"This is the fragrance of vegetables..."

There was a little surprise in Seiichiro's eyes.

“It’s French vegetable soup (pot-au-feu in French)!”

Although he heard Seiichiro Yukihira's praise for Zhao Yugan, Kirisenzaemon still had full confidence in his granddaughter.

Among the younger generation, if Erina is allowed to cook, she will never lose to anyone.

"Dad, what...what is minestrone?"

Yukihira Soma was more interested in Erina's cooking, especially this cooking technique that she had never heard of before.

He has been helping out at the Yukihira Hotel since he was a child. Although he has a lot of experience in front-line cooking, because he is a small shop in Higashi Sakurazu, his vision of world cuisine is still a bit narrow. This is why Seiichiro Yukihira plans to send him to Totsuki to study. Reasons for studying in the garden.

After all, in Tosakura, the only one who can connect the world's cooking schools and keep up with the trend of the times is Totsuki, the number one cooking school in the Far East.

"This is a kind of home cooking in French cuisine and one of the cores of all French cuisine. Anyone who has mastered French cuisine must completely master French vegetable soup, because it is the basis of almost all French cuisine."

Seiichiro Yukihira doesn’t mind teaching his son on-site because he wants to expose him to a broader world of food.

"A good French vegetable soup already represents the foundation of delicious food."

Nodding, Yukihira Soma probably understood that this was the same type of thing as Yaozhou soup stock, but...

"Why does she keep stirring?"

"For vegetable soup...it shouldn't be necessary, right?"

Kirisenzaemon laughed heartily.

"Then you have to watch out. My granddaughter, who loves beauty, is not willing to use this trick all the time!"

Not long after the soup pot came to a boil, Kirina began to stir in the soup pot, as if intending to squeeze out the flavor of all the ingredients.

Her steady hand kept moving along the wall of the pot. At this time, there was only this pot of soup in her eyes.

Sweat soon wetted her clothes, but her figure, which was much larger than that of an ordinary junior high school graduate, was no longer the focus.

The vegetable fragrance that was strong before gradually became restrained, as if it was solidified by something, and a fragrant and fragrant flavor slowly wafted out from the pot of soup.

"It's really surprising, Mr. President, has Erina's research on French cuisine reached this point?"

Looking at Kirisenzaemon with some surprise, Yukihira Seiichiro knew exactly what Kiri Erina was cooking.

"French consommé is a very difficult dish that some seven- or eight-star chefs can't control well!"

Generally speaking, French consommé is an upgraded version of French vegetable soup, but it is more time-consuming and requires more materials. General French food lovers can also restore it to a certain extent, but the real essence lies in the processing of those precise details.

Once there is a trace of impurity in the soup, the French consommé can be said to have failed.

Especially among chefs like them, the emphasis on clear soup is purity.

Any impurities will be infinitely amplified. This is an extremely dangerous dish, but the effect after completion is also extremely brilliant.

'All the flavors are given in a bowl of soup. The simpler, the more complex?'

Yukihira Seiichiro did not expect that Kirie Rina, who was surrounded by the culinary world of Higashi Sakura Island and was like a princess, could understand this truth at this age, and she became more determined to send her stupid son to Totsuki.

Now Yukihira Soma is no longer suitable to grow up in the commercial street. He needs to see a wider world. Even if he can teach more cooking techniques and cooking secrets, it will not be as good as what he has grown after studying in the academy.

'but...'

Yukihira Seiichiro's face still showed a hint of helplessness. Even if Kiri Rina is like this, with the blessing of the 'God's Tongue', she still has little chance of winning.

Looking towards Zhao Youqian who seemed to be motionless, he saw that he was kneading the dough again. The method was like kneading the dough into a long snake that came alive, and a rolling pin was constantly rotating in his hand. .

It can be vaguely seen that Zhao Youqian has been looking for a balance point, a balance point that maximizes the gluten in the dough!

The white dough flew up and down in Zhao Youqian's hands, and the round white dough became a vague shadow, but everyone could feel the elasticity and tenacity of the dough.

‘Click’

Finally, Zhao Youqian's hand stopped.

The dough falling on the chopping board is like a breathing bread, expanding o_o and shrinking o_o at the same time.

It surprised both Xingping Soma and Xinghei.

"Dad, Brother Yougan is..."

Seiichiro showed a somewhat strange expression.

"He used yeast. Generally speaking, if you want to ferment the dough, you need to let it rest. But through constant kneading and turning, he used the air and yeast dough in a short period of time to accelerate the fermentation by relying on the body's temperature. So that's what happened. of dough.”

Seeing his son nodding his head in understanding, Seiichiro swallowed what he wanted to say next.

'But...my recipe does not use fermented dough. Did he make the deletion because of insufficient technique, or...he further improved my recipe?'

You must know that even if Seiichiro creates a dish at random, it is definitely not something that ordinary people can make. In just one night, it not only restored it but also improved it. Even a special grade dish cannot do it.

Because being able to do this has nothing to do with cooking skills, but rather talent!

Just when everyone's eyes gradually focused on Zhao Youqian who was starting to handle the spices and meat fillings, there was a crisp sound of plates clashing, and they realized that Kirinai had already reached the final stage of her cooking!

Zhao Youqian, who had been slowly grinding the fried spices, was also attracted by the sound.

'The ingredients found by Che's family are indeed of high quality, almost the same as what I use in the gourmet food space. It seems that I can restore most of the taste!'

Having changed the recipe for the Flame First Grade Fresh Food that originally belonged to Seiichiro Yukihira, Zhao Youqian had a lot of work on his hands, but it was not complicated. Instead, he had time to check the status of his opponent.

I couldn't help but be surprised when I discovered that Kiri Erina was almost finished and started to put it on the plate.

After all, it has only been a little more than an hour since the competition started. Before he started wrapping and steaming, Erina Kiri had already finished it.

And it looks like her dish is soup!

'Does she want to take the lead and build a delicious barrier in the judges' mouths?'

Erina carefully arranged the dishes and even garnished them with a small sesame leaf. Her expression was full of confidence.

She placed three shallow plates in front of Kirisenzaemon and the others, took a step back and showed a proud smile.

"Please taste, spring waltz!"

The light green soup base is clearly visible on the white plate. The slightly swaying water ripples spread out, mixed with a few bits of asparagus, sesame leaves and baby carrots, creating a scene of a green lake in spring.

displayed in front of diners.
Chapter completed!