Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

"Please taste my 'pickled fish pizza', I hope you will like it!" Behind Tian Suohui's "generous", there is obviously a trace of "ancestral" tension hidden.

"Cinnamon Pizza?"

The five judges took a look and found that the filling was mainly marinated fish in chunks, and there were also some taro, shiitake mushrooms, burdock, and lotus root as foils.

"It always feels a bit rustic..." Wade didn't know whether he was talking about the pizza or the person who made the pizza.

"But let's try it! I always feel that there is something nostalgic in it..." Xiang Tian said.

I saw that the pizza was cut into small pieces with bacon, and then I tasted it.

At the moment of pizza entrance, the five judges seemed to see the quiet pastoral afternoon, enjoying the afternoon sunshine with their lovers while handling the fish to be marinated.

"This is... pickled herring with sansho pepper and mackerel with rice bran, right?"

"The 'sweet, sour and salty' taste of this herring is moderate, and it has a faint scent of sansho leaves, and the umami itself is perfectly preserved... It is definitely an authentic Fukushima sansho pickled herring!"

Xiaohui also said at this time: "That's right, this is the pickled herring in my hometown! Because herring is not durable for storage, there has been a method of pickling herring in Fukushima Prefecture since ancient times..."Sansho pickled herring" is one of them The representative of the herring is made by drying the herring with the head and tail gutted, overlapping with sansho leaves, and then marinating it with soy sauce, sugar, vinegar and mirin! It can make the herring have three flavors of 'sour, sweet and salty', and at the same time With both the aroma of wine and the fragrance of sansho leaves, Mirin will also preserve the umami of dried herring to the greatest extent!"

Mirin is a kind of rice wine. Glutinous rice is the main material. It is fermented with japonica rice koji, and the light yellow liquor is extruded...but it is usually not used for drinking directly, but as a seasoning for cooking.

"There is also this 'rice bran pickled mackerel', which also makes people feel very 'taste of home'!" Mrs. Leonora held her face with one hand at this time, with a shy expression on her face, and she didn't know what to think. what.

"Hmm... It's the traditional way of pickling mackerel in Fukui Prefecture, using fermented sake lees rice bran to pickle..."

It is roughly the same as the method of marinating saury that Xingping Chuangzhen came up with half a year ago, but at that time, Chuangzhen did not officially enter the finals, so he just simulated it himself!

"Wait, there seems to be something... ah! It's the smell of aged sushi!" Xiang Tian suddenly realized.

"That's right, it is indeed the cheese fermented by the lactic acid produced in the fermented crucian carp sushi using the most primitive method!" Tian Suohui said.

As mentioned before, the origin of sushi is a means of preserving fish. At the beginning, the "rice" part was thrown away.

Later, it was gradually discovered that slightly sour rice, eaten with fish, tastes very good, and sushi became popular.

The most primitive mature sushi is to cut crucian carp meat into pieces and stack it, then wrap it with rice and seal it...

Since it is to preserve crucian carp, there is no need to add vinegar to the rice. The reason for the slightly sour taste is the effect of lactic acid produced by natural fermentation!

And Tian Suohui also added this most natural lactic acid to the cheese, so that the overall flavor of the cheese harmonized with the pickled fish.

"Huh? This is...Konjac (ju) Konjac (ruo)? A whole piece of konjac?" Yuan Guo suddenly asked in surprise.

"Indeed, I just discovered... the ingredient in the stuffing is actually konjac, right? And it's not konjac powder... I haven't had the special flavor and texture of using konjac in a whole piece for a long time. I have tasted it." Xiang Tian said.

Konjac, commonly known as konjac, is a plant that balances the body's acidity and alkalinity and has natural antibiotics. It is considered to be a traditional Chinese medicine that has a series of effects such as promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, detoxifying and reducing swelling, moistening the intestines and defecating...etc.

But at the same time, there is another point that must be noted, that is, konjac is poisonous...

