extremely excited at this time:

"Wait for me, wait for me, I am packing my daughter's diapers. Today I took my child to Linji to eat at a big restaurant. If I don't give him food, I will make my daughter cry for you to see!"

Shen Jiayue opened her mouth, feeling like she had stabbed a hornet's nest.

Seeing that Lucy didn't speak, she thought the aunt hadn't seen her, so she sent a private message:

"Aunt Lucy, are you busy?"

After a while, the other party sent a voice message, which was a blunt Mandarin sentence:

"I'm riding to the store, leave me a chrysanthemum!"

Tsk, you have to be a foreigner to be straightforward. He doesn’t beep so much. He rides his bicycle directly from Peking University to the restaurant to eat.

"Okay, please be safe on the road."

Shen Jiayue replied to a message, then put down her phone and began to look at the blooming chrysanthemums on the plate.

Shu Yun also came up at this moment, and when he saw it, he started taking pictures again and again.

Lin Xu reminded:

"This is a puff pastry made with lard and fried in lard. It's best to eat it while it's hot, because it will feel greasy when it's cold."

Upon hearing this, Shu Yun and Shen Jiayue quickly picked up the small plates, each picked up a flower with chopsticks, brought it to their mouths and lightly bit it, a crunching sound immediately sounded in their mouths.

This sound is very seductive, as if it rings directly in the bottom of my heart, and my brain becomes happy.

The petals are very crisp, and when paired with sprinkles of powdered sugar, they are sweet. Shen Jiayue feels that she will not get tired of eating them for a year.

But eating the petals alone is just a pleasure. The most delicious part is the stuffing. She opened her mouth and took a bite. The fat and syrup in the stuffing were mixed with various preserved fruits and candied fruits, plus the crispiness of the petals.

, various flavors and textures are mixed together, it is simply invincible and delicious!

"Wow, this stuffing is so delicious. Although it's a bit sweet, the taste is incredible!"

Shu Yun also agreed:

"Yes, yes, it's really delicious."

After saying that, she took her mobile phone and sent a voice message to Song Tiantian:

"Come to the small kitchen secretly and try the chrysanthemum cake made by the boss. Don't make any noise, there aren't many."

Lin Xu had already begun to explode at this moment, he said with a smile:

"Today I just made some to try. If you want to eat it, just ask the pastry department to make more."

Although this kind of pastry looks very complicated, it is not too difficult for a professional Bai An master. Basically, an experienced person can make it, but not as skilled as Lin Xu.

Soon, the tall and powerful Song Tiantian and Xiao Dong sneaked in.

"Boss, can we try it?"

"Okay, eat it. If it's not enough, I'll fry some more."

Lin Xu didn't expect that just practicing the snacks for the state banquet in advance would attract so many people's attention.

He fried the remaining two pots and started kneading the dough again, preparing to fry a simple version of the chrysanthemum cake.

Compared with the state banquet version of chrysanthemum cake that is full of petals, the simple version is much easier.

Wrap the pastry noodles with water-based dough, then roll them into layers like beef tongue, stack them and roll them into a pancake shape, then wrap the prepared red bean paste filling inside.

Wrap it well with the seam facing down and press it into a cake again.

Then pick up the kitchen knife and cut from the center third of the dough to the edge.

Then space one centimeter apart and continue cutting.

Cut the entire cake into a chrysanthemum shape, then twist it with your hands so that the red bean paste at the break is facing upwards. After twisting it all, the chrysanthemum feeling will appear.

But this chrysanthemum is a cartoon version and actually looks like a sunflower.

Lin Xu made the cakes one by one and put them in the oven to bake. When they are crispy, this simple version of chrysanthemum cake is considered complete.

After watching the whole process, Shen Jiayue couldn't help but said:

"Don't tell me, it's really simple. You don't have to fry it. I will learn this later. When Yanbao comes back, let her taste Chef Shen's cooking!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Lucy ran in happily, wearing a cycling hat on her head, and her eyes lit up when she saw the chrysanthemum cake on the table:

"Buy it! It's so beautiful, it's amazing oriental food, I love China! I Love Chinese Food!"

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Chapter completed!