Chapter 151 Cooking!
As an old British gentleman, the kitchen Dumbledore arranged for Elena was naturally a standard British open kitchen.
Of course, this also means that under such a design, it is best for Elena not to try cooking dishes with heavy oil smoke for the time being.
There is a small metal kitchen appliance similar to an oven on the side of the kitchen, which seems to be directly driven by some kind of life magic spell.
However, for a zero-based magic apprentice like Elena, the only way to use it is to throw it into the fireplace to heat it.
Fortunately, the structure of the stove was similar to her kitchen in the orphanage. It could be ignited manually with the help of firewood in the fireplace. This at least saved the girl from the embarrassing situation of having to squat in front of the fireplace to cook.
There were not many spices placed in front of Elena, except for the salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate, minced garlic, bell pepper powder, black pepper powder, chili powder, allspice powder... in the suitcase she brought from home. outside.
And Dumbledore also left dozens of scattered traditional European condiments such as cheese, butter, olive oil, bay leaves, curry powder and so on on the workbench - from the Hogwart carved on the condiment bottle With the school emblem, it is easy to deduce where these things come from.
Elena looked at the ingredients taken from the Nurmengard Tower, including potatoes, cabbage, salty bacon, and bread. Although there were not many categories, the malleability of each ingredient was actually quite high.
Dishes such as roasted potatoes, mashed potatoes, fried potatoes, and boiled potatoes that are difficult to shine without any technical content were immediately eliminated from Elena's mind.
But if the powerful Chinese drugging techniques were used at the beginning, or some exciting new tricks were mixed in, she was a little worried that Mr. Grindelwald's old body and mind might not be able to bear it.
After thinking about it carefully, it turns out that it is more effective to start with the ingredients that the old man is most familiar with, and gradually explore the drug resistance and taste preferences of the first generation Dark Lord, and then get stuck at the critical point for precise feeding.
After all, as a wizard who grew up in Germany, there is no doubt that the staple food Grindelwald is most familiar with must be potatoes.
You know, Germany is also called the potato country.
For them, potatoes are not only a kind of food, but also a spirit believed by the whole country. Even when German men and women are passionately in love, they sometimes give each other a potato to express that the other person's position in their hearts is as important as the potato.
Therefore, a delicate and rich potato dish that can best impact Grindelwald's taste without triggering his resistance is obviously the most suitable.
Elena thought about it, and if it was just for two people to eat for lunch, the portion and dishes wouldn't need to be too complicated.
A cheese bacon potato ball, a garlic bread, a New Orleans baked potato, and a plate of sauteed cabbage should be enough.
Just as the water in the crucible was boiling, Elena first selected two large potatoes, washed them slightly, and threw them directly into the crucible to wait for them to be cooked, so that they could be peeled and mashed to make potato balls.
The quality of the crucible that can be directly used for making potions is undoubtedly quite good. In terms of heat resistance and temperature transfer alone, it is much better than many low-quality kitchen utensils in the non-magical world. Elena even plans to go back next time on vacation. When I got home, I purchased some cauldrons from Diagon Alley and put them in the kitchen of the orphanage.
Because the cheese and bacon potato balls need to wait until the potatoes are cooked, Elena's main focus is on cooking the remaining three dishes for the time being.
First, make the simplest garlic bread.
As the most common pre-dinner bread in Western banquets, this is undoubtedly the most suitable food as an appetizer.
Generally speaking, the main body used to make garlic bread is actually French baguette. However, the raw material Elena has on hand now is British milk toast, so the specific production method needs to be slightly adjusted.
If you want to make an authentic garlic bread, the most important step is to prepare the "garlic butter" with the right taste.
The main raw materials of complete "garlic cream" are: garlic, butter, olive oil, and coriander.
Since there was no fresh garlic, Elena simply used the minced garlic powder she brought from home as a temporary substitute.
As for butter and olive oil, there are quite a few on the kitchen workbench. As for coriander...
Elena blinked and fumbled out of her arms the Hogwarts mutated lichen that hadn't been roasted in the morning - theoretically, this could also be used as a special kind of coriander, right?
No matter, I'll just leave it like this for now, it won't be visible after it's chopped into pieces anyway.
Without hesitating for too long, Erin directly washed the lichen in her hands, picked up her beloved kitchen knife and chopped the dark green lichen into fine pieces.
Then wait until the butter in the frying pan is slightly heated and softened, then pour a little olive oil and minced garlic into it, sprinkle with salt and black pepper, stir evenly, and then mix in the dark green minced on the side.
"It looks pretty good..."
Elena glanced at the mixture of garlic butter and ground lichen in the bowl.
At first glance, it looks similar to the authentic garlic bread sauce. Judging from the dim light in Grindelwald's room, the old man would definitely not notice these details.
After all, Grindelwald is not a little girl who is easily fooled like Hermione and Hannah. When faced with strange-looking and unknown food, the first-generation Dark Lord will probably not open his mouth to try it easily.
Therefore, Elena, who is limited by objective factors, can only imitate as much as possible.
The rest of the process is very simple. You only need to spread the prepared "garlic butter" evenly on both sides of all the bread slices, then place it directly on the flame with tongs and wait for the surface of the bread to bake until golden brown. .
The main reason why the garlic bread is grilled over an open flame instead of in the oven is because the next dish, "New Orleans Baked Potatoes," must be cooked in an oven.
New Orleans baked potatoes, also called organ roasted potatoes, are a home-cooked dish that is very suitable for lazy people to learn.
Because this is one of the few staple dishes where you can skip the steps of peeling potatoes and making sauce.
The ingredients it requires are even simpler than garlic bread - potatoes, cheese slices, minced meat, and a little salt.
While paying attention to the garlic bread baked above the fireplace, Elena placed the washed potatoes on the cutting board.
Without peeling, she directly cut the potatoes into slices. Elena carefully controlled the force of the knife without cutting off the potatoes, making the potatoes look like a small organ. .
Then, she cut the cheese on the workbench into thin slices and carefully stuffed each piece into the gaps of the potato slices that were like a small organ.
After filling the cheese slices, the girl picked up the particularly beautiful-looking potatoes and placed them smoothly in the oven on the workbench, and then - well, it seems that Dumbledore forgot to put the instructions. She couldn't make this oven work. start up.
But the problem is not big. She doesn't know the corresponding magic to start the oven and doesn't care. Elena has already thought of a way to deal with it.
The girl spat two mouthfuls of the little fairy's fragrant saliva into her palms and rubbed her palms vigorously.
"Hey~ get up!"
The little silver-haired little witch picked up the oven, turned around, and threw it into the burning fireplace.
"Okay, you're done."
Elena clapped her hands happily. Now she only needs to wait for another ten minutes, take out the roasted organ potatoes, sprinkle with seasonings, minced meat and other seasonings, and put them in the oven for another 5 minutes or so.
Anyway, there are tongs to open the oven later, and you don’t have to worry about taking out and putting food in later.
As for whether doing this will reduce the service life of the oven?
Well, the generous Professor Dumbledore will certainly forgive her - the school is mortgaged, and he will definitely not care about her because of a small oven.
What's more, she didn't do all this for herself, or to take care of the old devil upstairs who had been imprisoned in the Chamber of Secrets by Dumbledore for forty-six years.
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