In ancient Chinese cuisine and medicine, konjac is also known as "intestinal-removing sand". The edible rhizome is the most toxic, and there are alkaloids that paralyze the nerves from the inside out.

It must be treated with alkaline water before it can be eaten as an ingredient!

Modern konjac products, such as konjac flour and konjac knots, are made by mixing konjac powder and potato flour.

Using konjac as a whole requires a lot of thought and non-toxic treatment...

According to legend, this method of processing konjac was discovered by Ma Po, the wife of Emperor Yan. Later, in order to commemorate the achievements of Ma Po, the ancestors respected her as the "Stove God". The early "Stove God" also looked like a goddess.

"Well! Don't worry, this is the konjac that I have soaked in alkaline water. It has no marijuana, and it has preserved its blood pressure, detoxification, appetizing and lipid-lowering effects... Although the cheese is high in fat At the same time, it also naturally has fat-decomposing probiotics, so it will not cause excessive intake of fat. However, if you eat too much and then take digestive drugs, it may cause an imbalance in the digestive flora and cause fat loss. Excessive intake, so..."

The judges seem to have seen the industrious and kind-hearted Mapo, who burns grass and boils beside the campfire for the ancient ancestors to eat konjac...

"So you want to use the whole konjac to achieve the effect of promoting natural digestion?"

"Yes, indeed...and it won't affect the taste of the pizza too much." Xiaohui said nervously.

"Don't worry, we've already felt your 'heart'." Leonora said.

Indeed, the warmth that the judges "see" from the beginning of the entrance to the countryside in the afternoon is not just brought by the color and fragrance of the pizza!

It's... Chef Heart!

They clearly felt that Tian Suohui's pickled fish pizza contained Tian Suohui's heart of cooking—a heart of cooking that makes "diners" feel warm, peaceful, and can relax...

It can also be said to be the "source" of the ingredients, influenced by Tian Suohui's culinary heart, it becomes a non-material and semi-energy body that will relax the diners physically and mentally!

That's right, compared to half a year ago, Tian Suohui's "cooking heart" only has the ability to radiate out and change the "source", but the strength is too weak, and it often doesn't work. Now Tian Suohui is already at a certain level. Now, you can master the "cooking heart"!

And the judges also gave the final score at this time...

"82 points! The second-year player Tian Suohui has shown his strength to qualify for the autumn trials last year, temporarily ranking second in District B!" Yu Ai announced.

I saw Tian Suohui's name, surpassing Kaori Yamanaka with a score of 79, becoming the second place only after Haruki Yume with a score of 84...

"The main competition of the autumn trials? Is this humble girl so powerful?"

"At least she is a second-year 'senior sister'..."

"I always feel that when I see her, the word 'senior sister' is a bit hard to say!"

"But it's true that people can't be judged by their appearance..."

Kaori Yamanaka was more "shocked" than the students off the field. Seeing that there was another person with her name on the score screen, she still couldn't believe it.

At this moment, Tian Suohui had already walked up to her, and "seriously" handed out a plate containing a small piece of "pickled fish pizza" with both hands.

The posture is like an introverted girl who mustered up her courage and is handing out a love letter to the boy she likes!

"What do you mean? Taunting me?" Kaori Yamanaka frowned.

"No...I want Yamanaka-san to try my 'pickled fish pizza' too!"

"Oh? Do you want me to see the gap between you and me?" Yamanaka said disdainfully.

"It's not like that...it's just..."

"Okay, I accept your provocation!"

As Yamanaka said, he directly picked up a piece of pizza on the plate held by Tian Suohui, and then sipped from the side of the cheese heart, as if angry, he put the whole palm-sized pizza into his mouth in one bite !

"#%...￥@%" Yamanaka pouted, not knowing what to say.

It can only be seen from the eyes that Shanzhong was obviously unconvinced at first, but somehow later, the circles of his eyes gradually turned red...

"The liar... must be lying... It's obviously the same as my 'spiritual cooking'! But... this feeling..." Yamanaka said while choking on his sobs.

"No! The real cuisine is to bring happiness to the 'diners' and relax the minds of the 'diners', rather than to control the minds of the diners!" Tian Suohui said in a rare "lesson" tone.

Soul cuisine is also the "heritage" of ancient cuisine, and to a certain extent belongs to the branch of "source cuisine", which is similar to the commonly used "must-kill cuisine"...

Although it can't really achieve the effect of "source cuisine", the highest goal is to master all the ingredients that stimulate the "emotional" nerves to the most incisive level, and even have a little effect of stimulating their "source"!

In this way, the purpose of controlling the psychological senses of diners is achieved.

And some hallucinogenic forbidden ingredients, because it is easier to achieve the effect of stimulating the "source", so some soul cooks will take risks, and thus make "spiritual cooking" go to a dead end!

Now I have tasted Tian Suohui's true cooking heart to change the "source" of ingredients to achieve a warm purpose. The impact on Yamanaka is self-evident...

In fact, technically, there is no difference between the two. The real difference is the "mind cooking" for the purpose of control, and there is no requirement for the "heart" of the cook.

Seeing this scene, Director Jingpu Jiushang, who was patrolling outside the venue, couldn't help but smile. "Food halberd" is not only a process of cooks comparing their cooking skills, but also a process between cooks. With "cooking" as the carrier, the heart and soul The process of heart collision!

And when Yamanaka was receiving Tian Suohui's "education", he was not idle on the field, and many contestants presented dishes one after another, but the tallest one did not shake Kaori Yamanaka's third place position. Only Ryoko uses the "exclusive secret recipe" cheese, surpassing Nao Sadazuka...

It wasn't until Oda Nobuna presented his own pizza that the competition reached its climax again!

"This is my 'Miso Pizza', please use it." Oda Nobuna said simply.

"Miso? The color does look a bit monotonous..." Wade muttered to himself.

Indeed, the color of Oda Nobuna's pizza is completely "burnt". It seems that the miso-based sauce is the effect. Those who don't know it think it is overcooked.

And from the outside, only a piece of roasted heavy flavor can be seen, and nothing else can be found.

"Miso pizza... the sauce made of miso? But... what about the filling? Wait, this is..." Kata seemed to have noticed something, and immediately moved the knife.

After cutting it open, I suddenly found that this "Miso Pizza" is not without fillings, but that the fillings are in one piece!

Because in front of each judge is a single-person pizza of about four or five inches, and its filling is a whole piece of ingredients that is only a circle smaller than the bottom of the pie, so I didn't see it before...

Once cut open at this time, you can immediately see that this "pizza" is on the bottom of the pie, with a whole piece of grilled pork chops on it!

"This is...miso grilled pork chop? Wait...this doesn't seem to be cheese?" Wade said, stirring up a layer of "colloid" under the equally sticky pork chop.

"That's right, of course my 'Miso Pizza' doesn't have cheese! Instead, it is made of viscous white miso sauce, which is gelatinized and thickened, as a combination of pancake base and pork chops!" Oda Nobuna said.

At this time, the judges also found that the miso on the top and bottom of the pork chops is completely different. The miso on the side close to the bottom of the pancake is as sticky as cheese, which is definitely not what "thickening" can achieve.

And unlike the red miso used on the top of the pork chop, the gel part below uses white miso, and the color looks much lighter.

"Is this seaweed gel?" Leonora recognized what was a viscous agent.

"Seaweed gel? What?" Wade asked.

"A water-soluble gel extracted from seaweed, a very useful thickener... If it is used to 'thicken', it can indeed achieve such an effect." As the head of Yuanyue International, Leonuo La is still very familiar with this newly discovered product of molecular gastronomy.

As a substitute for the more expensive gum arabic, seaweed gel can even be used to produce gummies. Of course, as long as the amount is controlled, it will not be a problem to form a cheese-like consistency...

"Miso colloid... well, what will it taste like?" Xiangtian said with a slight frown.

At the same time, the five judges also cut off a small piece of Miso Grilled Pork Chop Pizza and put it in their mouths!

Although Oda Nobuna was one of the few shortlisted first-year students, the students off the court obviously still remembered what she said at the opening ceremony, especially the first-year students, who were even more mocking at this time...

"What the hell kind of pizza is that? This color makes me lose my appetite!"

"Grilled pork chops with miso? Don't be ashamed of this kind of sloppy stuff!"

"That's right, she thought Yuanyue Academy was the place to showcase this kind of street food?"

I have to say that every freshman class is actually the same, there are some very annoying guys!

Of course, this is also because Oda Nobuna's resume is not "beautiful". As a transfer student, Oda Nobuna does not have any resume from a prestigious school, and not everyone knows the name of the cooking family!

At the same time, the "crazy words" at the opening ceremony aroused everyone's dissatisfaction even more.

Miso Pork Chop is a special delicacy in Nagoya, Osaka, and Aichi Prefecture, where Nagoya is located, is the former Owari country...

However, as the capital of Aichi Prefecture, Nagoya City was only a castle town of Owari (similar to a suburban settlement) during the Warring States Period. At the end of the Warring States Period, Tokugawa Ieyasu was appointed as the General of the Barbarians, and Nagoya City was built here.

Miso cuisine is also one of Nagoya's gourmet specialties, such as miso ramen, miso udon noodles, miso pork chop...

As the first member of the younger generation of the Oda family, Oda Nobuna's grasp of miso cuisine has naturally reached the level of "exciting"!

After the "sticky" miso gel was accompanied by the whole pork chop, the judges did not feel the greasy taste as imagined.

"This, this taste...it seems to be chewing real hot cheese..."

"And the use of red and white miso has reached a complementary level. Whether it is the stronger red miso or the lighter white miso, they have all played their due roles!"

"The pork chop itself is grilled just right, and the gravy is mixed with miso to create a taste that others can eat one bite after another without getting greasy at all!"

"What's more important is the bottom of the pancake...Although the filling on the top is 'monotonous' only pork chops, but in the bottom of the pancake...mustard, shredded seaweed, chopped green onion...and it's obviously made of seaweed tea! It's completely The pancake base is prepared as 'chazuke rice', and it is served with miso grilled pork cutlet, which makes people feel that it is more authentic than Nagoya's special miso pork cutlet restaurant..."

At this moment, the scores of Oda Nobuna were also displayed on the scoreboard of the five judges...

17 points...18 points...17 points...18 points...17 points!

"87 points! The first-year player Oda Nobuna scored 87 points! He surpassed the previous Yume Haruki and temporarily ranked first!" Yuai announced.

Some second- and third-year students who were originally "watching the show" began to worry. The first-year students who were shortlisted had only three or two big cats and kittens, but they suddenly occupied the top two in the B area?

But what makes them feel a little relieved is that until now, Erina, Kuga Teruki, and Isshiki Hui, the three former top ten heroes, have just started preparing to present the dishes!

What makes Erina feel a little awkward is that Nakiri Ji has been in the special auditorium in area B. Although he has never communicated with Erina, just seeing him smiling makes Erina feel heart palpitations ...

After Oda Nobuna, Kuga Teruki also presented his own pizza... Wait, is this really a pizza?

At first glance, it seems that there is a big "lying down" dumpling on the plate in front of each judge!

But if you look closely, it is indeed a "mini" pizza, folded in half from the middle, exposing the lower surface of the bottom of the pie. If you don't pay attention, you will really think it is a big dumpling the size of a palm...

And it's worth noting that there is a layer of red oil on the outside of the half-folded pizza!

"Feel the combination of numbing and spicy! This is my masterpiece, red oil pizza!" Jiuga Teruki said confidently.

"..."

"Red Oil Dumplings" used to be a signboard as famous as "Ma Po Tofu" in the "Chinese Cuisine Research Institute" in the era of Kuga Teruji, but now "Red Oil Pizza"...